Florida Laws related to the NIL, new laws being passed...

I'm no legal expert but would love to see a copy of these NIL contracts. For instance, what is to prevent a kid signing a NIL contract but then signing with any college he wants. After all, the NIL is for his name, image, and likeness and not for him to sign with a specific college. In Rashada's case if he did sign a NIL with Ruiz can't he still sign with UF and Ruiz can use Rashada's name, image, and likeness. I find it hard to believe Ruiz can sue Rashada for not signing with UM since that would be illegal pay to play and not NIL. Now there may be a clause where you can't sign another NIL agreement but from a legal standpoint with NIL I don't see how they can force you to play for a specific school.

 

Things that make you go hmmmmm, and huh, and what the….

All these 3rd party entities are supposed to be completely separate from the school. Yet, you only get their $$$ if you’re playing for their aligned said school. How is that legal? How is that even right?? Nothing to see here, move along I guess.. smh

 

Well what interest would a third party (can’t mention the c word but clearly not a company like Outback Steakhouse) have in paying you unless you are playing for the team they like?

 

So, they’re paying players to play for a particular team. But all of these 3rd party entities are completely separate from the school, right.

Nope, they’re nothing like Outback and every other real consumer company. They’re primary interest is buying and maintaining players for the teams they like/support.

 

Of course. What other interest is there?

You have companies like Outback, Gatorade, etc that pay a player to advertise their product, hoping that leads to increase in sales.

Then you have the third parties whose names contain the c-word, that take low level people like me, ask for donations, in hope of pooling money together to pay players for their name, image, and likeness, but paying thay player cannot lead to increased sales or a tangible financial benefit.

Did anyone not figure out these entities were pay for play?
Ruiz can at least claim paying players leads to increased revenue for LifeWallet. What does the third party with UF interests get if they pay a player? To which company’s sales is that money tied to? It is freaking pay for play. And the NCAA is powerless and the states won’t enforce it.

 

This is what NIL was supposed to be, notice what’s missing:

“There was a time not long ago when the idea of players earning money off their name, image and likeness was a good thing. Play a year or 2 of college ball, build your resume and the local Chevy dealer gives you a truck for promoting it.”

“Alabama quarterback Bryce Young won the Heisman Trophy in 2021, and led 1 of the 2 best teams in the nation to the national championship game. Young had deals this season with Dollar Shave Club, BMW, Onyx, Fanatics and Cash App, and significant deals with Nissan and Dr. Pepper. His NIL value, per On3.com, was $3.5 million.“