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

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It's basketball but still NIL....

Geo Baker says Rutgers players discussed delaying NCAA tournament opener vs. Clemson amid #NotNCAAProperty protest

Rutgers guard Geo Baker says the Scarlet Knights discussed delaying their NCAA tournament game last week against Clemson as part of an ongoing player protest of inequities in college sports.

Baker, Michigan's Isaiah Livers and Iowa's Jordan Bohannon are leading the #NotNCAAProperty movement that is pushing the NCAA to change its rules restricting athletes from earning money for personal sponsorship deals, online endorsements and appearances.

Baker and Livers both wore #NotNCAAProperty shirts during pregame warm-ups last week, and Baker told ESPN's Rece Davis that the three players and their teammates have considered various other forms of protest -- including delaying the start of March Madness games.

"We definitely talked about delaying games," Baker told Davis during an interview that will air Saturday during College GameDay. "Us and Clemson actually were talking about delaying the game, but basically what ended up happening was we all believed that the television channel was going to get changed as soon as we tried something. So it ended up not going through."

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...pener-vs-clemson-amid-notncaaproperty-protest
 
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NCAA president Mark Emmert meets with men's basketball players about NIL, other issues

A trio of college basketball players met with NCAA president Mark Emmert on Thursday and asked the association to adopt a temporary blanket waiver that would allow all athletes to make money from endorsement deals next school year while more permanent decisions take shape.
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The players say Emmert told them he would "get back to us" on their request for a blanket waiver for name, image and likeness deals in the coming year. Baker explained that their idea is to fix the problem quickly while also providing flexibility for future changes to those rules as details are debated by state and federal lawmakers, courts and NCAA officials.

All three players said they weren't optimistic that Emmert would take any swift action.

"Our meeting was the same thing he's doing in the public," Bohannon said. "A lot of talk and he's waiting on Congress to decide on legislation."

Entire article: https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...meets-men-basketball-players-nil-other-issues
 
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SIDE HUSTLES: HOW NCAA COACHES LIKE HARBAUGH, SABAN PAD THEIR PAY

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In 2019, Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh donned his hallmark chino pants and asked an actor pretending to be an earnest equipment apprentice, “Do you think you can keep these khakis wrinkle-free all season?” For his brief, monotone performance, Harbaugh later disclosed to UM, the Downy Wrinkle Guard people paid him $250,000.

In recent years, as the debate has culminated over whether college athletes should be allowed to earn extra money, athletic department employees have cumulatively racked up millions of dollars doing various side gigs.

This includes not only rank-and-file staffers moonlighting to make rent, but some of the highest-paid college coaches, like Harbaugh, who despite earning well into the seven figures from their public university employers, still found time to squeeze out a few (hundred thousand) bucks from the private sector.

Harbaugh was able to negotiate his quarter-million-dollar side job even though his contract with Michigan specifically paid him $4.5 million in “additional compensation” that year for the rights to his promotional activities. The agreement contained an “exclusivity of services” clause, which required Harbaugh to first seek permission of the school’s athletic director, who evidently gave approval.

Entire article: https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2021/college-sports-outside-income-1234626819/

So why shouldn't the players be able to "cash in" on their NIL too?
 
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ScriptOhio said:
SIDE HUSTLES: HOW NCAA COACHES LIKE HARBAUGH, SABAN PAD THEIR PAY

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In 2019, Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh donned his hallmark chino pants and asked an actor pretending to be an earnest equipment apprentice, “Do you think you can keep these khakis wrinkle-free all season?” For his brief, monotone performance, Harbaugh later disclosed to UM, the Downy Wrinkle Guard people paid him $250,000.

In recent years, as the debate has culminated over whether college athletes should be allowed to earn extra money, athletic department employees have cumulatively racked up millions of dollars doing various side gigs.

This includes not only rank-and-file staffers moonlighting to make rent, but some of the highest-paid college coaches, like Harbaugh, who despite earning well into the seven figures from their public university employers, still found time to squeeze out a few (hundred thousand) bucks from the private sector.

Harbaugh was able to negotiate his quarter-million-dollar side job even though his contract with Michigan specifically paid him $4.5 million in “additional compensation” that year for the rights to his promotional activities. The agreement contained an “exclusivity of services” clause, which required Harbaugh to first seek permission of the school’s athletic director, who evidently gave approval.

Entire article: https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2021/college-sports-outside-income-1234626819/

So why shouldn't the players be able to "cash in" on their NIL too?
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All this does is show me the Downy people are idiots.
 
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cincibuck said:
So with 20 to 24 programs in all of college football making more money than they spend, how are the rest of the schools going to play players? Looks to me like one set of 24 teams in a super conference and the rest turning into intramural programs.
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The rich will get richer.
I think it's the opposite of what the NCAA has been trying to do, but I think that's what is going to happen.
 
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buchtelgrad04 said:
Why do you assume the money is coming from the program?
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Good question. My answer would be that most people don't know that this is already the case, but they do know that college is hellaexpensive. Pay for play is going to put finances out in the open. When ma and pa find out that one reason why public university is 10/12 K per year just for tuition is because the athletic department is paying for the NFL/NBA minor leagues I think there will be a backlash of epic proportions.
 
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THE ADVANTAGE (which I'm going to put in all caps, because all caps means money) makes no bones about the idea that the University of Alabama is going to put money in your pocket by helping you build your personal brand of cool shit. As a side note, I kind of hope that some five star quarterback is obsessed with soybean farming or something and the Crimson Tide are forced to make Tweets with Monsanto memes. Anyway, from RollTide.com:

Alabama Athletics, one of the most recognizable and influential brands in all of sports, has created The Advantage, a comprehensive program that will provide Crimson Tide student-athletes with the education and tools necessary to build and elevate their personal brands.

In working with both campus partners and external entities, The Advantage, will focus on brand management, maximizing personal social media platforms and financial literacy.

And again, I think this is all pretty sweet. Good for Bama for both being able to read the writing on the wall in terms of NIL and then use it to make their athletic programs better. Adding in a financial literacy component is also a great idea for anyone, but especially for young people making money independently for the first time in their lives. Ohio State will soon follow, because they have to, and hopefully it's to the benefit of student athletes as well.

I say hopefully because while universities are moving quickly to take advantage of this new reality, other forces are just as quickly at work trying to position themselves advantageously as well. Georgia's governor Brian Kemp signed a law yesterday that would allow college athletes in his state to make some sweet, sweet NIL money, a step that other states have taken as well, but, uh...



Just sayin': Alabama NIL = recruiting advantage; Georgia NIL = recruiting disadvantage
 
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