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Welcome to the future of NIL

HuskyFich said:
I don’t think it’s about hating the NIL. I want players making millions if they deserve it.

I think it’s about should the players get NIL because of their individual skills, or the program they choose?
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I think you're not really understanding supply and demand here.

It's not like any random 180lb shmuck is getting a scholly to play d-line. They're being recruited because they have the individual skills to earn NIL $.
 
krinklecut said:
Maybes it’s just semantics or laziness idk but saying they were “given $70,000 trucks” is read pretty plainly as they own the trucks
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Come on, that's on you. Coaches/schools give out scholarships all the time too. You have the scholarship for a year and hopefully you have it as long as you want to play at your school, it can also be taken away from you at any time. Kind of like the trucks the boosters (NIL collective) gave them.

If I thought they owned the trucks I would've said they owned the trucks. I mentioned 70K to show these aren't beaters, they're expensive new vehicles. All 85 players were given expensive brand new pickup trucks.
 
krinklecut said:
Man y’all are such joyless husks. Life is short. These kids are clearly very happy about this. Whether or not you think it’s
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Yep, that's it! We should give kids what makes them happy, they tend to have wonderful impulse control and make the correct decisions when given everything they want.

Kids, adults, everyone likes free stuff. It doesn't mean it's right or a good thing.
 
husky429 said:
I think you're not really understanding supply and demand here.

It's not like any random 180lb shmuck is getting a scholly to play d-line. They're being recruited because they have the individual skills to earn NIL $.
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krinklecut said:
What do you think got them to the program???????
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i get the S&D aspect, I just question the slippery slope of the supply.

professional sports have a salary cap. Nothing at the moment exists in college athletics. I’d like a solution to that problem looked into is all.
 
krinklecut said:
Man y’all are such joyless husks
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Truly so incredibly on brand to read through a boneyard thread about NIL and see the old man yells at clouds takes just plopped all over the place.

"I'm all for players getting paid but NIL ain't it."

Stop it. You're telling on yourself.

NIL is the perfect system for an amateur athlete to capitalize on their brand value. Who is anyone to tell a college athlete they can't earn money that the market is telling them they're worth, whatever that may be. If someone wants to give an entire football team a fleet of pick up trucks who are they hurting? If a gas stations name sounds like a players name and they wanna pay him some money to make some fun jerseys whose to say no to that?

Also has anyone noticed the parity in college sports... Everyone thought the rich would get richer in college football and it's the most wide open college football has been in years.

It's also nice to see more players staying in school who are fringe pros. Anyone arguing that the product hasn't gotten better is blind.
 
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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How about taking advantage of that free education they are getting?
 
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HuskyFich said:
i get the S&D aspect, I just question the slippery slope of the supply.

professional sports have a salary cap. Nothing at the moment exists in college athletics. I’d like a solution to that problem looked into is all.
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That's not what you said at all. You said kids aren't earning it with individual skills. Get a grip.
 
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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It won't be "college" sports.
 
krinklecut said:
Nope. Sure don’t. If it makes them happy and it makes their lives better what do I care? They more than deserve it.
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My point is that, sure it's great, everyone's happy but I think it's going to be the wild wild West in short order (if it's not already there with the truck example) that is going to invite legislation that ultimately hurts the future athletes.

I don't really care one way or another, I'll root for the UConn laundry whether it's pre-NIL, NIL, or whatever the future holds.
 
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krinklecut said:
Ok gramps let’s get you back to the home
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I am talking about the players that “won’t see a dime from professional football”. You sure are riding high on that horse of yours, youngster.
 
superjohn said:
This place is impossible. Read my post and read his reply to my post. He/she is not right.
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Define the word "giving".

You know more than anyone on here so I will take your word for it that when you said "giving" you meant leasing cars for all of the players. ;)
 
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HooperScooper said:
Define the word "giving".

You know more than anyone on here so I will take your word for it that when you said "giving" you meant leasing cars for all of the players. ;)
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I meant boosters gave all 85 players trucks.
 
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