NIL, Tennessee and Spyre Sports

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#76
MontyPython said:
Well aware of potential self-imposed roster restrictions. Truth is, such restrictions are moot. What you fail to understand is that booster groups can effectively recruit and pay players with NIL deals EXCLUSIVELY.

There is no prohibition of NIL potentially circumventing scholarship cap restrictions by the NCAA, because they already got their a$$ whooped in court (thereby allowing NIL to happen in the first place), and it's legally impermissible for them to restrict players on what they can earn OUTSIDE OF THE DE FACTO SCHOOL STRUCTURE.

Thus, a player can have a NIL deal and NOT have a scholarship. Ergo, NIL deals can allow a school to circumvent the current scholarship cap (85 players) altogether.

Money is money. Doesn't matter *how* a player is compensated (scholarship v. NIL deal), it only matters that a player *is* compensated.

Gears turning in your head yet? Hope so.

Tennessee either doesn't have their NIL ducks in a row (likely), is being very conservative and a 'slow-adaptor' with NIL deals (possible) or is just simply losing battles with schools like UTjr for guys like Neyor (who likely will receive NIL $).
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Right now the NCAA is limited in it's ability to control dollars and NIL drivers are pushing the envelope, but the court decision did not eliminate long standing schollie limits, the number of PWO's and the differentials of health services, training table and other facilities use. I bet that is where they draw the first line in the sand. They will not attempt to limit NIL money, but will require adherence to all these old rules.

So, it will matter whether you are on SHIPs or not. They can simply add one new rule that stipulates that anyone receiving NIL money IS A COUNTER even if they don't accept the ship money as well. That clarification would not be in conflict with the court ruling giving the player the right to get their money at all. Plenty of open ships for the guys getting money in this land if their first choices for location fill up.

Abuses, real or perceived, will be what I think fires up Congress to get involved and provide structure opportunities for the NCAA that that the Supreme Court did not. I just feel that there will be WAY more votes by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle that feel that the schools in their areas were further disadvantaged vs the ELITES by just opening up the floodgates. You think those meddlesome guys and gals won't stick their nose in? They will fight for truth, justice and the American way (as always) with their own preferred colors in the back of their minds. We do not yet have enough post mortem data with this first pass yet to stir the pot. Bet it is coming.
 
#77
#77
You may well be right in your prediction, but I’d like to think our Congress has more important things to worry about.
 
#78
#78
walkenvol said:
You may well be right in your prediction, but I’d like to think our Congress has more important things to worry about.
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I just don't think they will pass up the opportunity to be heros in every state and district where their constituents feel their schools of choice were damaged by the Supreme Court ruling. Heck, threre are WAY more non-elite high roller blessed locations than the other side. How many guys is Vermont will not go for the little guys side? Reps closer to Waco, Houston, Ft. Worth and Lubbock than Austin and College Station. What Senator is going to protect the big guys even if they graduated from the top ten NIL blessed schools. Could be a really bad look.
 
#84
#84
BigOrangeVols said:
We canned Pruitt for it and then it's essentially legal the year after. I wonder if that played into us being slow to get into it.
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True, but with what we saw on the field, and learned about the in-house environment under Pruitt; we are well rid of him
 
#85
#85
BigOrangeVols said:
We canned Pruitt for it and then it's essentially legal the year after. I wonder if that played into us being slow to get into it.
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What part of NIL and related rulings gives a greenlight to channel this type money to players through the actions of the department? I must have missed it. It was important that the NCAA did not put themselves into this flow of additional money to players to avoid any employee relationship. That will be between the kids and their NIL sources. The IRS will be the primary enforcement arm in detailing this flow of money. The sources nor the kids (or their parents and guardians in some situations) want to deal with those folks.
 
#86
#86
GUNTERSVOL said:
What part of NIL and related rulings gives a greenlight to channel this type money to players through the actions of the department? I must have missed it. It was important that the NCAA did not put themselves into this flow of additional money to players to avoid any employee relationship. That will be between the kids and their NIL sources. The IRS will be the primary enforcement arm in detailing this flow of money. The sources nor the kids (or their parents and guardians in some situations) want to deal with those folks.
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You're living in fantasy land if you think our department has absolutely no dealings with it.
 
#87
#87
BigOrangeVols said:
You're living in fantasy land if you think our department has absolutely no dealings with it.
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They can wink and encourage outside interests to create opportunities, but not be moving money around internally to get it into players hands. That is why folks friendly to UT but not part of the school will exist. This should eliminate the need to run the risks that those 10 or so people that we ran off did. The Supreme Court did not legalize those types of acts internally, but opened the door for outsiders to get involved and not be in conflict with NCAA rules. The NCAA can still maintain rules to keep competitive balance for their members.
 
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