Rooster, while I am sure you are correct about the setup of the SC NIL collective, you may not be entirely correct about the "legality" of the arrangement under current NCAA rules. Currently, schools cannot be involved in arrangements for NIL deals other than to provide guidance to their student-athletes in navigating the NIL quagmire. NIL cannot, currently, be used (wink - wink) for recruiting purposes. Considering this, if the coaches at South Carolina, or any school, tell a recruit (even if truthfully based on information provided by the collective), sign with us, and you get $25,000.00/year guaranteed, this would appear to violate the current NCAA rules. Obviously, one way around this would be to simply tell a recruit, "We can't talk to you about NIL, but there is this collective, and you can contact them at this number."
That said, as has been noted earlier, the NCAA action against Tennessee and Virginia, and the resulting lawsuit, will, in my opinion, result in significant changes to, if not complete elimination of, the NCAA ability to regulate member schools, student athletes and NIL.
Jim