StingTalk needs to step our NIL game up

[jts1207]

2 Texas A&M players paid $10,000 each for exclusive interviews with Aggies fan site

We'll see if this is the start of a new trend in the NIL era.

www.saturdaydownsouth.com

 

[jts1207]

"2 georgia tech players paid $10,000 each for exclusive interviews with their moms by sting talk"

something like that?

Something along those lines….the possibilities are endless

 

[BigDanT]

Something along those lines….the possibilities are endless

We can just hand recruits money right? It’s legal?

 

[jts1207]

"2 georgia tech players paid $10,000 to sting talk to stop posting about their moms'

StingTalk Moms calendar autographed by players

 

[RussianOffense]

We're doomed

 

[cyptomcat]

I think this would be fun to do for the team after they beat uga. A special paid interview to talk about how they owned them. I'll pitch in for that when that time comes.

 

[coit]

Time for @gtphd to put his money where his mouth is.

 

[ramblinwise1]

Time for @gtphd to put his money where his mouth is.

Came here to post this.

 

[coit]

Came here to post this.

I'm sure with all of @gtphd's many, many fast food franchises, he could get some GT athletes to promote them on their Twitter/IG/etc, right?

 

[BigDanT]

We should do a stingtalk go fund me of the month where we try to get a player a 1000 bucks or something.

 

[GTBeeKeeper]

We should do a stingtalk go fund me of the month where we try to get a player a 1000 bucks or something.

What about a go fund me for UGA players intentionally throwing/losing a game?

 

[MACHETE]

We're doomed

None of this is going to end well. Sadly, I think this is the beginning of the end for all but a handful of programs.

 

[MEwreck02]

We're doomed

Yep, unless there is an upcoming batch of recruits that want a collection of unopened star wars characters or free passes to Disney parks

 

[covingtonjacket]

Time for @gtphd to put his money where his mouth is.

Can players be compensated with luxury watches?

 

[coit]

Can players be compensated with Chinese-made fake luxury watches?

Fixed

 

[Flywheel]

Can players be compensated with luxury watches?

Maybe an aquarium trip and dinner at Outback.

 

[andrew]

We can just hand recruits money right? It’s legal?

No, I believe it has to be "fair market value". Obviously there's a lot of wiggle room there, and people will figure it out, but you can't just hand them money.

Op's link even refers to that by talking about how much work it was to make sure it complied with the NIL rules.

 

[BigDanT]

No, I believe it has to be "fair market value". Obviously there's a lot of wiggle room there, and people will figure it out, but you can't just hand them money.

Op's link even refers to that by talking about how much work it was to make sure it complied with the NIL rules.

Market value doesn’t have anything to do with it. I’m pretty sure we can just ask for an autograph.

 

[gtfan088]

No, I believe it has to be "fair market value". Obviously there's a lot of wiggle room there, and people will figure it out, but you can't just hand them money.

Op's link even refers to that by talking about how much work it was to make sure it complied with the NIL rules.

This is still going to end with us being penalized for $300 in clothes and an aquarium trip, isn't it?

 

[andrew]

Market value doesn’t have anything to do with it. I’m pretty sure we can just ask for an autograph.

It's written into most of the rules that it has to be fair market value. Here is the relevant section from the Georgia law (emphasis mine):

(a) A student athlete at a postsecondary educational institution may earn compensation for the use of his or her name, image, or likeness. Such compensation must be commensurate with the market value of the authorized use of the student athlete's name, image, or likeness. Such compensation may not be provided in exchange, in whole or in part, for a current or prospective student athlete to attend, participate, or perform at a particular postsecondary educational institution.

Source: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20212022/202577

Like I said, there's a lot of wiggle room there -- there's no single "fair market value" for an autograph, for example. But Phil Knight can't just tell a 'croot that he's willing to pay $1 million for the autographs of star Oregon players. He'll have to figure out something at least a little more clever.