Saban retiring

[greenmachine]

Except NIL stands for name. image, likeness. You're not supposed to be getting paid for your football skill. A lot of these guys getting paid have no marketable name, image, likeness. If it was about NIL, you would see more players than the ones with actual marketable NIL shilling for the people paying the money. So, yeah, it's a free market for football players, but don't hide behind NIL (I don't mean you).

agreed, "name, image, likeness" biggest joke about whole situation, cuz no one is actually getting paid for that. i think NIL just first domino though, and after dust settles from lawsuits, gubment intervention, supreme court rulings, players will be getting paid for play.

 

[77GTFan]

NIL was fine and long overdue. Schools screwed it up with their stupid collectives, created only for them to exercise more control over the money and its distribution. It would have been crazy for awhile, but some of us still believe in the market working things out eventually. NCAA big schools want nothing to do with fair competition, they only support what perpetuates their competitive advantage.

 

[infinijacket]

Don’t these guys get a full ride for a college degree? Lodging, food, etc. That’s worth a lot of money. College sports is pandering to narcissistic kids, thugs, or both. So few really make it in the professional ranks (now after college). For example, a degree from ma tech is worth a lot of money. That is so often overlooked.

 

[FlatsLander]

NIL was fine and long overdue. Schools screwed it up with their stupid collectives, created only for them to exercise more control over the money and its distribution. It would have been crazy for awhile, but some of us still believe in the market working things out eventually. NCAA big schools want nothing to do with fair competition, they only support what perpetuates their competitive advantage.

There is no option for allowing NIL that doesn't include shady collectives/tampering along with it.

 

[andrew]

There is no option for allowing NIL that doesn't include shady collectives/tampering along with it.

Especially not when the SC judgment that opened the doors for NIL also heavily implied (if not outright stated) that banning pay for play is illegal under current antitrust laws too.