One Major Problem with NIL

OK

 

Nice reply lol. And here i was thinking i was having a nice convo with you to pick your brain a bit on these matters. Oh well

 

That wasn't a conversation, it was a rant. I didn't know how to respond.

 

Ok.

 

You will not see what private business contracts say. Even as employees of the university.

 

Most aren’t getting nil so that’s only pertinent to a small percentage overall.

 

No, but you can cancel if you find that you don't like that magazine or network.

 

You're just now coming to this conclusion? It was obvious from the get-go that NIL would immediately become a pay-for-play scheme because there were absolutely zero guardrails preventing it from being so. Nobody, unless they were foolishly naive, said that only the very top players would get NIL deals. They are all getting them and it has zero to do with their Name, Image, or Likeness because absolutely no one would even know (or care) who they were if not for their athletic exploits for their favorite team.

 

So you propose the only entity more f'd up than the NCAA to regulate the sport? Wonder how that will turn out?

 

One major problem?

 

If they want to know what the deals are, they can cut the deals themselves. You don’t have to funnel your money through the collective. You’re allowed to work directly with the athletes.

 

The wild wild west of portal jumping exacerbates the NIL, and if we fix the portal we fix the NIL to the point where it's tenable.

 

I just don’t see how they fix any of it at this point. In theory, you go back to the old rules where only grads can move without sitting a year. I just think they’re afraid they’ll get sued and they’re scared to death of that. That’s why they gave them the one freebie in the first place because everyone realized all you had to do was file a suit, and you’d get your waiver. It’s a freakin mess.

 

The NCAA and the conferences have to make a stand... screw the lawsuits and those greedy lawyers using these kids to make bank.

 

You have to have some type of subpoena and legislative power to gather that info and enforce anything. You just want to know because it will make you feel better. You still won’t be able to do anything about it.

 

It’s fun to say it.

 

The NCAA can't and the conferences do not want to (the SEC implementing any limitations that the B1G does not advantages the B1G, and vice versa throughout the conferences).

 

No I'm not just coming to that conclusion lol . I guessing I was posing that post as a rhetorical question to someone who has a different view on a lotnl of this . Mostly why is there still this charade going on about what it really is. Colleges should just sign athletes to contracts with the right to promote them to increase sales for jerseys, games, etc. They've already been making a fortune off their names for ever anyway. Let's just cut out the middle man

 

UF guarantees scholarships for 4 years.