Yeah the NIL allows players who didn't take money to actually get a cut legally. There will be a few deals that are ridiculous, but the return on investment will even things out in the long run imo.
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Your gripe is with the portal then. If you think their wasn't money and free agency before? If a player wanted that to be the priority they would find someone who'd pay them. Good programs are starting to put people in positions to help athletes manage the money. You're right about young people and spending, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be able to earn money.
Are you familiar with what happened when unemployment bonuses were given in the labor market?
You or somebody here correctly stated that there should not be free agency, that they should have to sit out for a year if they transfer. That certainly would help.
I don't get why you believe there are a bunch of $100k deals being passed out. Those are rare cases. The percentage of NIL deals for that amount of money is probably 10% or less. You are creating a problem that isn't there. There were schools buying families' houses and cars with duffle bags full of money.
Boosters like Ruiz are not making ROI decisions. He is the candy man for a major college team. He is attempting to tilt the competitive balance towards the University he loves. Some towns will have a guy like him. Others will not.
That's always been the case. You have to be naive to not believe this.
We are in year 2 of this. I hope that very very few of these deals get done. We'll see. It doesn't look good. 25 years ago, who would have thought that the U of M would have to spend 160 million on practice facilities to compete (and it still wouldn't work)?
So, now that it is legalized do you think there will be more of this or less?
Where were you during and after gangelgate? Many, many posters here would not acknowledge anything relating to an uneven playing field in college athletics. Haven't and wont.
There was 'money and free agency' before but there was at least some attempt to police it. The money for hire should not be in college athletics. Those wanting to be paid for playing the game should go to a developmental league. NIL needs to have some sideboards to ensure that it meets the intent. It appears that there are many 'deals' now where agents simply smell blood in the water and are circling athletes and trying to get a bite of the action.
I felt like it was pretty obvious that there was an uneven playing field and boosters were handing out cash at certain programs. I just feel like is crazy that people believe otherwise in 2022
If there was attempts to police it then Kansas wouldn't be national champions this year. All their issues were before the NIL era
Yep - and it sounds like the commission on NIL is a higher rate (15%?) then normal agent fees.
I suspect that you are right. Most college football and basketball players just aren't big enough stars and/or well known enough to merit that kind of money and the ones who are we probably wouldn't get anyway.
Exactly. We may take a hit on a local player who may consider us but we have missed on those guys well before NIL & probably because of under-the-table deals. I know I have heard some shady stuff about the recruitment of Rashad Vaughn and I can only imagine with Suggs and Chet got from boosters at Gonzaga
And eco cant grasp that.....
Aside from aspects that have been covered on Gopherhole (agent % and whatnot), I don't know technical details, but it would seem to me that a boilerplate contract is likely to emerge that would address issues that would affect eligibility at the School.
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There were rules in place. Whether they were enforced equally is another story. One could at least say that there was a risk that they would be caught and punished.
This is all clear as mud, but I don't believe the schools CURRENTLY have anything to do with the NIL contract, that I think is just between the kid and the booster/company. Thus I would say there is 0 to do with academics outside of, hey if you aren't in school at the U or wherever I am not paying you so outside of being eligible I doubt there is anything to that.
People have cheated in the past so we just throw up our hands and give up and let the cheaters win?
The schools determine eligibility based on the NCAA, conference, or institutional requirements for students. Schools are going to be put in a position where THEY feel compelled to cheat and lie to keep a player academically eligible in school to meet the contract needs of a booster or company for fear of losing that relationship. This has the potential to make a mockery of the educational side of the equation. I see coersion and deceipt behind every door now.
I recommend sticking to political board with that type of discussion or comments
Money is going to create more pressure to meet academic requirements... not necessarily perform. Institutions are going to find creative ways to fudge grades, etc. Athletes will be tempted or encouraged to use their PIL $$ to pay some other kid to sit in on that 9 AM class for them, take notes, and worse.
So with this post you were only talking about compliance ?