Entire Miami roster offered $6,000 per year deal

[SDCoug]

At least some $ that otherwise would go to seatbacks or general athletic fund donations has to be fueling the money to players. No way it's all just net new $ that businesses organically are coming up with to give to players without an impact on those. I don't mean this in the sense of not wanting players to be rewarded for the value they create, but man, if it was hard to dig out of a $100m deficit in the "old days," it will be that much more arduous with some $ being diverted and the structure as a whole further limiting competitiveness of WSU's teams.

Guy that works for me (Wisconsin undergrad) believes the NCAA caved because they couldn’t control the under the table money. His view is that this kid would have had that money anyway. This just gets it in the open. If he is right then it doesn’t impact what is going to schools. Not saying he is right or wrong but presenting an alternate view.

 

[mikalalas]

I haven’t got to the end of the threads yet so maybe someone mentioned this, but the school or anyone associated with the school including past boosters or donators cannot be involved in these NIL deals. I am hearing a lot of Chun should or Rolo questions, which is the only thing that remains illegal to my knowledge.

This is partially true, untrue.

A NIL deal has to come from a theoretically independent of the college, business, or a individual that wants to theoretically legitimately hire the student athlete to use their name, image, likeness to promote, advertise the business, etc.

A college, donor, booster, etc, cant directly hire, do a NIL deal, FOR THE COLLEGE, IN THE NAME of the college. It has to theoretically be a independent of the college, legit deal.

I use THEORETICALLY for a reason. A Fan, booster, donor could theoretically own a legit business, and legitly want to hire a Student Athlete's NIL. Thats 100% allowable under the rule, according to courts, NCAA, etc.

Also A college President, AD, Coach, Fan, Booste, etc, can help find theoretical legit NIL deals for student athletes from theoretical legitly independent sources. That's 100% allowable by the rules.

But even if it were to be against the rules, its real easy to game the system, and almost impossible to enforce, as who's to say what, which business, LLC, etc, that whether owned by fans, boosters, donors, etc, or by Nike, etc, is legit or not, or is legitly hiring student athletes NIL or not.

And if the NCAA were to say a fan, booster, donor, cant hire a student athlete's NIL, that fan, booster, donor, could easily go cry to the courts "You the courts, said that Student Athlete's can hire out their NIL, and the NCAA is trying to stop that by not letting us hire a Student Athlete's NIL."

 

[COUGinNCW]

Nick Saban making it public his QB has already inked close to $1M and hasn’t even played a snap. Crazy.

He’s recruiting

 

[Coug4life34]

Disgusting. I just can't with this in college sports.

Force 95% of that money to the regular students who aren't on scholarship and have to pay their way through school, paying $XXX,XXX for a college education.

I think that’s a government issue. There’s a pretty good show on Netflix that explains the fiasco that is the cost for a college education and the real reason so many people are drowning in loans. I believe it is called Money Explained… excellent watch by the way.

 

[M-I-Coug]

Can't locate now but when I looked, the best numbers I could find indicated that corporate donors (e.g., Rockwood, Alaska Airlines, etc.) are responsible for something like 15% of donations. You keep writing this but I don't think anyone is worried about, e.g., Alaska Airlines forming a NIL scheme to benefit UW or thinks any of these corporate entities that have suites or club seats for the purposes you mention are really the issue. Much more concerned with well-off boosters, many of whom have substantial wealth through small or family businesses, and others of whom could just come up with some sham business, gaming this really easily.

Okay, I see your point and agree with you there. But, I think it can go both ways.

Large Corporates Sponsors (over 300 employees) such as Alaska Airlines, Schweitzer Engineering, Pacific Office Automation and The Boeing Company....will remain large sponsors. Owners of small businesses.....such as Brotherton Cadillac, of course, may or may not get involved with NIL.
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However, if you're highly successfully and you have under 20 employees, then I can see it happening.

 

[Coug90]

He’s recruiting

Damn right he is. ABC, always be closing. Saban knows who he’s up against to keep the 5* train rolling and he’s gotta convince blue chippers they will make more $ now along with their NFL potential vs UT, Florida, Clemson, etc. Just adds another dimension to selling the program.

 

[BiggsCoug]

Damn right he is. ABC, always be closing. Saban knows who he’s up against to keep the 5* train rolling and he’s gotta convince blue chippers they will make more $ now along with their NFL potential vs UT, Florida, Clemson, etc. Just adds another dimension to selling the program.

At the top of the food chain… Alabama only gets outbid by oil money. Texas and A&M are headed to the stratosphere. If anyone is getting a 4 or 5 star kid out of Texas that kid turned money.

Interesting… you may see kids actually stay in school. Why leave for NFL minimum wage when you can make more $ in college???

 

[Coug90]

At the top of the food chain… Alabama only gets outbid by oil money. Texas and A&M are headed to the stratosphere. If anyone is getting a 4 or 5 star kid out of Texas that kid turned money.

Interesting… you may see kids actually stay in school. Why leave for NFL minimum wage when you can make more $ in college???

Sure they are, which is exactly why he’s doing this. From Sabans perspective he doesn’t want to lose one prize recruit for NIL $. He can’t be happy about this as it levels the playing field for recruiting for some of the other big $$ programs that have struggled or not been able to get the players to get to that elite territory Bama is in. Schools like Ok State and A&M will be in on Bama recruits now I’d think if that kind of money is flying around.

 

[BiggsCoug]

Sure they are, which is exactly why he’s doing this. From Sabans perspective he doesn’t want to lose one prize recruit for NIL $. He can’t be happy about this as it levels the playing field for recruiting for some of the other big $$ programs that have struggled or not been able to get the players to get to that elite territory Bama is in. Schools like Ok State and A&M will be in on Bama recruits now I’d think if that kind of money is flying around.

Okie State is in the mix now. Also, dont sleep on Texas Tech. Lots of TT fans in West Texas with oil $$$$…