And the school wants to piss off those parents/players and/or help out another school by ratting them out? I just don't think schools being contacted want to burn their bridges.
Also, let's say a player does contact NU without being in the portal. Then that player goes to let's say I_wa because the kid is stupid. If I am NU I blow the whistle on the kid. Maybe that is a bad PR move for NU though.
There's just too much potential for retaliation IMO for schools to turn each other in for those kind of situations where a kid contacts them and then goes to another school.
The ncaa fought NIL with every resource it could bring to bear
This is typical NCAA. Make a rule and completely ignore enforcement or start an investigation that takes 5 years to complete. The NCAA is a political party that only wants to take your money and rob candy from your children The new president will not be any better than the previous ones, probably worse since he came from the swamp. The NCAA needs to go away forever and make college athletics what it is, a feeder system to professional leagues and Olympic competitions. Let the unions and universities fight over the money, give the streaming rights to a third party for distribution, and an enforcement agency to oversee the greed and corruption that accompanies all profitable ventures.
The stuff that went on with Cam Newton was chump change compared to what is somewhat legally going on now. There’s going to be a lot of animosity built up over these deals.
As someone who worked a work study job for 3$/ hour to try to pay a tiny fraction of my school costs, I’m not feeling too sorry for those athletes on a full ride.
Good thing feelings have nothing to do with it
Did you mean "ventures" or "vultures"?
I agree with you 100%. NIL has forever altered the dynamics of college sports, and I'm still not convinced it's for the better. When Nick Saban comes out with concerns about the current system, people should listen; he can go the portal and probably get almost any player he wants, and he doesn't like it. I've always thought that if a coach left a college program, the players should also have been allowed to leave, without the aspect of sitting out a year; the current system is a free-for-all, and no one has any idea where how it will ultimately play out.
Maybe, maybe not. But his leadership definitely led to $7 billion over 7 years and coast-to-coast conference representation.
It's unbelievable how long they got away with it
I am for all of it as long as you can send a kid packing before or after he gets to your institution if you have a better player and that said previous player isn’t cutting it. I am for student athletes making as much as they can make but no bullshit should be spewed from fans or kids if they commit or sign and then get axed at the 11th hour. Can’t have shit both ways either.
for the one billionth time:
I know what it is. My previous comment goes along with, student rights, transfer portal etc the whole scope.
I suppose technically you are right, but with the exception of Bryce Young, those side “jobs” are largely tied to the school the kid attends. Decoldest won’t continue his NIL deal when he leaves will he? So clearly it is tied to play and you just being obtuse arguing otherwise.
A simple corrective action would be to bring back the rule you have to sit out a year. Less immediate benefit of tampering and the NIL receiving has to pay for a dead year to do so. You could even offer an exemption for any kid not receiving NIL at current school so only on scholarship, leaves kids free to move yet makes tampering a little less enticing.
I'm sure somebody will try to change the rules eventually but the question is what rule changes vs. player rights will hold up in court if any restrictive rules face a legal challenge. And I don't know that because I'm not a lawyer.
Like everything else in regards to NCAA violations, it would be hard to prove and the punishments would hardly ever be applied equally.
The NBA has significant tampering penalties in place, but doesn't enforce the rules:
www.deseret.com
www.sportskeeda.com
Yeah, and you know that would be the part that sucks the worst. A lot of these guys went into the profession because they love coaching and teaching football. All of this other BS has to wear on a guy.
