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I've read that Hunter Dickinson's decision to stay at Michigan was influenced by the NILs. He'd be a second round pick at best. With NILs, he can stay in school, have another year of college hoops, and potentially improve his draft stock. Now, if some other school lures away Houstan and Diabate with NILs, I'll hate the darn things.
Dickenson has been vocal about Michigan’s NIL program not being on the same level as other schools, so he could have transferred as well. Then you’d really hate the darn thing
I think this will settle down after a while. For the simple reason of who is paying for all these deals and what do they gain in the long term? I mean money is money and paying some wide receiver in Clemson isnt moving the needle on somebodys business.
We really don't know how the talent market will evolve because it's not a rational one. The buyers are people with disposable wealth who want something of no material benefit (success on the field for their schools).
I was just twisting the knife at Kansas football for stealing UB's two best coaches in the span of a decade.
Alabama fans passionately fight for the right to say they won a National title in like, 1942, that nobody else credits them with. There are dozens of programs that do that. It’s a bat#### insane sport.
No, I totally agree lol. The product sucks, the people leeching off the players suck, the bowls suck, the playoff sucks but I still watch because I grew up with it. But, it’s certainly an inferior product to any professional sport on the field.
Even the people with "disposable wealth" are going to get tired of paying out of pocket especially if said school is winning anything of noteroadkill1292 said:
Guys…this has been going on for years. We just know about it now. Who do you think the bagmen were?
Wait, wouldn't it be the opposite? If the school is winning big consistently, won't that encourage the boosters because they can see the tangible results of their financial contributions?
I read recently one bagman claiming that this was also used to chase off coaches. If boosters wanted to run a coach off, they would shut off the taps to the talent.
This was indeed a pretty lonely side of the aisle a few years back.
Maybe they should begin negotiations with the players to get something like that in place.
Oh, that ship sailed decades ago when the bigger schools turned football and basketball into lucrative commercial ventures (by way of not paying the most important part of the product).
This is a predictable answer but wrong. I have taught many very high level d1 athletes and most have been excellent students. They are on the whole at least as good as the typical student at each university I have been at including 2 power 5 programs.
Some in this thread are arguing that the increased roster churns are diminishing fan interest. You're arguing that people only cheer for the schools and not for individual players. Which is right?
Your points aren't wrong, but I'm not sure what this has to do with NIL. If Joe Smith from the local car dealership wants to give the star QB $50,000 to be in some advertisements, he should be able to do so, and star QB should be able to accept it without tarnishing his eligibility. The profitability of the athletics department or the football team don't play into it.
That's absolutely true. And just as absolutely irrelevant. Schools with no pie should schedule other pie-less schools.
Good for them.This has nothing to do with being a fan. I care about what this is doing to universities. The money spent on athletics is a huge problem.I agree with others that say things will eventually settle down. It's the wild west out there right now, but NIL is still brand spanking new.
But what has really changed other than more kids swapping schools? There are still haves and have nots and there always will be. Some programs cycle in and out of the top tier. Is that going to change? Texas A&M boosters have deep pockets and appear to be willing to spend it. So what? Is that suddenly now unfair to Vanderbilt?
What if Vanderbilt boosters decided to make a 5-10 year commitment to NIL for football? Probably have a better shot at being competitive that way than they had previously. (I'm not taking a shot at Vandy. Just using them as an example. Lord knows my team has their own issues). Hopefully the Vanderbilt boosters have decided their priorities should be focused on research facilities and libraries and such.
@Drunken Cowboy if you root for the team and not the players, what does this change?
I could continue to rant about the facilities and coaching salaries arms race that has been going on for a while. I have a big issue telling kids they are just stuck someplace when the coach that recruited them is free to go whenever. Make coaches sit out a year if they want to transfer. If a player decides to transfer only because of money, good for them. Shows they are being educated.
Oh, I agree with you on that point. I've talked about the facilities arms race before and how crazy that is. The NIL money shouldn't be coming from the schools themselves. Not sure how many boosters were thinking about donating $1 million for a new library but have instead decided to put it towards NIL.
