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[QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 4551395, member: 297"]
I'm not advocating for that either.

But the situation right now is such that in order to get the student-athlete's proper value determined, tampering is happening.

This isn't the way I would have chosen for things to go down.

I see it as there were two injustices.

1, the NCAA wasn't permitting student-athlete's to benefit from their own identity, which in today's world of physical and digital realities, is something I consider a fundamental human right.

That needed to be fixed. NIL was the path.

2, the sit out penalty for student-athletes transferring was overly punitive relative to the freedom of movement granted to coaches. Yeah yeah yeah, the commitment is to the school, not the coach. Whatever. Student-athletes having their options limited to explore better situations for their competitive eligiblity and academic options needed to be fixed.

Had NIL come first, the 2nd injustice becomes a smaller problem. But it didn't. They changed the transfer eligibility rules first, and that opened Pandora's box.

Anyway, the greater point - the above injustices, bigger picture, matter a whole lot more than a coach like Hafley worrying about losing players.

Thus, tiny violin gif.

Lastly, one benefit other than players getting their value, is that coaches, at least some of them, are going to be a lot more accountable for being honest with players now. We know coaches lie to get croots. I remember the Dunkelberger family saying there were a load of unfulfilled promises made to their son, for example.

Gotta be real careful about what you say and what you mean in this bold new world.
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