# The SDMB NCAA thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** basketball-nba\ **Created:** [September 14, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-ncaa-thread/765958 "2016-09-14T19:39:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-ncaa-thread/765958/10 "2017-01-01T14:03:57Z")
> [@College football if O'Bannon wins the lawsuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-football-if-obannon-wins-the-lawsuit/665799/316): > > Last week the 129 FBS athletic directors formed a PAC. Does anyone doubt that there is but one end game in mind for this lobbying association? They will never find a more sympathetic congress than the current one for passing legislation that permanently restricts college athletes’ commercial rights. Thanks for the head’s up, **Red**. I found [a brief article: > [@](#): > > The 129 FBS athletic directors and the programs they represent have formed a political action committee to financially support candidates for office. > > LEAD1 Association, the group that was once known as the D1A Athletic Directors’ Association, announced Thursday the creation of the PAC that will support candidates who align philosophically with its vision for the future of college sports. > > The goal of the PAC is to influence how the rules of college sports are enacted and implemented when amateurism is facing legal challenges. > > LEAD1 president and CEO Tom McMillen, the former Maryland basketball star and congressman, said: “With the PAC now approved, it further ensures that the concerns of the LEAD1 members will be heard by members of Congress and other key decision makers in Washington, D.C., and across the country.” ]([http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/fbs-athletic-directors-create-political-action-committee-44355040](http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/fbs-athletic-directors-create-political-action-committee-44355040))How do I start a PAC to ensure that the concerns of people too young to vote and without the millions of dollars to spend who will be negatively affected by LEAD1’s concerns can have a voice? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-ncaa-thread/765958)._