Did anybody see the interviewer on ESPN ask Tshieabwe about the effect of NIL compensation as a factor to come back? And his answer? Wish I could paraphrase it for you, but it was classic. Smart on his part, deflecting the question, but I laughed out loud.
Sad thing about the portal & NIL
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Not possible. Way too many ways around it.
Record a 10 second ad on my phone promoting my personal brand that I decide to never use? Why even go through the trouble, just give them the cash.
I could show you numerous examples of rich sugar daddies dropping hundreds of thousands if not millions a year just because they have money to spend.
I know, it’s probably just my investment side that believes if I make it and reinvest it, it will make me more.
It is indeed possible. And I'm not talking about defining NIL and Pay for Play from an NCAA perspective, but more from the way we discuss it. Constantly putting NIL on blast when really it's the pay for play that should be in the crosshairs.
A lot of college athletes genuinely are gaining from NIL rights, while Pay for Play is what people are upset about.
I read somewhere Tshiebwe is here on a Visa which complicates his ability to collect NIL money, or something to that effect. Imagine UK is having to get creative.
It is because he is an international student on an F-1 Visa. Those have very strict rules about how you can make money. I don't know exactly how Kentucky got around it. I know the state legislature passed some law but its a federal issue not a state.
Oklahoma has won 16 of the last 19 Big 12 championships.
Why are we bashing someone who can make money while also getting an education? Or pushing out his personal risk of potentially being an NBA bust?
But we also have a decent chance to win the Oklahoma game every year now. A few years back, it was a mail in the score game.
Exactly now they aren’t taught to work through things and get better and stronger because of it, they just run to the shiny things that make them not have to
i agree and I didn’t mean end of college sports I meant ncaa but worded it incorrectly
I just gave you one of probably a million examples of how pay for play can be turned into NIL.
Athletic departments aren't paying them, private individuals, groups and businesses are.
There is nothing from stopping a car dealership in Ames or Des Moines from doing the same for ISU, either.
And there absolutely IS a risk. Every business ultimately has to balance advertising dollars spent with revenue generated by said advertising dollars. They aren't just piggy banks with unlimited resources.
This conversation got me to research what the actual NIL policy is at KU and I found this: https://kuathletics.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Official-KAI-NIL-Policy.pdf
It's an interesting read as to what is and is not permitted. I assume that Iowa State has a similar policy but I haven't been able to find it yet.
They always were though!
What NIL does is allow the athletes that weren't getting paid to actually promote things legitimately or get a job with the university or actually get paid to play the guitar at a bar in the off-season.
Top athletes are always going to get the money, now it's just more public.
First. If an athlete can get money let them get it. Other than illegal stuff, no one has a right to say whether they deserve it or not. I have been overpaid and underpaid for jobs I have had and had reasons to stay or leave that might have incluced money.
Second, I do believe the NIL payouts will come to earth, however, there will always be the haves and the have nots. Not all booster bases can afford to keep doling out money.
Third, the current NIL structure puts the onus on the fans to solve the pay for play issue. I thought the whole point of NIL was the athletic departments were getting rich off the athletes. This is great for the SEC and Big 10. They get to keep the money and let everyone else deal with the issues and the scraps.
How to solve this:
1) NIL payments cannot restrict WHERE an athlete plays. Sure, a booster can state "I am giving you $750,000 to promote my North Carolina Cadilac dealership" which might make it easier to go to school in North Carolina, but for $750,000 I can rent a plane to get there whenever you need me.
2) The NCAA demands an increase football playoff teams. The rich will stay rich regardless of what happens but this at least allows for a potential Cinderella. How great was this year's NCAA basketball. Plenty of Cinderella drama but the TV execs were happy when the blue bloods got to the final four. A Loyola or Butler is always possible but the blue bloods are always there (and plenty of blue bloods that don't make it there too).
3) Pay the players a percentage of the take from the athletic department where they played LAST year. This avoids an athlete jumping just for cash (other than the NIL deal they can get for their individual value).
Second, I do believe the NIL payouts will come to earth, however, there will always be the haves and the have nots. Not all booster bases can afford to keep doling out money.
Third, the current NIL structure puts the onus on the fans to solve the pay for play issue. I thought the whole point of NIL was the athletic departments were getting rich off the athletes. This is great for the SEC and Big 10. They get to keep the money and let everyone else deal with the issues and the scraps.
How to solve this:
1) NIL payments cannot restrict WHERE an athlete plays. Sure, a booster can state "I am giving you $750,000 to promote my North Carolina Cadilac dealership" which might make it easier to go to school in North Carolina, but for $750,000 I can rent a plane to get there whenever you need me.
2) The NCAA demands an increase football playoff teams. The rich will stay rich regardless of what happens but this at least allows for a potential Cinderella. How great was this year's NCAA basketball. Plenty of Cinderella drama but the TV execs were happy when the blue bloods got to the final four. A Loyola or Butler is always possible but the blue bloods are always there (and plenty of blue bloods that don't make it there too).
3) Pay the players a percentage of the take from the athletic department where they played LAST year. This avoids an athlete jumping just for cash (other than the NIL deal they can get for their individual value).
NIL collectives.
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Not sure what your ***** mean but for once I wasn't talking about anything naughty.
Iowa State's is very similar with the once exception being Iowa State doesn't allow mixing of their logos or trademarks with any NIL merch.
