NCAA DI Board releases new NIL guidelines re boosters
Indicates that NIL should not be tied to attendance at specific school for boosters and collectives. But like true NCAA policy, no likely enforcement against those that have been breaking these guidelines.
Ah, the Knights who say Ni, and the Likeness Monster.
I feel like removing attendance requirements will hurt NIL immensely. Is MGOBLOG going to get the same value out of a recruit who isn't at Michigan? Would longhorn steakhouse of Austin, Texas pay a kid the same if he goes to USC I stead of UT? Not a chance, this only hurts the kid's earning potential
At the same time, the point of NIL is to allow players to make money off of the usage of their name, image, and likeness. It’s not supposed to be paying players to attend school X.
While this may hurt the earning potential of players, it’s a much more desirable situation for the people who are avidly against a Wild West college sports where it’s a constant state of free agency and buying players.
This would be like Little Caesars offering free agents an extra couple million in endorsements if they sign with the Pistons. It’s just in bad taste. Letting them earn an income on their merits and preventing schools from buying players seems like it gives the sport the best chance at longevity.
Now how/if the NCAA enforces this is another question entirely. But NIL was never supposed to allow schools/boosters to buy the recruits and transfers.
It will hurt the "pay to play" part of NIL immensely, which is the entire point. Athletes can and will still do deals with Longhorn Steakhouse after they have committed/signed, but this prevent schools from openly bidding on players in advance to induce them to attend a certain school.
The NCAA can go fuck itself.
so can unregulated NIL.
Is this just a game to see how convoluted and fucked up the system can be made?
Who knows... after a couple more years, somebody will get the bright idea that HS students can hire agents and negotiate a contract with a University, a company, a professional sports team, or anyone else... and get paid for their services (including benefits like free education, medical care, or whatever else someone wants to offer).
that was my suggestion a decade ago. don't know if it will work but it's better than the underground swamp. let the agent take a risk at signing a player and let him play college for a bit...or not. that said, it would be easy for boosters to reimburse agents to get kids to go to their school. not sure there is an easy answer.
But the agent doesn't pay the player. The team he plays for does. Are you saying the agent should take the pay and pass on what he feels like to the players?
college sports leaders are trying to send a warning to schools and boosters it believes have crossed a line: There are still rules here and they will be enforced.
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NCAA enforcement...
this whole thing is s MESS...a big NCAA induced MESS
While this isn't a solution by any means, it is actually a necessary next step in the whole mess that is big revenue college athletics. Once the NCAA said NIL was legal we've been living in this world where no one was quite sure exactly what "NIL is legal" means. Some universities took a very liberal interpretation of it, did just about anything they wanted, and called it NIL. And while it seemed pretty obvious to me that they weren't following the NCAA's new NIL rules, there was some doubt. Enough doubt that fans of these universities argued that their school wasn't doing anything wrong and the media didn't seem too interested in calling them out either. The new guidelines should eliminate any doubt and make it clear that what is going at Miami, Texas A&M, and other places is in fact against the rules. Now, does this mean that it will stop and everything will calm down a bit? Hell no. There is going to be push back. Publicly it will come from all the boosters trying to pay and agents hoping for their cut. Lawsuits will likely be filed and things will go back to the courts. Things will continue to be messy. But at least now things are more clear on what the rule is and the process of determining the future the can move forward.
LMAO!!! So now the NCAA is going to 'enforce' NIL 'rules'? BWWAAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!
It's a little late, boys - you let the gorilla out of its cage and it'll soon be on top of the Empire State Building with the girl. The time to enforce 'rules' was years ago, before you even mentioned NIL. What do you think is going to happen the first time the NCAA tries to enforce (read: penalize) a school/player/booster for breaking NIL rules? Well, the lawsuits will fly and Justice Kegparty will end the NCAA as a governing monopoly. (I mean, he almost did it the one time he saw the NCAA in court.)
I applaud the effort, I mean I guess its a good faith effort to reel things in a bit. But it's too late - the Genie is out; the toothpaste is out; <insert tired cliche here>.
BTW, Gene Smith? Nice words as his team signs the top recruit/QB in the land. I wonder what NIL deal he got?
It is cute that they think anyone will follow these or that anyone will ever be punished for violating these. Neither is going to happen as it relates to the schools who have been cheating for decades.
The NCAA has put in place a committee to further study the issue and come up with suggestions for further change...
