Boosters can technically pay athletes as of July 1

[bfs3]

USC and UCLA should do well with all of their producers and directors working directly with advertisers. If a rich Harvard or Yale Alum wants to see a national title contender they can make it happen now too. Imagine a 5* recruit with a cameo in a blockbuster movie or presented by Facebook. It’ll be interesting to see which schools do well with this and which ones don’t. I have a feeling UConn will be net neutral and middle of the pack overall with NIL

 

[bendm]

what's to stop it from being the fighting Phil Knights against the fighting Bezos'.

yeah we cant compete with this

Star Ducks DE has NFT deal with Knight, Hatfield

Oregon defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux has struck his first known NIL deal on an NFT with Nike founder Phil Knight and celebrated sneaker designer Tinker Hatfield.

www.espn.com

 

[Psolo12]

yeah we cant compete with this

Star Ducks DE has NFT deal with Knight, Hatfield

Oregon defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux has struck his first known NIL deal on an NFT with Nike founder Phil Knight and celebrated sneaker designer Tinker Hatfield.

www.espn.com

We weren't competition to Oregon for football players to begin with

 

[bendm]

We weren't competition to Oregon for football players to begin with

duh but we are for bball.... i'm sure dior johnson would appreciate a NFT from knight.

 

[billybud]

FSU "institutionalizes" NIL....

Athletics Announces Comprehensive Apex NIL Program

Tallahassee, FL – Apex, a comprehensive, multi-tiered program designed to empower student-athletes to capitalize on upcoming Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) legislation, has launched within FSU athletics. The program, which includes a new partnership with INFLCR, will prepare Seminole...

seminoles.com

 

[Jimdish255]

This is why all this hyperventilating is kinda insane. People are scared of losing college basketball as they know it (which is incredibly exploitative to the players)

But it is just as likely this improves the competitive balance, spreads out talent and makes a MORE compelling tournament/season than it gets worse.

Its the not knowing that is making them all a bunch of chicken littles. Let it play out - there is a lot of money on the line for everyone to figure out a system.

The real problem is the NCAAs complete inability to sheperd this transition gracefully because they are so invested in the exploitative system, and rather leaving it to a chaotic unregulated mess that implements in like 2 weeks.

If some non P5 teams look like they're gaining an advantage watch how fast the NCAA steps in.

 

[Jimdish255]

FSU "institutionalizes" NIL....

Athletics Announces Comprehensive Apex NIL Program

Tallahassee, FL – Apex, a comprehensive, multi-tiered program designed to empower student-athletes to capitalize on upcoming Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) legislation, has launched within FSU athletics. The program, which includes a new partnership with INFLCR, will prepare Seminole...

seminoles.com

I suggested this multiple times on the fb board this week. We need to have a department not just as a regulator but as a facilitator.

 

[bmayuc]

If some non P5 teams look like they're gaining an advantage watch how fast the NCAA steps in.

The NCAA, which does nothing fast and has no enforcement teeth and has just been castrated by the US supreme court and Congress for violating players rights?

Are we talking about the same NCAA?