Is the upheaval of college sports—especially football—the comeuppance…

[brockytop]

coaches deserve for having it their way for far too long? Sure seems that way to me. Unfortunately, it’s fans—as usual—that are caught in the middle watching the circus unfold.

As far as TN goes, I’m concerned for the first time in the Heupel era that he’s not quite sure what to do to maneuver the waters. Hope I’m wrong.

 

[TN Volunteers.]

Since NIL is not going away, what rules does the NCAA need to implement into place. Their probably needs to be a salary cap, but are teams going to have a different salary cap. It would be weird if Tennessee had the same amount of money to use for recruiting as Vandy. Should the schools nil money come from donations or from revenue of tv rights, stadium, etc. There should also be contracts because everyone is basically a free agent every offseason with the transfer portal. I don’t like all of this because college football is becoming almost an NFL junior but it is the new way.

 

[S.C. OrangeMan]

Since NIL is not going away, what rules does the NCAA need to implement into place. Their probably needs to be a salary cap, but are teams going to have a different salary cap. It would be weird if Tennessee had the same amount of money to use for recruiting as Vandy. Should the schools nil money come from donations or from revenue of tv rights, stadium, etc. There should also be contracts because everyone is basically a free agent every offseason with the transfer portal. I don’t like all of this because college football is becoming almost an NFL junior but it is the new way.

Under what rock have you been?

The federal courts negated the NCAA's illegal interference with NIL.

The NCAA vs Alston and Tennessee vs NCAA court decisions prove it.

 

[DaddyChad]

Idiots start threads on how to fix stuff without even understanding basics. This crap has been discussed to death. How bout a Google search before starting yet another thread on something you know absolutely zero about?

 

[C-south]

The ncaa can’t change nil but they can change the portal bs. Probably not tangible but maybe a rule where if a player enters the portal they must pay back nil money to the school they used to promote their name, image, likeness.

 

[GAVol]

The ncaa can’t change nil but they can change the portal bs. Probably not tangible but maybe a rule where if a player enters the portal they must pay back nil money to the school they used to promote their name, image, likeness.

The school isn’t involved in the transaction.

 

[deezvols]

Meh, it’ll settle down eventually. Once players start realizing that leaving a place to learn a new system, develop chemistry with a whole new team, etc. for short term money and that it may not benefit them in the long run (NFL prospect) as compared to developing under the same system and coaching for 4 years…. They’ll at least slow down the money chasing a bit.

 

[Delmar]

Since NIL is not going away, what rules does the NCAA need to implement into place. Their probably needs to be a salary cap, but are teams going to have a different salary cap. It would be weird if Tennessee had the same amount of money to use for recruiting as Vandy. Should the schools nil money come from donations or from revenue of tv rights, stadium, etc. There should also be contracts because everyone is basically a free agent every offseason with the transfer portal. I don’t like all of this because college football is becoming almost an NFL junior but it is the new way.

You can’t put a cap on NIL. Next subject?

 

[C-south]

The school isn’t involved in the transaction.

Call it a fine then. I can’t go around making unlicensed gear (legally) without the universities approval.

 

[VFL92]

The NCAA is getting fleeced in court in every single lawsuit. They have no power or ability to contain this. I have very little hope that, as long as major college sports are under the NCAA banner, it’s going to be regulated in any way that makes sense. It’s a disaster. And it’s hard to see any solutions on the horizon.

 

[GAVol]

Call it a fine then.

Doesn’t work either. The deals are between players and collectives or other private interests.

 

[Voltopia]

Meh, it’ll settle down eventually. Once players start realizing that leaving a place to learn a new system, develop chemistry with a whole new team, etc. for short term money and that it may not benefit them in the long run (NFL prospect) as compared to developing under the same system and coaching for 4 years…. They’ll at least slow down the money chasing a bit.

It won't slow down. You're considering the wrong group of people.

The majority of these players are playing through college, and that's it for them. They won't be going pro. They're the ones who will chase the hardest, because college is the only time they can get some money out of the years of work they put into playing football. And there's a LOT more of them than there are NFL-bound players. So they will only chase that money harder. And even the ones who might not want to chase harder will have family and friends and all sorts of people breathing down their necks to "GO GET THAT BAG."

Now whether that's the right or wrong way to look at college or at the reasons for playing football is another question, but with the money being what it is right now, everyone who's facing the end of their time playing football is going to feel the pull.

 

[C-south]

Doesn’t work either. The deals are between players and collectives or other private interests.

Where does the “talent fee” go?

 

[deezvols]

It won't slow down. You're considering the wrong group of people.

The majority of these players are playing through college, and that's it for them. They won't be going pro. They're the ones who will chase the hardest, because college is the only time they can get some money out of the years of work they put into playing football. And there's a LOT more of them than there are NFL-bound players. So they will only chase that money harder. And even the ones who might not want to chase harder will have family and friends and all sorts of people breathing down their necks to "GO GET THAT BAG."

Now whether that's the right or wrong way to look at college, is another question, but with the money being what it is right now, everyone who's facing the end of their time playing football is going to feel the pull.

True, most of these kids will never see the NFL.

 

[aaronvol]

The game is about to go back into the hands of the fans. We control the market. If we walk it back a bit so will the insanity of all of this.

 

[C-south]

The game is about to go back into the hands of the fans. We control the market. If we walk it back a bit so will the insanity of all of this.

It could be fixed easily you just have to get 134 institutions on board.

 

[AdoptedVOL]

Fans have a lot of say if they want to leverage their control as consumers.

 

[Golfprovol]

coaches deserve for having it their way for far too long? Sure seems that way to me. Unfortunately, it’s fans—as usual—that are caught in the middle watching the circus unfold.

As far as TN goes, I’m concerned for the first time in the Heupel era that he’s not quite sure what to do to maneuver the waters. Hope I’m wrong.

What in the hell gives you the idea he doesn't know what to do? I mean actual evidence not some "i believe" speculation.

 

[C-south]

Fans have a lot of say if they want to leverage their control as consumers.

Good luck getting them to participate. Look no further than the realists and the sunshine pumpers in the football forum.

 

[GAVol]

Where does the “talent fee” go?

The talent fee goes towards revenue sharing from the athletic department. That’sa different animal from NIL.

 

[UTFanForLife]

Fans have a lot of say if they want to leverage their control as consumers.

All the good players will just leave the school. Withholding money won’t change anything. You just gonna be stuck with the players that other teams don’t want.

 

[C-south]

All the good players will just leave the school. Withholding money won’t change anything. You just gonna be stuck with the players that other teams don’t want.

Coach em up

 

[C-south]

The talent fee goes towards revenue sharing from the athletic department. That’sa different animal from NIL.

The ncaa is going to have to get creative I guess. Maybe open the portal window in mid September or something.

 

[AdoptedVOL]

Good luck getting them to participate. Look no further than the realists and the sunshine pumpers in the football forum.

Agree

 

[GAVol]

The ncaa is going to have to get creative I guess. Maybe open the portal window in mid September or something.

Something definitely has got to give with the portal. The football calendar and academic calendar are in complete conflict.