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[QUOTE="OttosShoes, post: 5706720, member: 10231"]
I am not surprised by any of this. NIL as implemented by the NCAA just totally craps on the line between 'donation' and 'investment'. *Actual* NIL is, e.g., paying somebody like Livvy Dunne or Cam Boozer to do a TV ad for a sneaker brand. That's not a donation, it's a investment, they clearly got something out of it.

In practice, people are asked to "donate" to SU Football NIL and Cuse Athletics Fund knowing it's going to pay the salary of someone who is clearly generating revenue. That's a lot different from a traditional donation like the SPCA or a Children's Hospital where they have clear unmet needs, so people are naturally going to expect something back for their money.

If we're doing well, there's no issue because the ROI is wins. But if we're *not* doing well, that's when people will want to cash in on the influence generated from their "donation," and there's no reason to expect those voices to be aligned in the middle of a power vacuum.
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