NIL Will Ruin College FB!

[Rufus]

The NCAA can rein this in by requiring all NIL deals to be brokered by an agent

Giving agents free rein to broker contracts with the NIL would be like throwing gasoline on a fire. We already have agents hounding kids as early as junior high in their quest for the highest dollar. No the horses have done left the barn no sense in closing the doors now.
This is a quagmire that cannot be fixed.

[Bearcat Chris]

I live in the Columbus media market, where it is all things tO$U. I can state with certainty that NIL is a farce. There has been no tv, radio or print advertisements featuring any player from tO$U. It is just an excuse to legally pay players. I’m certain tO$U is not alone in this arena - it happens everywhere there is money to be spent.

You are absolutely right. I haven't seen one thing, except maybe for the names of a player on a jersey in the UC Bookstore. Who ever had this NIL idea should be tarred and feathered, as it will become an "arms race", which only the Big $$ schools can afford.

B.C.

[London 'Cat]

I live in the Columbus media market, where it is all things tO$U. I can state with certainty that NIL is a farce. There has been no tv, radio or print advertisements featuring any player from tO$U. It is just an excuse to legally pay players. I’m certain tO$U is not alone in this arena - it happens everywhere there is money to be spent.

[red_n_black_attack]

The NCAA can rein this in by requiring all NIL deals to be brokered by an agent

[leo from jersey]

A neighbor of mine graduated with Mick Cronin from LaSalle. They remain good friends. My neighbor told me that many of Cronin's players at UCLA wanted at least $1 million dollars in NIL money to stay. He told the team that anybody who wanted that kind of money should play elsewhere, and he is bringing in players from Europe, who are just glad to be here to get possible NBA exposure.

Subsequently, seven of UCLA's rooster players are from other countries..... Good for Mick!!

B.C.

I'm waiting to see what Mick does if the Europeans don't win and his big money contract is close to being cancelled.

[Bearcat Chris]

A neighbor of mine graduated with Mick Cronin from LaSalle. They remain good friends. My neighbor told me that many of Cronin's players at UCLA wanted at least $1 million dollars in NIL money to stay. He told the team that anybody who wanted that kind of money should play elsewhere, and he is bringing in players from Europe, who are just glad to be here to get possible NBA exposure.

Subsequently, seven of UCLA's rooster players are from other countries..... Good for Mick!!

B.C.

[Rufus]

I don't think you can call them amateurs any longer. Not if they're getting paid. That's why the push by some is going to classifying them as employees other than student - athletes. I do agree with your estimation that the NIL is going to ruin not only football but all college sports. The schools that have a propensity to cheat have just been given card blanc to buy any player they want especially if they are one of the elite SEC, Big10, or big12,

[richard k.]

Are the schools paying their athletes 6 & 7 figures even making them go to class - especially since some are making more money then the profs, and in some cases even some of their coaches? This whole thing is still very new - let's see where it goes after the law suits and administrative actions - but when kids are staying in school (actually a good thing if they are learning anything) because they are making more money then if they turned "pro" how do you call it "amateur" athletics?

[bearcatbret]

The more that people understand, the more they will lose interest. However, as I have said before, most people do not have a clue about sports other than wins and losses. I lived in rural east-central Ohio for 6 years just a few years ago. Those people were all tosu fans and knew nothing about TV deals or grant of rights - they did not understand that the B1G 10 schools were getting around $60M per year and that the American Conference was getting roughly $8M. They also thought that Cincinnati had an enrollment of about 15,000 students. Not a single one of them actually went to tosu.