Agree (as currently formulated). Existing NCAA rules are loose. The NCAA has been trying to update Bylaw 12, but anti-trust concerns (and bureaucratic malaise) have stalled efforts. At the end of the day, I don't see how an educational membership association built on amateurism can permit boosters to "buy" student athlete enrollment ... which is clearly what's being attempted by some booster groups. Offering money "upon enrollment", or delaying contract signing until a minute after enrollment, is still an inducement to enroll. But until congress acts and/or the NCAA updates its rules it's a free-for-all. There are way too many uncertainties to project how this will all flesh out.
Not offering until after enrollment actually makes sense. The logic is that once the guy becomes a big deal, he's worthy of endorsements ala Sean Tucker. Where it's clearly fishy is that kids are getting deals before they actually do anything on the field.
The current situation sets up a collision between state laws that protect NIL rights (e.g.,Texas, Florida and Cali) and NCAA amateurism restrictions (Bylaw 12 or its successor). Universities have their own IP rights. And the NCAA clearly has an interest in prohibiting pay-for-play - which is incongruent with its operating model. At the same time, state laws can protect student athletes's IP rights and prohibit in-state schools from interfering. A fascinating (and high-stakes) controversy is brewing.
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That's a very strong argument for players being able to capitalize on when their value is perceived to be highest.
Yeah, I'm still on record stating that NIL remains a positive development for the student-athletes, which is what matters.
Yeah I don't have a problem with that is the thing, and never have.
Yeah, it totally makes sense that people have huge sums of money thrown their way before they've done anything to earn it. College athletics is the only place anyone makes an argument that that's actually a good idea.
That person didn’t have to join either
Come now. Authors, musicians, actors, etc. all get advances. That's how entertainment works.
Welcome to College Football’s Free Market
NIL has created a messy, lawless recruiting marketplace, but that has always been true in college football. Suddenly, the sport is, for everyone, what it’s always been for the people in charge: a business.
That's petty. And not even true as a blanket statement.
They get advances after sending transcripts or demos or performing auditions. They're not signing six figure deals based on a short short they wrote in english class, their performance during a chorus concert, or their performance in a high school play. They are generally made to prove themselves to some extent and advances for new artists often start out pretty small. As an aspiring author my wife is pretty familiar with how that particular field works. There are layers of things you have to get through before you get any sort of advance.
Well, that's why I said that the NCAA's big mistake was having NIL and the transfer sit out freebie happen simultaneously.
