bigappleram wrote: ↑7 months ago
rjsuperfly66 wrote: ↑7 months ago
NYGFan_Section208 wrote: ↑7 months ago
I agree... NIL is a charade farce. I have a NIL arrangement where I work, only they call it a salary. No one 'really' has any idea what's in them (and if they don't have to say...why would they?). Collecting Nil-dough from rich people to watch practice...to funnel money to 'some' (but likely not everyone that participated) isn't really use of name image likeness, is it?
It may all be true but it's the world we live in. The righteous who believe in "true amateurism in collegiate sports" will be the ones left behind. You either get on board and try to assist in your school keeping up or you don't. But at the end of the day it's happening whether you or I like it. So I'll make my monthly contribution and hope it's put to good use.
Has nothing to do with believing in true amateurism. Everyone or basically everyone agrees the athletes in revenue generating sports should be compensated.
Agreed. This whole sitch now is just silly. 85 players are gonna get cars... does it have ANYTHING AT ALL to do with "name" "image" or "likeness"? No...it doesn't. Probably at least 60 of those players aren't even known by, nor will their Name, Image, or Likeness
ever be known by anyone beyond their immediate families*. I'm gonna guess that, the dude supplying the trucks...can't name a dozen of the 80 players. That doesn't mean they don't deserve the cars (or revenue sharing) but, good grief, call it what it is - pay for play - and get some transparency around it... Salary, errrrr, I mean "NIL" caps are a-comin'...you read it here first.
*Utah is a top 20 team - with names, images, and likenesses funded in the millions (at least $5M worth of cars alone)...yet, even a fan of the game would have to look to make sure they were ranked, and still probably couldn't name a single player...
I don't begrudge the kids the dough, but, c'mon...let's call it what it is and be transparent about it.