Which laws were broken or are being broken?
Is this inevitably moving towards pro style contracts? Seems like the only way to somewhat even the playing field. As for nil, there are professions like stock brokers that sign a release to their Financials as part of on boarding docs. With AI, enforcement of a system like this may make it difficult to go under the table. The tech and power grab from those in power scares the hell out of me, but it doesn't change the fact it exists.
they ran an espn article on this guy well before his video released. and again yesterday. and he's been featured earlier this year. he's all over the news pitching reform in college football (the saving college sports thing that he's the one featured in the commercials). so yes, he's gotten a ton of notoriety. Further articles about him in the NYT, USAToday, Pro Football Network. He's become TTUs chair of their board of regents. The field is named after him. he's on trumps commission to look into college sports.
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I would agree with you if the NCAA had not proved time and time again to be a completely feckless institution. Why follow their rules? They don't seem that interested in enforcing them. Will they be able to Reggie Bush-style revoke a championship trophy for a tournament they don't sanction?
FIFY.
Gopher Grit offered a fair opinion. Just because that's the way it is doesn't mean we have to like it, or accept it.
With bag men? Massive tax fraud.
My apologies. I misunderstood your previous point (or didn’t read the entire conversation for context). I thought you were saying what Tech and Campbell are doing is illegal. Carry on.
I would describe 3 out of the 4 teams you named as mercenary squads as well. Tech is doing exactly what the rest of the P4 teams in the CFP are doing but are getting attention because they’re Tech.
If IU wins the national championship, Mark Cuban will not be on the field. He better damn well not be. He has no business being down there.
How much do you think our QB is making? Does Lindsey making over 1 million upset you as well? By all accounts Indiana wasn’t close to the highest bidder for Mendoza, he chose Indiana because yes, they had some money to offer, but his brother was already there and the family was familiar with Cig.
Your post doesn't have much of anything to do with the point that I was making.
The ROI is entertainment. 2 million is fuckyou money for a guy like Cuban, or Campbell or Phil Knight. It's like you or I paying a hundred bucks for a Gopher hoodie to wear to a game.
Why are we still pretending these players are students? These are pros. They shouldn't have to pretend to go to class unless they want to.
If there are "no rules" how can you "play within the rules" or "enforce" the rules?
PJ has arguably recruited better post NIL than before; OL notwithstanding not sure what’s up there we have a ton of kids on the roster but no players? I just don’t see what all the pissing and moaning and woe is me is about?