NIL Things - All Sports

[Lobot]

Would we be agreeing with the supposed regulations ( remains to be seen) in fairness for all or because UC is not a player. So far all I have seen is talk and as we are finding out once again, it is money which talks. Is all this used for a breakaway by the money schools. Sports is a big time business and amusement.

I'm agreeing because it will ruin the sport if we don't get some guardrails in place quickly. You've got guys out there with bigger NIL deals than the NFL rookie salary at their position.

I have not personally addressed any of this with AD/UCATS but I'm guessing there's two type of schools out there. Those that when all in immediately on NIL and big money collectives, ex: Texas, LSU, tOSU, A&M, and those that knew the hammer was eventually coming and chose not to get on the wrong side of it. I'm seeing things about program level punishments coming as soon as next week from the NCAA. I know everyone including myself was wondering where the UC collective was but the fact that's it's not out there in public and we've relied on traditional UCATS fundraising to this point might have been a really prescient choice. Looks like we'll find out soon.

[Lobot]

There's a rumor floating that Texas' NIL Collective has offered one of our players a 3M deal to leave UC and transfer. Doesn't name the player. Stuff like this where the player is not in the portal and straight up tampering is going on needs to get kicked to the curb immediately.

[leo from jersey]

Would we be agreeing with the supposed regulations ( remains to be seen) in fairness for all or because UC is not a player. So far all I have seen is talk and as we are finding out once again, it is money which talks. Is all this used for a breakaway by the money schools. Sports is a big time business and amusement.

[Lobot]

I was reading something from Darren Heitner, a sports lawyer from Florida ($) yesterday that said that the NCAA is going to crackdown on booster collectives and set rules for NIL and then deal with the legal fallout later. School punishments are coming supposedly.

I kind of agree with this tactic. They've got to rein it in at least a little.

[Geaux Juan]

I think any action taken to set boundaries will have to come from the Federal government, and that thought frightens me because I don't think our "leaders" could pour water out of a boot with the directions on the heel.

But, who else can fix it? The NCAA can't because, among many reasons, they're afraid of an eventual breakaway by "power" schools.

States could legislate a correction, but then there would be 50 different sets of rules. And some states are very happy with the current state of affairs; other states could end up hamstringing their state's colleges.

What we need is a 21st century Teddy Roosevelt.

[Lobot]

This is a good aspect of NIL. The foundation at tOSU is giving 6k to the student athletes who meet the required academic standards they have set. Yes that should be done due to the scholarship and perhaps this is a ruse to give out more money, but it sounds good. Another thing, how is the NCAA going to crack down on the abuses when the leader of the NCAA is weak and liked his position of prestige and his salary.

What leader of the NCAA? He's a lame duck at this point.

[leo from jersey]

This is a good aspect of NIL. The foundation at tOSU is giving 6k to the student athletes who meet the required academic standards they have set. Yes that should be done due to the scholarship and perhaps this is a ruse to give out more money, but it sounds good. Another thing, how is the NCAA going to crack down on the abuses when the leader of the NCAA is weak and liked his position of prestige and his salary.

[leo from jersey]

It is hard to take something away after one already has it. I would say it is harder with the big monied folks used to buying whatever they want.

[Lobot]

Or stupidity : https://www.si.com/college/2022/05/0...new-guidelines

[Lobot]

There will be lawsuits.

[leo from jersey]

There are rumblings about the NCAA putting down guidelines concerning the NIL. There are rumblings by some big players (ND) that the NCAA is obsolete in this new era. I don't need to go out on a limb to see who wins this battle.

[Greg7173]

This is not going to end well for anyone....

[Geaux Juan]

This was in an AP article I read this morning - Wichita State fired AD Darron Boatright on Wednesday because of criticism over the university's inability to compete in the new market of NIL.

This quote was interesting - "Where we erred was focusing on educating our athletes about NIL and not just collecting cash and paying kids to come to Wichita State," Boatright said in a previous interview. "We were told all along this was not pay-for-play, but now it appears the NCAA has no problems with that, so why not?"

Wichita State fires its athletic director Boatright | AP News

[bearcatbret]

It is sad where this has gone in just a short time. I remember back in the 70's, I won a road race that was sponsored by a running store. The winner was supposed to win a pair of running shoes of their choice. I had to accept a certificate instead because I was a sophomore and by accepting a pair of shoes would have cancelled my amateur status. The store did not anticipate that a high school kid would win the race. Back then, it was probably $35 for a pair of shoes. Look how far this crazy thing has come since then.

[Lobot]

I don’t suppose anyone has a subscription to this ($)?

https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2022/ncaa-ban-on-booster-backed-nil-collectives-invites-legal-chaos-1234674386/