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NIL - Impact on WBB Recruiting and UConn - Other Schools

SECbbfan24 said:
Thats just her Instagram. She has 4 million followers on Tiktok as well. She's gonna make bank.
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Any gymnast gets my vote. Nothing more brutal.
 
I hope women's basketball doesn't turn into a bunch of modeling contracts. The face of the game could easily become the diva at the end of the bench with 4 inch lashes averaging 2 minutes per game.
 
eebmg said:
Any gymnast gets my vote. Nothing more brutal.
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Its tough. It will be interesting to see the ramifications of this from a team perspective, when the girl three lockers down is racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars (if not millions) while the other one is getting peanuts in comparison.

 
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GamecockFam said:
I am not too familiar with the NIL rules but I definitely see wiggle room. Like I can foresee coaches going on "bathroom breaks" during campus tours and basically leaving recruits in a room full of boosters who are willing to give "examples" for how they can use an athlete's NIL to make the athlete some big bucks if they were to "hypothetically" enroll at the university.
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Boosters are prohibited from establishing NIL agreements with college athletes.
 
Stymie said:
If this becomes dominant topic in woman’s basketball, I will check out.
Already checked out on football.
Only really follow men’s college BB during tourney time.
Scenery of professional sports is littered with busted, bankrupt athletes that skipped the books and concentrated pro careers and quick cash with no fallback plan.
Think these “benefactors” will give two licks upon unfortunate injury or illness.
Best blending educational/career objectives as top priority with any athletic revenue sources as “found money”
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Well said...our house has done the same.
 
Will creative lawyers now fashion lawsuits against coaches and athletic departments
because their clients are not getting enough playing time thereby damaging their NIL
earning potential?
 
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To an oldie like me the whole NIL thing was unimaginable back in the day. The growth of women's sports is incredible. I am appreciative that I got to be a part of that in the 80's and early 90's. Geno was at Virginia then and little did I know that he would become what he is!
I believe our Huskies will benefit tremendously. We are the center of the earth....women's basketball that is. Bring in the cameras. I hope that all the additional attention and earnings doesn't affect the team negatively. Of course there will be some athletes who will want to be diva's all over the NCAA. UConn is in good hands and must keep it's great reputation in tact.
The administration must continually make sure that all our personnel are on the right track and adjust to the younger generations. I am certain that Geno and CD will do great, but future hiring is ultra important.
 
Question: Does this hurt the programs that have traditionally restricted their players' social media usage in season? Does this prompt Geno and CD to relax their rules?

I think it's quite telling that the first big NIL splash on the women's side is by 3 white blondes whose "marketability" is heavily based on their appearance rather than their athletic success. Kinda reminds me how Anna Kournikova became one of the most highly compensated female athletes in history despite never winning a singles tournament.
 
da60 said:
To an oldie like me the whole NIL thing was unimaginable back in the day. The growth of women's sports is incredible. I am appreciative that I got to be a part of that in the 80's and early 90's. Geno was at Virginia then and little did I know that he would become what he is!
I believe our Huskies will benefit tremendously. We are the center of the earth....women's basketball that is. Bring in the cameras. I hope that all the additional attention and earnings doesn't affect the team negatively. Of course there will be some athletes who will want to be diva's all over the NCAA. UConn is in good hands and must keep it's great reputation in tact.
The administration must continually make sure that all our personnel are on the right track and adjust to the younger generations. I am certain that Geno and CD will do great, but future hiring is ultra important.
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Back in the Dark Ages when I was in college, getting a good education with an opportunity to play ball seemed like a great bargain. But back in the 1970’s top college coaches didn’t have multi-million $ incomes and top universities didn’t take in 100’s of millions every year from media rights, ticket & merchandise sales and alumni fundraising campaigns.

Over the years I’ve come full circle on athlete compensation. The idea that college athletes get tuition, room and board, while working their butts off year round to sustain a multi-billion $ industry is one of the most one-sided deals since Peter Minuit purchased Manhattan from the Native Americans for 60 guilders.

College athletes should be able to earn whatever they can off of their NIL. There will certainly be some hiccups along the way. In the end the system will finally compensate the athletes that work and compete, and college sports will survive.
 
Until now I finally know what is NIL (name, image, likeness), LOL.
 
