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Psolo12 said:
I mean, there has only been a small group of teams really competing in college sports when it comes to pulling in 5 star recruits. Also, these companies had already been funneling money to kids through colleges. It's been happening.
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There's a major difference between some wannabee street agent funneling 20 grand to a player's mom to go to Louisville and what this opens itself up to. People are talking about what's to stop a local car dealership from paying players, I'm talking about what's to stop it from being the fighting Phil Knights against the fighting Bezos'.

If this isn't heavily regulated it will be a disaster, it needs to all be figured out soon.
 
Connecticut loves the basketball Huskies. Car dealers alone can probably provide some pretty good money for our better players. If I owned a business in CT, I’m not sure there would be a better advertising strategy than UConn meet and greets and UConn spokespeople. Look at Diggins in interviews, he’s a natural. Giving them money may be harder for us, but employing them will be very easy.
 
superjohn said:
There's a major difference between some wannabee street agent funneling 20 grand to a player's mom to go to Louisville and what this opens itself up to. People are talking about what's to stop a local car dealership from paying players, I'm talking about what's to stop it from being the fighting Phil Knights against the fighting Bezos'.

If this isn't heavily regulated it will be a disaster, it needs to all be figured out soon.
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What would you call a Oregon vs Maryland football or basketball game?
 
superjohn said:
There's a major difference between some wannabee street agent funneling 20 grand to a player's mom to go to Louisville and what this opens itself up to. People are talking about what's to stop a local car dealership from paying players, I'm talking about what's to stop it from being the fighting Phil Knights against the fighting Bezos'.

If this isn't heavily regulated it will be a disaster, it needs to all be figured out soon.
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Salary (cough, cough) caps
 
Hoophound said:
Connecticut loves the basketball Huskies. Car dealers alone can probably provide some pretty good money for our better players. If I owned a business in CT, I’m not sure there would be a better advertising strategy than UConn meet and greets and UConn spokespeople. Look at Diggins in interviews, he’s a natural. Giving them money may be harder for us, but employing them will be very easy.
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Not just pay but benefits. Give the kids a car with dealership logos on it. Free ride for the kid, free advertising for the dealership.
 
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polycom said:
yes Phil Knight can throw his personal millions not Nike's millions those are very different. But sure keep believing whatever you want.
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Phil Knight is Nike. Bezos is no longer CEO at Amazon either but he is Amazon. They could throw around millions to whatever the hell they wanted to 5 years ago and now.
 
I dont know too much about the specifics of all this. I assume its just like brand deals and whatnot. However, does this going through mean teams can start making legit jerseys with names on the back? I can see how that could be a problem as the NCAA, the University, whoever makes the jersey, and the player have to get a cut. If that can happen though, that would be a dream come true. And would really help out athletes that go to smaller schools too.
 
Kemba429 said:
I dont know too much about the specifics of all this. I assume its just like brand deals and whatnot. However, does this going through mean teams can start making legit jerseys with names on the back? I can see how that could be a problem as the NCAA, the University, whoever makes the jersey, and the player have to get a cut. If that can happen though, that would be a dream come true. And would really help out athletes that go to smaller schools too.
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Don't think so, unfortunately. It allows players to make money off their name/likeness but they won't be able to use the schools name or logo so don't think this will lead to jerseys
 
The handwringing doesn't make sense to me. Phil Knight is already personally responsible for the success of Oregon athletics. That's been the case for 20 years now. Same with Boone Pickens, Les Wexner, Jimmy Rane, etc. If you're crying about "haves and have nots" where have you been for the last 2 decades?

The biggest benefit of all of this is that Dabo Swinney might make good on his pledge to renounce his $93M contract now that college sports have been "professionalized." He only respected it when he was getting paid 10 milly a year to coach college kids just trying to get some exercise on weekends.
 
