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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4673575, member: 12088"] We all worry about NIL and the Portal ruining the women's game, and I think what we're mainly worried about is roster stability and competitive recruitment. I don't think any of us would care much about NIL if rosters remained relatively stable, even if recruitment began to seem a little lopsided. Recruitment has always been a bit lopsided, with some teams having substantial recruiting advantages either because of the academic reputation of the school or the record of success of the program. NIL could exaggerate this lopsidedness, or it could even things out. I think it's too early to tell which way it will go. So, it looks to me like our main concern is really the explosion of transfers in the last few years. This is partly the result of relaxed eligibility rules, but also partly due to the Covid extension. I suspect that once the Covid extension expires after next year, the transfer portal will not be quite as volatile as its been. I know rumors have been flying about boosters paying students to choose one school or another under the guise of NIL. Of course, this is not a new idea and boosters have engaged in such mischief many times in the past. But it is worth pointing out that the NCAA already has rules in place against this sort of thing. This means either enforcement is not now able to rein it in, or the rumors are false. I'm inclined to lean to the latter answer. It's easy to claim that LSU is breaking the rules somehow, but from what I gather their program is compliant. Athletes share in an NIL pool generated by merchandise concessions, which means they all get something. A few bigger names are free to seek independent NIL deals outside this arrangement. Not only does this not seem corrupt to me. It even seems like it may offer lesser programs a template for making their programs more attractive for recruiting. [/QUOTE]

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