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First NIL basketball tournament
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They weren’t in the initial list provided but who knows how accurate any of this is.
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St. Joes, Syracuse, and FAU are getting invites but not us? What?
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who was in the initial list?
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According to sources with knowledge of the situation, tournament organizers are in discussions with Alabama, Duke, FAU, Houston, Kansas, Oregon, San Diego State, St. Joe’s, Syracuse, and Virginia to participate.
I wonder if the selection has to do with the other preseason invitationals like the Maui. None of the other schools with us in it are under consideration for this tournament
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It has everything to do with that. You are capped in preseason tourney games.
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You don’t get it. It can’t be that we’re not invited because we’re already contractually committed to an exempt tournament. It has to be we’re being disrespected.
In-season college basketball invitational to offer $2 million NIL payouts
Another first is coming to the NIL space, this time in college basketball with plans for an in-season tournament with collective payouts.
I’m guessing the other events like Maui will have to start paying as well. This is getting insane!
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It's grotesque, I wonder when the players will get FanDuel and DraftKings tattoos...In-season college basketball invitational to offer $2 million NIL payouts
Another first is coming to the NIL space, this time in college basketball with plans for an in-season tournament with collective payouts.www.on3.com
I’m guessing the other events like Maui will have to start paying as well. This is getting insane!
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We are already locked in for Maui next year which is why I assume we weren’t mentioned.
If they want to pay the players to participate (it will work out to about $10K each scholarship player using the numbers they provided) that’s fine. The networks, schools and sponsors make money off these, so why not the athletes?
But paying the winner? I think that’s a really really bad idea that opens up a slippery slope. Just no need for that. It doesn’t make the game any more interesting for viewers and opens up a lot of opportunities for corruption.
If they want to pay the players to participate (it will work out to about $10K each scholarship player using the numbers they provided) that’s fine. The networks, schools and sponsors make money off these, so why not the athletes?
But paying the winner? I think that’s a really really bad idea that opens up a slippery slope. Just no need for that. It doesn’t make the game any more interesting for viewers and opens up a lot of opportunities for corruption.
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Another perspective on the subject:
www.extrapointsmb.com
A basketball tournament may pay out direct NIL bonuses. How big of a deal is that?
A very big deal. And also...maybe not?
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Bias was talking like this would eventually blow away the NCAA.
Bilas said on College GameDay Saturday morning. “Rather than going into a tournament and spending money to get there, it costs you money, you're not really making that much. Now, the players are making money, and it's going to – as this gets bigger, and I think it will, it's going to go into March."
Bilas said on College GameDay Saturday morning. “Rather than going into a tournament and spending money to get there, it costs you money, you're not really making that much. Now, the players are making money, and it's going to – as this gets bigger, and I think it will, it's going to go into March."
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I'm probably wrong but I love this, I see this is a small way to help level the playing fields a little from the power 2 conferences. UConn basketball is a big brand tournaments like this will want big brands which means UConn will consistently play other big brands. If the MTE we play in each year can get checks for 25k or so to all the guys on the team that is a good thing in my eyes.