It would make more sense to me if the programs were paying the players, since it’s the programs with the revenue. But, then what? The pumps have been primed for citizens paying players, so how does a ‘cap’ work and how is it enforced? In olden times, you saw a college player with diamond earrings and a BMW and you had an idea he was getting booster dollars. In the future, if players are getting legitimized, regulated school money, how do you know he isn’t also getting extra benefits from the same kinds of people who are paying NIL?
Collective bargaining.
The budgets weren't the same, but the rules in place did limit the disparities to some extent. Legally paying players, if left unchecked, wil allow for disparity akin to what we see in major league baseball, maybe worse.
The rules that some schools had to follow and others didn’t.
The rules that many usurped, yes. Guys still got paid, but because it had to be kept on the downlow, it was limited. Now that it isn't, without collective bargaining and some sort of cap, it'll go through the roof. Even with a cap, NIL will still give the schools with the craziest boosters the advantage.
Controls on the amount that schools pay players are part of the settlement and capped at $21MM next year. What isn't controlled, and what will not go away is the abuse of NIL money to pay for play by boosters. Just like the NFL Salary Cap doesn't limit how much State Farm and T-Mobile pay Patrick Mahomes.
I missed that part. Thanks for the info.
The programs also incur all of the costs and are not profit centers. As long as football and men's basketball pay for everything that an athletic department supports current revenue streams are all spoken for. To pay players programs will either uncover new or expanded sources of revenue or cut costs.
For the rich schools the money is already there. They just don't have to hide it in nap rooms, putting greens, and needlessly fancy locker rooms anymore. It'll go straight to the players.
Sure. The costs that a school with more lucrative media rights deals or donor bases are easier to cut while others must cut closer to the bone, but it's still the same argument. Cost cutting or revenue enhancements.
What bs has a program like Syracuse spend endless money on? Where specifically would you expect to see a school like Syracuse cut costs. Keep in mind the Lally center improvements are almost wholly privately funded and the Dome improvements were not paid out of the athletics budget as it is not an Athletics facility.
But I don't think it is the same argument. Some schools already have the money and have for a long time. They just had to find creative ways to use it before. Now they don't. Others will have to do what you're saying.
We are going into the 4th season of NIL. What’s different now compared to 2020? It’s the same factories dominating football and the same basketball schools at the top for the most part.
You mean where teams with low payrolls can make the playoffs with good management?
I believe that the transfer portal and NIL have significantly benefited SU.
