Maybe I am missing something here, but it seems to me that it would be fairly easy for universities and athletic departments to pay more for their rosters directly than the allotted $20M in the ruling.
If NIL will still be allowed, and anybody can donate to NIL collectives, even HC are doing it now, can’t the university just use some kind of middle man, or a 3rd party bank account to distribute funds that are then funneled to the collective?
That’s essentially what is happening with coaches that are contributing anyways. I even wonder if you could see HC contracts that stipulate a % of the salary must go to XYZ Collective. That would be just another way around the “limit” for universities.
If schools that are making $90M per year from the Bigten or SEC want to spend more than the $20M allowed it just seems like there could be ways around the limit to tip the scales.
If NIL will still be allowed, and anybody can donate to NIL collectives, even HC are doing it now, can’t the university just use some kind of middle man, or a 3rd party bank account to distribute funds that are then funneled to the collective?
That’s essentially what is happening with coaches that are contributing anyways. I even wonder if you could see HC contracts that stipulate a % of the salary must go to XYZ Collective. That would be just another way around the “limit” for universities.
If schools that are making $90M per year from the Bigten or SEC want to spend more than the $20M allowed it just seems like there could be ways around the limit to tip the scales.
