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Message: [QUOTE="Sbucketball, post: 5028351, member: 8555"] This is one of those posts that will be unpopular on this board but probably generally popular elsewhere, for whatever reason. If the fans are expected to fund the NIL payroll, then the fans should be entitled to more transparency into the program, especially for HM football and men’s basketball. One example would be the fans who fund NIL for a guy like Copeland to come back and develop – most would contribute to his NIL not because they think he would have crushed it sophomore year, but because he showed potential to develop and be good as an upperclassman. So when he cashes the check but transfers before realizing that full potential, and there’s behavioral reasons and the split was mutual, the fans should receive the details, otherwise they’re wondering if they wasted money on him. Same with a guy like Benny who was dismissed after fans paid him to play this season. There was good reason for his dismissal, but there’s fans out there who paid him to play this year (no matter whether as little as buying his NIL shop hoodie or bigger than that) and probably feel like they got robbed if they don’t know the background. There were posters upset about the decision not to play in the NIT who said they might stop donations. While I was glad we didn't play, I completely understand why some were upset and why they feel like they're throwing their hard-earned money away. They should be told Red's rationale for his decision. And same with injuries. The fans should know what they’re paying for, which means these guys should have to sign limited HIPAA authorizations or Congress should amend the Act so that team doctors are not covered entities. If fans are paying Chance $150k, they should be assured he can overcome his back-to-back season ending injuries. If any of this seems unfair, I would say most fans didn't ask for the new system, but they're left with the bill anyway. Big donors will have access to this information, but even the fan who donates a few hundred or few thousand should know what s/he’s donating to, especially considering that some small donations are big deals to the donor in comparison to what they have. Small donors who don’t understand what’s going on won't be donors for long. And those small donations add up. More transparency probably won’t happen, largely because making issues public could be bad PR for the program, but this is a different era – the student-athletes in HM sports are basically paid professionals, and the fans have to pay the salary (as compared to pro team owners who get all of this information before making payment) – so things might have to evolve. Just food for thought. The entire structure of college sports will change before anyone gets used to the new era anyway, so whatever. And before people misconstrue this post – this has nothing to do with Copeland or Benny or the decision to split with them, they’re just the most recent examples of some fans wondering what they're paying for. [/QUOTE]

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