there may be fake rules for NIL, like making the athlete do something for the compensation, or that you can't use NIL to recruit ...
but the point is scholarshipped athletes weren't allowed to make money before. now they are. and it's not just athletes. a piccolo players can be paid too. anyone where there's demand. there was never a good reason for it to be illegal to pay athletes or anyone else that you want services from.
there's a ton of demand for good college athletes. people are clearly willing to pay them. nobody's forcing anyone to.
Those r the ones who have a market. The LSU gymnast is not common. If u have a company who wants to pay to advertise their product or get a cut of jersey sales that's great. But most aren't market driven, they are simply getting paid out a pool of money. all under the guise of NIL. Why are we calling it NIL?? when that applies to a very small %. & I do believe fans esp of college athletics care way more about the name on the front then the name on the back imo. More the platform than the player. None of it exists without the universities.
they'll never do this I realize...and it would hurt Richmond more than other schools due to cost so I don't want it....but there's actually an argument to get rid of athletic scholarships. Now professional. school is the professional membership. pay to get into the membershp = tuition & room/board if needed. Take a scholarship, even COA, but u opt out of Collective, and u can earn $ on your own, but u handle it all yourself. Or pay to enter the membership (can get federal aid & loans) & now we'll negotiate a portion from the collective pot.
A lot of schools r to blame...they couldn't hold the line on ridiculous coaching contracts. Tho I've never subscribed to thought the players were getting screwed in past. Yes, some rules were archaic. Ability to make some $, adding COA which is a real thing, others. But a scholarship was a real payment imo, not to be taken lightly. Also provided the best interview platform for pro athletics, and if that didn't work out, any number of chosen fields.
what r they doing to do now....take out insurance on "NIL" contracts in case someone gets hurt, like the Pros often do.
hard to regulate...they can't even regulate eligibility for players or scheduling (MTE) anymore...good luck with this. But don't call it NIL, universally it's not. FBS football assistant coaches first recruit the agency not the kid. I know some agents in the game, a couple ADs, a guy who does a lot of work for a B12 school collective. & those collectives will be cutthroat too I realize. But they are all consistent with what this really is. Get paid to attend and play.
& UR has to play the game as is, no excuses, we have the ability. Nothing to do with that. Just my 2 cents rant.
