Apparently it's also a legal question as to if buy out clauses in these contracts will actually be enforceable in the end.
Can Collectives Actually Enforce NIL Buyouts in College Football Star Contracts?
An unprecedented situation in college football is transpiring over name, image, and likeness contracts.www.si.com
There's a lot of holes if you think about it. Like the HS kids don't count towards the NIL salary cap, so these deals being offered to the 2026 class I believe are through collectives and not the actual school. Hence why USC can offer a TE $10mil(of X amount of years). At least that's what I think I understand from reading
This is from Birm:
And from a BH poster:
Yes, parents/guardians are a thing. But what parent/guardian would not want to sign off of on a 6 or 7 figure contract?
Gotcha. Well, speaking generally I wouldn’t think a number of these kids parents are reading the fine print, or have attorneys to read over such things. Heck, some have random “family members “ advising them(remember former 5star Keon Keeley and his uncle), and many are single parents(mainly moms) just happy their kid is going to school for free and getting paid. They don’t know how much money is involved. I remember saying in the Jakobe Klapper thread that my wife is friends with his mom, and she had no clue how NIL. She was about to set up a gofundme to pay for trips to colleges out of the Midwest region because she didn’t think she could afford The travel costs. I had to tell my wife to tell her that she won’t be worrying about money for a long time when he signs with ND. These single moms are working multiple jobs just to get these kids through HS, and many have multiple kids to worry about as well. Some Of these moms are bartenders, secretary’s, teachers, etc, they have no idea what a buyout or breach is
The best part is that none of what I proposed would be an NCAA violation.
This isn’t the young minds pushing anything. Teenage boys are still idiots. It’s the adults pushing the envelope. The NIL collectives know that they’re a separate entity from the salary cap rules that have just been enacted for programs. That’s why we’re seeing the massive deals from Oregon, USC, scUM, Texas Tech, aTm, etc. None of that money is coming from the schools but from the independent collectives. There’s still no rules on collectives, I saw this coming even when the House settlement was signed. Because they never have direct rules to collectives, and those boosters almost all have attorneys to make sure they can still steer talent to their school
If I remember correctly, we discussed this before when the NCAA changed the rule and now time spent playing at a JC no longer counts towards his/her 5 years to play 4 eligibility. I can definitely see the big schools working deals to stash players there for a year or two for development purposes and make it worth the players while to do so.
It’s possible but it seems like so few have half way decent facilities. I can see more kids going the route of smaller D1(I.e. Sunbelt, MAC, AAC, etc), or transferring multiple times starting from say D2 or FCS.
