Florida State Game Time

[Kent]

And the result is a free for all, with the richest winning.

American History in a sentence.

 

[The Gopher]

In reality, the top echelon of revenue college sports has basically been "semi-professional-sort-of" for quite a while now.

The only difference in the NIL world of today is the cash funneled to the top players is now out in the open.

And there is a strategy in place - Fans/Alums invested in Wake winning games on the field or court now need to step it up financially.

Not just the McCreary's, Sutton's, or Shah's... everyone can do his or her part. Especially those who pretend not to be invested yet frequently post on a Wake Forest Sports message board.

Yes there has always been cash to players, but I think with NIL it is even more exaggerated than before. The rich will get richer.

 

[ironwill24]

Just like the NFL, college teams need to have a cap on NIL money for each sport to level the competition

 

[Pilchard]

Just like the NFL, college teams need to have a cap on NIL money for each sport to level the competition

Agree for competitive purposes, but this will never happen.

The entire premise of NIL is that college athletes are entitled to take advantage of the free market so that third parties can pay whatever the market will bear to use the athlete's name image and/or likeness. If Don Flow wants to pay Nick Kurtz $10 million to drive Flow-mobiles around town, the NCAAs, the conferences and/or the schools can't interfere with that deal.

 

[bym051d]

Agree for competitive purposes, but this will never happen.

The entire premise of NIL is that college athletes are entitled to take advantage of the free market so that third parties can pay whatever the market will bear to use the athlete's name image and/or likeness. If Don Flow wants to pay Nick Kurtz $10 million to drive Flow-mobiles around town, the NCAAs, the conferences and/or the schools can't interfere with that deal.

Pro sports have a cap and so can college sports. It's good for competitiveness (and owner profits).

 

[Pilchard]

Pro sports have a cap and so can college sports. It's good for competitiveness (and owner profits).

Pro sports cap what the team can pay the athlete. There is no cap and would never be a cap what State Farm wants pay Travis Kelce to shill for an insurance company. That is NIL.

The NCAA and conferences do impose caps on what is covered by a scholarship and stipends, but the Supreme Court has ruled that the NCAA can not regulate what third parties elect to pay college athletes. The only way that could change is by an act of Congress. Good luck getting a consensus on that and even if there was a consensus to pass college NIL legislation imposing a cap on what third parties can pay college athletes, it would be hard to craft such a law that does not violate the Supreme Court ruling.

 

[bym051d]

Pro sports cap what the team can pay the athlete. There is no cap and would never be a cap what State Farm wants pay Travis Kelce to shill for an insurance company. The NCAA and conferences do impose caps on what is covered by a scholarship and stipends, but the Supreme Court has ruled that the NCAA can not regulate what third parties elect to pay college athletes. The only way that could change is by an act of Congress. Good luck getting a consensus on that.

That's fair.

 

[Deaconblue]

Agree for competitive purposes, but this will never happen.

The entire premise of NIL is that college athletes are entitled to take advantage of the free market so that third parties can pay whatever the market will bear to use the athlete's name image and/or likeness. If Don Flow wants to pay Nick Kurtz $10 million to drive Flow-mobiles around town, the NCAAs, the conferences and/or the schools can't interfere with that deal.

Part of NIL value for players is association with the school. It would be smart for the NCAA or some governing body to use this fact to better manage the NIL situation. Like require the NIL deals to go through the schools and require publicly available accounting of who gets paid what.

NIL isn't going away. But some guardrails are needed. Especially if the schools want to maintain some level of competitive balance. Some rules as to what is legit NIL and not pay for play would be a start.

Right now the NCAA FBS is in a situation like the pre-salary cap NFL or MLB. Teams could buy players as the depth of owners pocket allowed.

Maybe the Georgia's, Alabamas, Ohio States, Michigan's etc don't want to see the Vanderbilts, Arkansas, Northwesterns, Indiana etc be competitive. College football becomes boring when games are blowouts and effectively over at halftime. Fans won't continue watching. College football is more entertaining when games are still one score (or less) apart late into the fourth quarter.

 

[PhDeac]

College football has thrived without competitive balance. NIL maintains the imbalance and has worked for decades.