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Welcome to the future of NIL

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krinklecut said:
Is your title implying this is a bad thing? This rules.
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As long as you don’t care that UConn football (and many others) will have no hope of competing in an escalating arms race with no rules. Will be “interesting” to see what college sports looks like after 5-10 years of this.
 
Luxury pickup truck culture is so dumb. They're college students, they really don't need a truck. How's the parking in Salt Lake City? They probably can't even sell it due to the advertising aspect.
 
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auror said:
Luxury pickup truck culture is so dumb. They're college students, they really don't need a truck. How's the parking in Salt Lake City? They probably can't even sell it due to the advertising aspect.
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They don't even really own it, they have to give it back as soon as they transfer or their eligibility expires
 
mussels said:
As long as you don’t care that UConn football (and many others) will have no hope of competing in an escalating arms race with no rules. Will be “interesting” to see what college sports looks like after 5-10 years of this.
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If a kid can go get set up better for the rest of his life at another school, he should go to that other school.
 
Ridiculous - players now rule the roost.
I dislike pro sports because they ruined it with ridiculous salary standards and now college sports has turned that corner
What's next - high school and youth sports?
 
krinklecut said:
Why? These are kids who quite literally destroying their bodies for our entertainment, and provide the labor that gets a lot of people a paycheck. Most of them won’t see a dime from professional football.
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There are two issues that are related but not the same. One is whether college athletes should be paid. I and many others have come around to the opinion that they should. The second is whether the manner in which NIL allows them to be paid is the right way to do it given the situation and the needs of the players, the universities and college athletics as a whole. One can think, as I do, that the answer to the second question is a resounding NO without questioning the need to allow players to be paid for their efforts.
 
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businesslawyer said:
There are two issues that are related but not the same. One is whether college athletes should be paid. I and many others have come around to the opinion that they should. The second is whether the manner in which NIL allows them to be paid is the right way to do it given the situation and the needs of the players, the universities and college athletics as a whole. One can think, as I do, that the answer to the second question is a resounding NO without questioning the need to allow players to be paid for their efforts.
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Well said
 
gtcam said:
Ridiculous - players now rule the roost.
I dislike pro sports because they ruined it with ridiculous salary standards and now college sports has turned that corner
What's next - high school and youth sports?
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Youth sports are already semi professionalized. If a kid is showing talent and interest in this day in age they are entering into regional divisions that have parents traveling state lines hours each way. It becomes the social nucleus of the family. The team parents become a community. Nobody spends any time outside of it.

That is a lifestyle that some don't want to sign up for but sacrifice in support of their kids.

Giving that family perks for that sacrifice wouldn't be the disturbing part of the development.
 
I just find it ironic how NIL was created to allow players to make money of THEIR OWN NAME, IMAGE, AND LIKENESS.... now they've socialized it by giving everyone the same benefits under the name of the University. I believe that the universities have wayyyyyy too much leeway when it comes to how they spend their NIL budget, they should be spending the money on facilities, team travel & food, and the best coaches/doctors/trainers money can buy.

This has nothing to do with "do the athletes deserve this," because I absolutely think they do, and I love the benefits they are getting.
But I don't think the universities should be allowed to do it.

Let's just stop acting like the universities are doing this for the players. They are not. The overwhelming majority are doing it to stay competitive with the strong programs that can recruit players who are NIL worthy on their own (Cooper Flagg).
 
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aburks41 said:
Clingan drives an NIL leased vehicle - his dad said so on a Twitter spaces this week. I assume a lot of our players have cars leased to them for free. This isn’t new
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just ask Marcus Camby....
 
With those trucks I’d rather they pay my insurance and gas than give it to me to lease for free.
 
businesslawyer said:
There are two issues that are related but not the same. One is whether college athletes should be paid. I and many others have come around to the opinion that they should. The second is whether the manner in which NIL allows them to be paid is the right way to do it given the situation and the needs of the players, the universities and college athletics as a whole. One can think, as I do, that the answer to the second question is a resounding NO without questioning the need to allow players to be paid for their efforts.
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I'm in the same boat. Pay 'em... but NIL is bullsh
 
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husky429 said:
I'm in the same boat. Pay 'em... but NIL is bullsh
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It's amazing many people didn't see what was coming with this NIL nonsense.

The question is how do they create a system where the athletes get paid, it makes sense, and it doesn't destroy college sports? What we have now certainly isn't sustainable.
 
superjohn said:
Boosters giving all 85 players the same $70,000 vehicle is new. The more this stuff spins out of control the harder it will crash.
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They didn’t give them $70,000 vehicles they provided them leased vehicles for their time at the school. If we’re gonna have this conversation let’s at least get the facts right.
 
HuskyFich said:
I just find it ironic how NIL was created to allow players to make money of THEIR OWN NAME, IMAGE, AND LIKENESS.... now they've socialized it by giving everyone the same benefits under the name of the University. I believe that the universities have wayyyyyy too much leeway when it comes to how they spend their NIL budget, they should be spending the money on facilities, team travel & food, and the best coaches/doctors/trainers money can buy.

This has nothing to do with "do the athletes deserve this," because I absolutely think they do, and I love the benefits they are getting.
But I don't think the universities should be allowed to do it.

Let's just stop acting like the universities are doing this for the players. They are not. The overwhelming majority are doing it to stay competitive with the strong programs that can recruit players who are NIL worthy on their own (Cooper Flagg).
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Universities don't have an "NIL budget." The money comes from boosters privately. NIL isn't some line item in the budget at all.
 
krinklecut said:
They didn’t give them $70,000 vehicles they provided them leased vehicles for their time at the school. If we’re gonna have this conversation let’s at least get the facts right.
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What I said is accurate (I'm giving a ballpark on the actual sticker price plus out the door cost on those vehicles.) If you want to have a conversation don't tell me I got the facts wrong.
 
OkaForPrez said:
Youth sports are already semi professionalized. If a kid is showing talent and interest in this day in age they are entering into regional divisions that have parents traveling state lines hours each way.
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Plenty of kids without talent doing this too. If the parents are willing to shell out the cash

There are AAU basketball teams with kids paying 2k+ to travel and I can't imagine these kids even playing varsity in a public school.
 
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