I don't think it's a power conferences thing (as in the whole conference). I think it's only a handful of teams from each conference that can do this. I think this is going to split the power conferences as we know it in the long run unless something changes.
Well it's not the schools that are paying. Not very many schools have billionaires like Miami's that's willing to throw $10m at athletes.
It has and it hasn't. It was a lot more rare than what it is now and what this is about to become. Now you're going to get middling players that want a bag of money.
This. We need about 100 schools and let the other 230 go back to what used to be the old division 2.
I don’t think it’s that bad for the NCAA. They don’t have to pay these players nor do their member institutions, but it keeps more talent in their ranks for longer, which may help viewership over time. From an “amateurism” standpoint though I agree. It definitely changes the NCAA quite a lot.Live look at the NCAA today.....
It depends on how you define good and bad. If a school has a huge fan base with lots of money then it will be able to buy super star teams with regularity. If you like the notion of amateur athletics it is a bad thing because college sports teams will now be semi pro.
Win some, you lose some. Do we really think Big Dog Robinson chose Purdue because he wanted to be an engineer?
Market decides. Are you against capitalism or only against it if it directly impacts you?
Players must get NIL but with no cap on it then the consequences for the game will become unimagionable.
Welcome to Life.
My guess is he didn't say anything like what he's saying today when they signed Michael Beasley.
Exactly what I said on the homeboard. If you have issues with Billionaires buying basketball players, then maybe you have issues with Billionaires in general, because they're spending a lot more money in other areas that are much more impactful than which school wins more basketball games.
there are salary caps in every major sport except baseball. Why can't there be an NIL cap in college?
And baseball needs one bad. Not only a cap, but also a minimum team salary and I am not talking about loading up a team with $700K per year rookie contract guys.
You are referencing employees, college basketball players aren't employees they don't have a salary.
no you're right, NIL looks a lot like pro athlete's endorsements which is not capped. And at the pro level it does give some tangible benefit to big market teams in terms of attracting players. But, there are also countermeasures in place such as the max contract which allow the smaller markets to level the playing field in the hopes of keeping their star players. And the salary cap also helps keep the big teams from getting all the good players.
Just like the MLB. The bigger the market the bigger the money.
Like was said advertising dollars aren't capped. It's why players can take less money and play in bigger markets. To not think that matters is foolish. It's most certainly helps/hinders pro free agency. NIL being capped would get shut down real quick in a court room. Pack was leaving either way, this type of situation is a very small percentage of transfers every year.
So?
The highlighted part IMO is all bad. I'm for players getting some money in the form of NIL or salary, but nothing near what is going on right now.
Your argument that Purdue cheated is because they got a great player once in a blue moon? I'm not saying they never have, but it's just not in Purdue's DNA to do this sort of thing. We are definitely going to fall behind because of it. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if Painter quit much sooner than he normally would have. He doesn't like this sort of thing.
Why is that bad? And why is that the assumption over one transaction?
