Just Getting Even More Ridiculous

[Cappy3]

Now former UCLA player Amari Bailey, who actually played in the NBA, is suing to return to college for what he claims should be his senior year. Anyone want to bet that he won’t be able to find some halfwit judge who’ll grant him a tro?

 

[Loosecuse]

They have to regulate all this eventually or college sports is done for

 

[OrlandoCuse]

Let’s be real, D1 college basketball is just minor league professional basketball. It’s not surprising former NBA players with eligibility remaining but couldn’t stick at the NBA want to drop down to the minors. Heck, they get paid a heck of a lot more than G league or overseas.

 

[sufandu]

Let’s be real, D1 college basketball is just minor league professional basketball. It’s not surprising former NBA players with eligibility remaining but couldn’t stick at the NBA want to drop down to the minors. Heck, they get paid a heck of a lot more than G league or overseas.

It's evidence that the "market" in college sports is so artificial. Where else can you get demoted or passed over for a promotion and get a pay raise?

 

[PauliePeppas]

They have to regulate all this eventually or college sports is done for

Too late

 

[nocohalo]

It will never happen, but Congress needs to grant the NCAA an anti-trust exemption and go back to what it mostly used to be. NIL for actual NIL like commercials, autographs etc that are stringently vetted and a one time free transfer, after that sit out a year. No more bags.

 

[JaySU22]

I don’t get why there are so many rich boosters everywhere cutting massive checks left and right when in many cases it doesn’t lead to their teams winning anyway.

 

[OrangeTarheel]

Carmelo should sue to come back and ply with his son!

 

[richmondcuse03]

I don’t get why there are so many rich boosters everywhere cutting massive checks left and right when in many cases it doesn’t lead to their teams winning anyway.

Income divide - lot of money at the top that folks can waste. The average person couldn’t dream of the ability to waste money in such a fashion.

Then again Rutgers is running a massive deficit so some of it is just pure stupidity.

 

[Niastri]

It's evidence that the "market" in college sports is so artificial. Where else can you get demoted or passed over for a promotion and get a pay raise?

I would argue it's evidence of the NBA collusion to keep G league salaries down.

A G league player is only there because he's hoping he can get to the NBA eventually. He's always been able to get more money in Europe and with NIL, in college the last few years.

They're paying G league players in hopes not money.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

I don’t get why there are so many rich boosters everywhere cutting massive checks left and right when in many cases it doesn’t lead to their teams winning anyway.

Prestige & access. Jock sniffers have a long history in sports

 

[cliftonparksufan]

I don’t get why there are so many rich boosters everywhere cutting massive checks left and right when in many cases it doesn’t lead to their teams winning anyway.

I would be shocked if this model is sustainable. It's not a smart business decision and the ROI is terrible. Unless they are booking it as an expense to make it more tax friendly, something the average Joe can't do. But, how would it pass an IRS audit. There has to be a loophole.

 

[Niastri]

I would be shocked if this model is sustainable. It's not a smart business decision and the ROI is terrible. Unless they are booking it as an expense to make it more tax friendly, something the average Joe can't do. But, how would it pass an IRS audit. There has to be a loophole.

I think you can create a charity, donate your money to the charity for a tax deductible domain. Then you have the charity "hire" your athletes of choice to promote the charity, which they don't bother doing.

Not having millions of spare dollars to donate to NIL, I haven't researched it completely. But I think this is a mechanism.

 

[Lame-0]

Prestige & access. Jock sniffers have a long history in sports

Guys that batted 9th and played right field wanting to hang with the real jocks.