He'll be carrying HER bags on and off the plane on road trips.Ok, so what happens when Paige's annual income surpasses Geno's?
Just so long as Paige picks up the tab now and then.He'll be carrying HER bags on and off the plane on road trips.
Paige eats free in CT.
Today we have shady middlemen, overzealous parents and ambitious AAU coaches.
Unfortunately, to quote Sonny from A Bronx Tale, “No one cares.” The relatively few who will truly profit honestly will give the semblance of fairness, while opening up new, easier and pseudo legal avenues for cheating.
it's not it's gonna ruin college sports, more ppl will be worried about Instagram and filling content then their actual sport
P-5 schools earn millions off of the NIL of their players. Most players will earn very little off of their NIL. Only a handful will be able to cover the cost of their scholarship from NIL compensation. I can’t see any way that schools will ask players to forfeit their scholarships.
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My guess is that the few who really cash in will give up their scholarships on advise from their image consultants. As for ruining anything I can only point to men's basketball and football where the bagmen pass on the sidewalk in front of top HS talent's homes. When there's billions involved it's impossible to insulate the athletes from it.
I can't wait to cop a pair of Paige breds
The NCAA is the sole arbiter of who is eligible to play in its club in which membership is completely voluntary. The states can pass a billion laws and it won't mean a thing. Players can already make money from their name, image, and likeness just like you can. There are no laws preventing that now, so what exactly do these laws make legal that's already not legal?
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You’re thinking regionally, which will certainly be an element of NIL for many athletes. But top athletes and top programs will provide exposure for NIL on a national basis.
The NCAA says that if you receive money from a sponsor, an organization, or anyone else because of your talent, you are considered a professional. If you are a professional, you can't hire an agent, you cannot play amateur sports, or least get paid for it. For example, an amateur can compete in the U.S.Open in golf, but if he wins not a penny of the purse is collected. A trophy, a handshake, and an attaboy. If the NCAA doesn't pass something quickly to level the playing field, college sports as we know it will cease to exist.
Players can already make money from their name, image, and likeness. There are no laws prohibiting that. This is like the government saying they are going to pass a law giving us freedom of speech. Thanks, but we already have that. And if we want statehouses to start dictating NCAA rules, how long until the Ohio State or Alabama legislatures pass laws that say players do not have to go to class and schools in those states can pay players an unlimited amount of money directly?
Listen to the podcast posted by gwhuskyfan. Players cannot make money from their NIL, and still be players. But any other student on campus can make money off of their NIL. State Senator Derek Slap points out the hypocrisy of the current NCAA rules by pointing out that a star athlete, who might also be a talented singer, cannot release an album for sale without losing their eligibility.
They can still be players, just not in an NCAA sanctioned event or sport. And if the state or federal government can start dictating the rules, then what's to stop other states from doing as I suggested by legislating that paying players and waiving academic requirements is now legal for schools in their states?
If you are a top college football or basketball player, where exactly are you going to play if you can’t play in NCAA sanctioned events? You void your scholarship and maybe you’re not quite good enough for the pros. Under the current rules you lose everything.
