2025 Recruiting

[Kcs_Tech]

The Tennessees of the world will never agree to this, and if the smaller schools try to implement it via the NCAA, it will just end the NCAA faster.

The small schools need to put payback clauses in their NIL deals for players who leave early. Just like termination clauses in coaches' contracts - the new employer foots that bill of they think it a worthwhile cost.

I think the big schools would like anything that would slow down some of the guys they want to keep from jumping ship. Kirby complained this
past season about his depth being hurt by transfers. I think overall the transfer portal has helped us but there needs to be better rules because
the way things are going is going to hurt the quality of college football. There also needs to be something in NIL contracts to keep players from sitting out bowls games without a huge financial penalty.

 

[00Burdell]

The Tennessees of the world will never agree to this, and if the smaller schools try to implement it via the NCAA, it will just end the NCAA faster.

The small schools need to put payback clauses in their NIL deals for players who leave early. Just like termination clauses in coaches' contracts - the new employer foots that bill of they think it a worthwhile cost.

Ye olde Liquidated Damages clauses.

 

[clapper]

Interesting example. Did Barco's old team have him "locked up" contractually such that they wouldn't release him until another team (Atl United) met their price for increasing his value? I have no idea how this works in soccer. Or is Barco free to play for whoever he wants and the teams work it out among themselves?

I'm trying to get to a point where I can actually figure out how this might work in college. For example, how much (hypothetically speaking) would GT owe TAMU for their investment in Haynes King?

If I have a star employee that I invested in making him/her more valuable, I can't stop him from resigning and working for the other guy but I can structure an employment contract that is backloaded to balance our respective economic interests over time to basically keep the economic score tied throughout the duration of their employment. I don't know how that is possible in college football.

The transfer portal throws a kink into the transfer (sort of), but there are two different sets of transfer rules that FIFA uses. Either one could be used as a framework, but they would need to be modified to suit this situation. The rules when an amateur turns pro have strict, negotiated guideline for compensation on a percentage basis tied to the level of the player's team from the age of 12 to 21 - think moving from HS to college where the HS would get money based on their level of competition, etc.. That could be modified to begin with their first college team and continue through eligibility completion.

The second is a straight negotiation between the two teams: "When a player moves from one club to another, their old contract is terminated whilst the player and their new destination club will both negotiate on new contract terms (or have earlier mutually agreed on the personal terms). As such, the transfer fee functions as financial compensation (paid to the club which possesses the existing playing rights) for the early mutually agreed termination of the contract of a professional football player. Transfer fees are contingent on the player’s current football abilities, future potential, duration of the existing contract, amount of future salary owed (within the remaining duration of the existing contract) and the willingness of clubs to agree on an economic equilibrium through supply and demand."