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Message: [QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 5071763, member: 966"] I wouldn’t say it’s a 100% loss. I don’t identify with it, but I can understand how a fan paying into a NIL fund makes them feel like a ‘shareholder’ in the program. I can understand people wanting to be ‘micro boosters’ and having tangible effect on a program. If you can get satisfaction from that, that’s not a loss. It goes against what i believe in, but I’m not going to judge it. It’s the way of the world. I think selfies are insidious and vulgar and stupid, but who am I to judge? If I were a local binnisman, and had a cereal or a car dealership or a carpet cleaning biz and could benefit from a player’s endorsement or appearances, sure—pony up and look for some ROI. Or, if you’re an upstate billionaire and want to buy your way into Salt City Celebrity—what better way? But, 3,000 miles away and too old to just accept every ridiculous trend or fad or culture shift—no, this is not for me. And look what it has done already. Pitted fans against each other. I despise tribalism. Represents primitive minds. And already we’ve got the sowing of more division—those who pay vs those who don’t. And the added kicker: if you don’t pay, you have no right to express an opinion. So, if I don’t check the little box on my tax forms, and don’t donate $5 to a political party, I surrender the right to vote or discuss politics? Weird stuff—people were prideful about throwing money into a portal transfer’s coffers AFTER we thought we had him. Which I don’t understand. If NiL is an inducement to come and be Our Mercenary, what’s the incentive to give him more money after he’s already accepted the offer? To be able to say you’re responsible for gassing up his G-Wagon for two weeks? Ick. But, yeah, as you said, it’s the schools and NCAA who must be giddy at the situation. Somehow, for their benefit, it’s no longer even about the player’s name, image, or likeness. How did that get perverted so quickly? [/QUOTE]

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