Boise State's Spencer Danielson announced incoming freshmen are banned from taking NIL money their first season

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“If you’re looking for the easy way and you’re looking for a handout, don’t come to Boise State.”

If players get paid, it's a handout.

Is Coach getting a handout when he gets paid as well?
 

A_Slab_of_Bacon said:
Weird choice…

Not sure it would survive a simple legal challenge.
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I get what he is trying to accomplish with this but yeah it is destined to backfire.

Better approach may have been something more to the effect that there won't be any handouts to freshman and only legitimate NIL deals will be permitted. Guessing there would be very few freshman at a place like Boise State that would be in a position to earn legit NIL money.

That said, a policy like that would probably be better kept in house as a statement like this is just going to get torn to pieces by the public.
 



RememberMurray said:
“If you’re looking for the easy way and you’re looking for a handout, don’t come to Boise State.”

If players get paid, it's a handout.

Is Coach getting a handout when he gets paid as well?
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No, the coach is an employee of the University with a signed contract. I know some of you like to act like players and coaches are in the same boat but until players become employees of the University (which may happen eventually) they aren't.

Coaches get a salary, players get a free education. Now the players have a mechanism to earn money if they are able based on their Name, Image, Likeness....which was never intended to be the pay for play handout it has become in football and basketball.
 

btowngopher said:
Why ban it? Why not just say we won’t broker any deals.
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That is what he was saying.

They won't get money through the official collective. He specifically came out and said that there wasn't like an embargo in place. The staff just won't broker any deals and they won't get distributions through the collective.
 





the original story is being de-bunked. Danielson was on a radio program and clarified his statement:

"When we recruit freshmen, no NIL or collective [money] is promised to anybody," Danielson said on a local radio program.

"Now, any athlete can go out and get NIL opportunities in the community where they're from, or here at Boise State. That's up to them. That's between them and what they want to do."

"But for us, when we recruit young men, it is not about, if you come here, this is what we're going to be able to do for you. This is how we're going to develop you. We're a developmental program. What I was talking about earlier today, all of the freshmen that come in here are not promised anything. They're promised a chance to compete."

so the program will not be offering NIL deals to recruits or 1st-year players, but those players can pursue NIL on their own. (what a concept - handling NIL the way it was originally intended)

Danielson, speaking to Broncos supporters on Wednesday, indicated his desire was to build a culture where players are committed to the program and each other and not chasing a payout.
 

short ornery norwegian said:
the original story is being de-bunked. Danielson was on a radio program and clarified his statement:

"When we recruit freshmen, no NIL or collective [money] is promised to anybody," Danielson said on a local radio program.

"Now, any athlete can go out and get NIL opportunities in the community where they're from, or here at Boise State. That's up to them. That's between them and what they want to do."

"But for us, when we recruit young men, it is not about, if you come here, this is what we're going to be able to do for you. This is how we're going to develop you. We're a developmental program. What I was talking about earlier today, all of the freshmen that come in here are not promised anything. They're promised a chance to compete."

so the program will not be offering NIL deals to recruits or 1st-year players, but those players can pursue NIL on their own. (what a concept - handling NIL the way it was originally intended)

Danielson, speaking to Broncos supporters on Wednesday, indicated his desire was to build a culture where players are committed to the program and each other and not chasing a payout.
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I applaud his efforts....hopefully it works out for him.

All of this would get way less confusing if we could just get to a point where the only thing referred to as NIL is actually NIL as intended.
 

It makes sense. All the money can be used to keep players from transferring.
 

MNVCGUY said:
No, the coach is an employee of the University with a signed contract. I know some of you like to act like players and coaches are in the same boat but until players become employees of the University (which may happen eventually) they aren't.

Coaches get a salary, players get a free education. Now the players have a mechanism to earn money if they are able based on their Name, Image, Likeness....which was never intended to be the pay for play handout it has become in football and basketball.
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Are college athletes employees of their schools? A recent ruling says yes.


The National Labor Relations Board sided with college players this month in a regional ruling that agreed with the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team. It sets up the potential for the first-ever labor union for National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) athletes as Dartmouth players seek a vote to join the Service Employees International Union, which already represents some employees at the private, Ivy League school in New Hampshire.

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Are College Athletes Employees of Their Schools?: The Kiplinger Letter

A recent ruling has ramifications for labor relations and the unionization of student athletes.
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Most companies don't advertise how poorly they pay as part of their recruiting strategy, they just wait until you join to reveal the gotchas.

Also remember the team is a "family", the kind of family where if you have a good season Dad's running off to USC or Alabama or even Mississippi State 4 days after the regular season ends, without so much as a text and you hear about it on the ESPN crawl.
 

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