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navery12 said:
Don't think so, unfortunately. It allows players to make money off their name/likeness but they won't be able to use the schools name or logo so don't think this will lead to jerseys
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Yeahh, thought so. But hey baby steps, maybe well get there one day.
 
polycom said:
yes Phil Knight can throw his personal millions not Nike's millions those are very different. But sure keep believing whatever you want.
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whats stopping the nike or jordan brands from giving a million dollar NIL deal to every 5* that signs at one of the schools that wears its jerseys and sneakers?
 
bendm said:
whats stopping t the nike or jordan brands give a million dollar NIL deal to every 5* that signs at one of the schools that wears its jerseys and sneakers?
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Maybe they will but that’s not what Poly is arguing about here.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
The handwringing doesn't make sense to me. Phil Knight is already personally responsible for the success of Oregon athletics. That's been the case for 20 years now. Same with Boone Pickens, Les Wexner, Jimmy Rane, etc. If you're crying about "haves and have nots" where have you been for the last 2 decades?

The biggest benefit of all of this is that Dabo Swinney might make good on his pledge to renounce his $93M contract now that college sports have been "professionalized." He only respected it when he was getting paid 10 milly a year to coach college kids just trying to get some exercise on weekends.
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You don't see any difference in influence if billionaires are allowed to dump millions directly into 18 year olds bank accounts?
 
Guapo said:
Maybe they will but that’s not what Poly is arguing about here.
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you think it will be a coincidence when oregon and unc players get 100x more than any other school's players from those brands?
 
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bendm said:
you dont think it will be a coincidence when oregon and unc players get 100x more than any other school's players from those brands?
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Lol maybe! I was just saying that was not part of @polycom ’s argument. They were arguing about private vs public money and accountability
 
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Guapo said:
Lol maybe! I was just saying that was not part of @polycom ’s argument. They were arguing about private vs public money and accountability
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then it's a distinction without a difference! oregon and unc and duke and michigan are going to become g league teams in college jerseys
 
bendm said:
i guess i dont see your point then. i agree there are only so many 5*s but if the same couple schools can now legally buy off all of them that will have an outsize impact on parity
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The point is that most players aren’t playing a sport that is televised, and only a handful each year are the big impact players. How many UConn football players do you think make any significant NIL money? How about Bowling Green football? Fairfield basketball?

There is a lot of room for a lot of kids to be disappointed. The main thing they get is the ability to monetize social media. Livvy Dunne will make money.
 
bendm said:
then it's a distinction without a difference! oregon and unc and duke and michigan are going to become g league teams in college jerseys
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What would you call a Duke vs Maryland game now?
 
HuskyHawk said:
The point is that most players aren’t playing a sport that is televised, and only a handful each year are the big impact players. How many UConn football players do you think make any significant NIL money? How about Bowling Green football? Fairfield basketball?

There is a lot of room for a lot of kids to be disappointed. The main thing they get is the ability to monetize social media. Livvy Dunne will make money.
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this conversation is about college basketball p6 teams i could care less about bowling greens golf team
 
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Guapo said:
Yes they are just amateurs playing for school spirit and that is it!

you sound insane.
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polycom said:
You realize thats exactly what it is now...
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keep pretending there isnt a difference. duke didnt even make the tourney this year. once they can pay each player 10 million in NIL deals they would have had jalen green and johnathan kuminga both on the roster
 
superjohn said:
Phil Knight is Nike. Bezos is no longer CEO at Amazon either but he is Amazon. They could throw around millions to whatever the hell they wanted to 5 years ago and now.
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Ok SJ.
 
bendm said:
keep pretending. duke didnt even make the tourney this year. once they can pay each player 10 million in NIL deals they would have had jalen green and johnathan kuminga both on the roster
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If this is how you think it works sure. I'll listen to my friends who play high major D-1 who explained how recruiting works.
 
bendm said:
keep pretending there isnt a difference. duke didnt even make the tourney this year. once they can pay each player 10 million in NIL deals they would have had jalen green and johnathan kuminga both on the roster
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Oh wow, you’re saying Duke, UNC or Kentucky is going to end with a concentration of top talent? What a brave new world. So scary!
 
superjohn said:
No, it's exactly true. Phil Knight can throw millions wherever he likes it and doesn't have to answer to shareholders.
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Phil can. Nike can’t. UA and Nike aren’t going to see it in their interest to prop up two programs. They and Adidas have interests in dozens of schools. Now, might Nike steer kids to Nike schools like UConn? Yes, I can see that.

I expect they will revisit all these rules later. They need to try to keep it out of recruiting.
 
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