Trump thinking to eliminate NIL DEALS after meeting with Nick Saban

[Osmar]

You want a cap on players making money on open market from endorsement deals?

Colleges are using NIL as a salary, when the school themselves should be directly paying the players

 

[AVXL]

He aint even coaching no more. He probably still salty that NIL effectively ended BAMAs reign as it leveled the playing field against their overzealous boosters

NIL hasn’t leveled the playing field at all, it’s made it even more imbalanced. Ohio State spent $20Ms on transfers last year, Texas is saying they have a “$40M roster”, most programs can’t come close to competing with that

 

[skyrunner1]

Yes. And it’s not just endorsements, it’s direct payment from boosters associated with programs under “collectives” that are also a part of the program

You think college players going to the highest bidder is good for college football?

Collectives and payment from schools is different and should be formalized. I dont see how you can put a cap on actual endorsements that the top players get. We might be talking about two different things tho.. Because I specifically said endorsements and then you agreed and started talking schools and collectives..

 

[AVXL]

Collectives and payment from schools is different and should be formalized. I dont see how you can put a cap on actual endorsements that the top players get. We might be talking about two different things tho.. Because I specifically said endorsements and then you agreed and started talking schools and collectives..

Let me clarify: Players should be able to earn endorsements (I don’t believe they should have a cap on their earnings there), but there should be a hard cap on what a player can earn from boosters, collectives and universities

 

[pete clemenza]

Snitches get stitches

 

[KFBF]

Put a “cap” on what players can earn

I've thought about this and I don't think there should be a cap on what players can earn but maybe a cap on what schools can spend. But either of those changes is just going to make the shyt go underground again.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Colleges are using NIL as a salary, when the school themselves should be directly paying the players

And when they become state employees with capped salaries, what will the argument then be? State of MS highest paid employee is the state medical examiner at $300k. Who’s worth $300k on any college team in that state. A state where a one-fifth of its citizenry live at or below the poverty line. The outrage will be deafening. Let’s be careful with demanding they be public employees. A lot of these states are at will states and if they need a reason, they’ll find one (ie…, miss or be late for class, fail a class, etc).

 

[Da_Eggman]

Nick Satan has been a scumbag from day one

Imagine how many RBs he ran to death that earned nothing

 

[CrimsonTider]

-Transparency into what players are making and from who
-Restrictions on who players can earn from
-Put a “cap” on what players can earn
-A governing body with legislative authority (it should be the NCAA but they’re essentially powerless to enforce NIL)

The current landscape isn’t sustainable for college football moving forward…I’m all for the players getting paid but there’s literally no rules with NIL rn and it’s damaging the sport

SYBAU

 

[SpikeLee Cumbersmith]

1) he lacks the authority
2) unless you totally address the reasons behind this, all you will do is create more. Universities are not going to dig deep on this.
I will add that as a UNC Tarheel fan, the portal system has ruined our program.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

I told y'all about Saban for years. Ran from the grind of the NFL where he was starting to get exposed. Then in college, everything was going his way. and he had all the talent in the world. The talent starts to get spread out because of NIL and the portal and he runs from the grind again.

 

[I AM WARHOL]

On everything, Saban would have to catch the meanest fade if Trump takes any action against NIL

 

[MustafaSTL]

NIL hasn’t leveled the playing field at all, it’s made it even more imbalanced. Ohio State spent $20Ms on transfers last year, Texas is saying they have a “$40M roster”, most programs can’t come close to competing with that

Ohio State brought in 6 total transfers, including a TE from Ohio. They did not spend $20 million on 6 players. That was the estimated total for the entire roster, which still didn’t lead the country.

 

[mson]

1) he lacks the authority
2) unless you totally address the reasons behind this, all you will do is create more. Universities are not going to dig deep on this.
I will add that as a UNC Tarheel fan, the portal system has ruined our program.

I don't like the portal thing myself. There should be a limit on that.

 

[Tony D'Amato]

Good. I want my college football back