Plebe said:
Question: Does this hurt the programs that have traditionally restricted their players' social media usage in season? Does this prompt Geno and CD to relax their rules?

I think it's quite telling that the first big NIL splash on the women's side is by 3 white blondes whose "marketability" is heavily based on their appearance rather than their athletic success. Kinda reminds me how Anna Kournikova became one of the most highly compensated female athletes in history despite never winning a singles tournament.
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I think the social media rules only dictate that they stay off of Twitter, which today’s college players barely use anyways.
 
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oldude said:
Back in the Dark Ages when I was in college, getting a good education with an opportunity to play ball seemed like a great bargain. But back in the 1970’s top college coaches didn’t have multi-million $ incomes and top universities didn’t take in 100’s of millions every year from media rights, ticket & merchandise sales and alumni fundraising campaigns.

Over the years I’ve come full circle on athlete compensation. The idea that college athletes get tuition, room and board, while working their butts off year round to sustain a multi-billion $ industry is one of the most one-sided deals since Peter Minuit purchased Manhattan from the Native Americans for 60 guilders.

College athletes should be able to earn whatever they can off of their NIL. There will certainly be some hiccups along the way. In the end the system will finally compensate the athletes that work and compete, and college sports will survive.
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If a student works on something groundbreaking and it leads to patents and licensing income, or additional grants, for the university what is the researchers' cut? Research dollars usually are far bigger than sports dollars, so I'm wondering if a similar situation doesn't exist in that case as well. Does anyone know how that works?
 
eebmg said:
That is surprising to me.

Not looking forward to the inevitable inequity by race "discussions"
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While these "discussions' as you call them might be uncomfortable for some, it is perfectly reasonable to anticipate them. And for the women's side it will be even more complicated by the typical bias toward females considered physically attractive. Not to say any of this is "fair", because there is no such thing. But it is and will be a source of discontent across the gamut of fans and non fans alike.
 
GamecockFam said:
I am not too familiar with the NIL rules but I definitely see wiggle room. Like I can foresee coaches going on "bathroom breaks" during campus tours and basically leaving recruits in a room full of boosters who are willing to give "examples" for how they can use an athlete's NIL to make the athlete some big bucks if they were to "hypothetically" enroll at the university.
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Let’s face it. That’s been going on at big football and basketball schools for years. The biggest thing the NIL does is allow athletes, just like regular students, to market themselves. Thats going to be different for each individual.
 
I can see the NEW box score now....2 points...8 turnovers , 150 new followers. Player post interview..." I had a great game." lol
 
I remember when everyone made a big deal over the number of followers Skylar Diggins had in college.
 
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diggerfoot said:
Here’s a somewhat contrary opinion. Auriemma’s recruiting success has focused on getting specific types of players who, among other characteristics, put team first. Yet mistakes are made, as happens with every other program regardless of their recruiting objectives. The ability to profit as a college athlete is not a “skill” pertinent to winning championships. It is indicative of such skills and UConn would be at a recruiting disadvantage if they had no “NIL” value. However, it now becomes another motivating factor that may lead to mistakes in recruiting. The coaching staff will either need to adapt themselves to teasing out how important the “NIL” motivation from others for recruits, or face greater challenges to chemistry and winning championships.

With the recruits we already have coming in I think we are in great shape for awhile, but this may be a future consideration in Auriemma’s retirement.
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I think long-term the dollars it's going to eventually catch up to UCONN without being in a P5.
 
hoopsfan22 said:
If a student works on something groundbreaking and it leads to patents and licensing income, or additional grants, for the university what is the researchers' cut? Research dollars usually are far bigger than sports dollars, so I'm wondering if a similar situation doesn't exist in that case as well. Does anyone know how that works?
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Funny you should ask. My son studied mechanical engineering and played football in college. His senior project involved working on a research project funded by GM to produce a high efficiency variable valve timing internal combustion engine (VVT) designed to improve overall engine performance.

He actually built a functioning prototype that ultimately resulted in 3 patents and engineering level changes to GM engine designs. My son received an A for the course. All the patents and economic benefit accrued to GM.
 
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Biff said:
The key words of course.
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Well, he was offered a job at GM, which he seriously considered, before accepting another job at GE.
 
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