The NIL mess is worse than I thought

[J C Higgins]

‘There’s no rules. It’s crazy’: New money in NCAA recruiting leaves elite athletes ripe for exploitation

 

[supersmo18]

It’s not going anywhere

 

[BigBadVol]

Anything the government gets involved in then a mess is sure to follow.

 

[allvol123]

So the piece starts with a governing body messing up the plans of a student. Sounds like the same BS we are trying to get away from, not exploitation due to freedom.

 

[turbovol]

NIL was a stupid, absurd idea from the beginning. When a player is at a school and performing well, and some business wants to pay him or her to
help promote a product, fine--but it should not be used for recruiting. It's a complete can of worms. This notion that student-athletes getting a full academic scholarship plus other benefits aren't treated well has always been activist nonsense.

 

[Hunerwadel]

NIL was a stupid, absurd idea from the beginning. When a player is at a school and performing well, and some business wants to pay him or her to
help promote a product, fine--but it should not be used for recruiting. It's a complete can of worms. This notion that student-athletes getting a full academic scholarship plus other benefits aren't treated well has always been activist nonsense.

If conferences, schools or the NCAA start passing rules limiting NIL money lawsuits will follow.

 

[Wolfeman_Vol]

NIL was a stupid, absurd idea from the beginning. When a player is at a school and performing well, and some business wants to pay him or her to
help promote a product, fine--but it should not be used for recruiting. It's a complete can of worms. This notion that student-athletes getting a full academic scholarship plus other benefits aren't treated well has always been activist nonsense.

I don't believe there was any "activist nonsense" about it. Everyone knows athletes are treated well, but they weren't getting a fair share of their earnings, and how can you tell someone they can't make money off of their own likeness? That's ridiculous. Besides, some of these folks can lose millions and millions getting injured repping our favorite colleges in any sport.. It was incredibly ridiculous in a "capitalist" economy to tell anyone that they can't make money off themselves if they're on a college scholarship.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

The mess has just begun to show itself. We've seen nothing yet.

Oh, and "exploitation"

 

[vols40]

I don't believe there was any "activist nonsense" about it. Everyone knows athletes are treated well, but they weren't getting a fair share of their earnings, and how can you tell someone they can't make money off of their own likeness? That's ridiculous. Besides, some of these folks can lose millions and millions getting injured repping our favorite colleges in any sport.. It was incredibly ridiculous in a "capitalist" economy to tell anyone that they can't make money off themselves if they're on a college scholarship.

And with "fair share" comes contract clauses. This is a typical NBC piece nothing new. What's rich is at one point the article is compared to "getting out of Afghanistan" which NBC has spent the last year plus telling us what a success that was.

 

[volfan102455]

This is out of control.

 

[volfan102455]

NIL was a stupid, absurd idea from the beginning. When a player is at a school and performing well, and some business wants to pay him or her to
help promote a product, fine--but it should not be used for recruiting. It's a complete can of worms. This notion that student-athletes getting a full academic scholarship plus other benefits aren't treated well has always been activist nonsense.

At some point what they make from the NIL needs to be used to pay back the university for monetary assistance given. This will eventually be the downfall of college sports as players become focused on the 'me' aspect and less on the 'team' aspect.

 

[chuck0303]

If conferences, schools or the NCAA start passing rules limiting NIL money lawsuits will follow.

I agree. It's too late to stop this train that has already left the station and it's too far down the tracks. I've said all along that the larger schools with more, wealthier boosters will get the better athlete's because there will be more NIL money to entice kids to go to those schools.

 

[J C Higgins]

I agree. It's too late to stop this train that has already left the station and it's too far down the tracks. I've said all along that the larger schools with more, wealthier boosters will get the better athlete's because there will be more NIL money to entice kids to go to those schools.

Yes, the schools with wealthier alumni that support athletics will be the winners. That's why I think Oregon......Phil Knight and Nike $$$$) will benefit the most.