Kent
JTNB
And the result is a free for all, with the richest winning.
American History in a sentence.
And the result is a free for all, with the richest winning.
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.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.
Agree for competitive purposes, but this will never happen.Just like the NFL, college teams need to have a cap on NIL money for each sport to level the competition
Pro sports have a cap and so can college sports. It's good for competitiveness (and owner profits).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 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.Pro sports have a cap and so can college sports. It's good for competitiveness (and owner profits).
That's fair.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.
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.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.