So this is paid to the players or to the schools? As is they have sponsors (companies) willing to pay these players under the umbrella of NIL? How exactly does that work? Do they consider the players that play in the tournament a form of promotion or advertising for the companies that sponsor the event? If so, seems we’re getting really fast and loose with the hole NIL thing. This seems to live on the fringe of what I would call legit name image and likeness, but what do I know? I’m probably not understanding it completely and/or don’t have enough info.
I will say if this helps teams (that do well in this tournament) recruit and create more NIL opportunities for incoming transfers and/or recruits I’m all for it. But… if this is just to reward your existing players (who sucked so magnificently that they couldn’t be among the top 70 teams nationally) with a NIL “bonus” then this is garbage. JMO… we shouldn’t we rewarding current players or coaches for making “the crown frown” tournament.
I’m all for capitalism and rewarding players that generate money for their institutions/programs. But paying losers to play in a loser consolation tournament that nobody give a shit about, that will get garbage TV ratings, isn’t capitalism IMO. Ok, rant over.
