Recent content by GG Allen

From a sports perspective it may be surprising, but it's not surprising at all if you're connected to the world of academia.

You don't understand what money laundering is if you think it has anything to do with NIL. As long as these kids claim the income on their taxes, everything is totally legal. They have no more obligation to reveal who or what they are getting paid to the public then you do. All of this is...

Trend? Within the next year or two schools are going to be directly paying these athletes...

Huge get. Would have been really embarrassing if he picked UST over us.

Edey got paid $850k this year, so I would guess they're spending quite a bit more than just $1 million.

Purdue just made the NCAA title game with a guy they were paying $850k this year as the centerpiece. Why do you think they want to join the Gophers and the University of Chicago in this midwestern Ivy League?

No, the whole situation is happening because US Courts have consistently told the NCAA that they can't do things like that because that makes them an illegal monopoly. The NCAA has tried to stop it, but they keep on losing every lawsuit brought against them by a former student athlete.

Tom Crean was on NBA channel show a few months ago and said a below-average "payroll" for a Power 5 basketball team is about $2-3 million a year now.

Yes, what people don't recognize is that this new system is the result of the NCAA losing several lawsuits that have been brought against it by former college athletes. The NCAA would certainly prefer the old system, they know the new system probably hurts the vast majority of schools, but they...

The thing is it might be a shittier version of pro sports for people who have actually pro teams, but for the Alabama's and Kentucky's this is their pro sports and the new system where they get to buy the best players is great for those fans. The administration is going to have to decide if they...

In addition to more money and resources, I think it's going to be harder for programs like the Gophers to keep good coaches with the additional stress NIL brings to recruitment. If you're a coach for a program like the Gophers you need to go into every off-season now competing with blue blood...

It's true he's an outlier and intended purpose of NIL, but it's really hard to make a rule that allows him to get paid but also doesn't allow Bubba's Pump and Feed in Lincoln to hand over $200k to some lineman because a Husker player is a legitimate celebrity in Lincoln, Nebraska. And the...

The actual numbers may not be accurate, but Shedeur has been in multiple national commercials with his dad this year. He's almost certainly making more to play this year than the average Vikings player is.

I'm not losing sleep over losing AK, but I do question why another quarterback would want to come here when you'll only get to throw the ball when you absolutely have too.

Cal and Stanford are two of the only big Universities that would really improve the Big 10s academic profile and that still matters to school Presidents. I'm guessing they end up with these 4 and then try to add 4 more from the ACC when that eventually collapses. Then hopefully you go to 4...