Should semipro/college players be paid, or allowed to sell their stuff? (NIL and Revenue Sharing)

[Jaxbuck]

I don't like the system, but I'm not for wage control, I'm for contracting. Lock the players into some kind of years of service requirements and punishments/payback for reneging on them; Limit NIL benefits to once ever, "sure you can transfer schools, but you already got your NIL money, so you can't go chase more money" etc.

Up to this point it’s been a private citizen and a private business engaging in a contractual relationship. You can put whatever clawback provisions in there you want to.

The market decides on how attractive those clawbacks are however. OSU has clawbacks, Oregon money is fully guaranteed? Guess where kids might be going. Probably why we haven’t heard of them being a major sticking point for anyone. No one can out them in if everyone doesn’t put them in.

 

[pnuts34]

https://www.espn.com/college-footba...locksley-lost-locker-room-player-compensation

Surprised more coaches haven't stepped up to admit that their locker rooms have had similar issues...

 

[pnuts34]

Yeah, any thought that a salary cap would work has just been blown up(like many of us expected)

 

[pnuts34]

Per LR poster:

Gerdeman tweeted: “Spoke with Ross Bjork about Ross Dellenger's report that third-party NIL deals will be relaxed. “Buckeye Sports Group can operate just like a collective

Per Birm:

I've spent a lot of time talking to Bjork today and, to be honest, this really isn't that different than he/OSU have been planning for. This isn't "collectives run wild" -- the paramenters of their involvement remain the same. It does grant some additional flexibility for OSU on that front though so the clarity is good.

Game on folks

 

[Jaxbuck]

Yeah, any thought that a salary cap would work has just been blown up(like many of us expected)

If we continue to operate by the “rules” then the Swedish chef should have to wear a set of donkey ears with his “pound me in the ass I dont mind” gay boy Top Gun jacket.

 

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[Jaxbuck]

They are still going to try and tell some business/collective that they can't do a deal with a player and that is interfering with that private, U.S. citizens ability to make their money. I don't care what a bunch of slimy politicians in the house have been paid enough to turn into a bill, the SCOTUS was very clear on this.

They are going to get sued day 1 they tell someone they can't have money from a private NIL deal and the people who sue them have a very high percentage chance of winning. What is worse (for them) is that there is now enough money on the table to make it worth while for lawyers to be waiting to pounce on it.

This is what happens when you try to deal with something new that comes around fast by using an old framework to do manage it. The NCAA and the University systems have zero institutional knowledge on how to set up and run a professional sports organization. What's more, they don't even have a core competency that allows this to be an easy transition to something that is merely adjacent to their core mission/competency.

It's like expecting the Catholic Church to develop AI. Just brutally ineffective and doomed to hilariously silly failures (except if you are an athlete and getting fucked by this mob).

 

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[Jaxbuck]

Some people have different emotional needs than others is the absolute nicest way I can think to say what I really think.