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zitothebrave
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College Football is stupid. This kid committed to Florida, undeclared or whatever and sued them for loss of NIL money from Miami, played at ASU, transfered to Georgia, now is transferring agian, these NIL deals are stupid and boosters are going to stop doing them the way that ahve been because they're losing money on paying these kids for them to run away after a year for a bigger deal. I just cannot imagine this being a viable long term deal as it is now.
zitothebrave
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Any player who does that clearly doesn't value themselves as an NFL player. I understand wanting to maximize your money but if you've got an NFL future as a top talent leave for college early. No reasons riskinga major injury and potentially losing millions to play college ball.
zbhargrove
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Rashada was not ranked a 5 star on any of the main sites that I can remember. Pretty sure he was a 4 star across the board. If you google his name, there are articles everywhere claiming he was a 5-star but he wasn't. He was a 4 star at ESPN, 247, ON3, and Rivals
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Aren't you a lawyer? Surely you recognize that isn't possible right?
NIL is essentially endorsement deals. You can't restrict a player's ability to make money. The most you could do is structure NIL deals so that a certain NIL collective has exclusive rights to that players NIL and requires a buyout for that player to leave. OF course, you would have to get all the schools on board with doing that (and even then, the player's might have a legitimate case for collusion). But you can bet that no top tier players are gonna sign with a school that forces players to sign something like that when other schools don't.
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zitothebrave
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I mean I think what Striker is saying is NIL should go away and college players should sign contracts.
Well NIL is never going away, even with contracts. So it won't ever not be a factor. If the school is directly paying the player, that also creates issues. Are you gonna have buyouts? Why can coaches leave on a whim, but not the players? Are schools gonna pay each player the same amount? Who determines how much a player and/or each sport is paid? Do private schools have less restrictions since they aren't funded by taxpayers?
zbhargrove
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Buyouts are already coming…
striker42
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This. Do away with the NIL nonsense and just have players sign contracts. Currently the system is chaotic and incredibly shady.
The NIL is NEVER going away. There is too much money involved for player's and the collectives. Athletes will still be eligible to make money outside of their sport through NIL deals regardless if it is through a collectives or not. So you can be sure the collectives will want a piece of that pie.
I really don't see how contracts are gonna change much. Maybe it will help the smaller schools and the lower rated players to "lock up" their star players before they become star players. But the top 200 or so (maybe more) HS recruits will never sign that. They will take the NIL money and choose to have the option to jump schools if they aren't getting playing time or promises weren't kept, without a hinderance of a buyout clause.
I really don't see how contracts are gonna change much. Maybe it will help the smaller schools and the lower rated players to "lock up" their star players before they become star players. But the top 200 or so (maybe more) HS recruits will never sign that. They will take the NIL money and choose to have the option to jump schools if they aren't getting playing time or promises weren't kept, without a hinderance of a buyout clause.
striker42
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Just make college like the pros. You sign a contract with a team, you get paid, NIL is handled via agents, unions, agreements, etc. There's no transfer portal, just free agency if you sign a contract for less than three years, etc.
College is only masquerading as amateur at this point. Stop the charade and just do it.
Again, I don't think you are going to get the player's to agree to that, much less 120+ schools.
zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
I don't understand this, he'd probablyh be a day 2 draft pick unless he ****ed up his combine, he obviously doesn't think he has an NFL career if he's looking to hold out one more year for a lower draft pick as the next draft class is stronger. This draft class is full of guys who weren't considered top picks in last draft (Maye and Williams came out first year iof eligibility so you can't just pin it as a new trend)
But does he think he's QB1 in a draft with Arch Manning, Nico Iamaleavo, Sellers, Nussmeier, etc. Like he went from QB3/4 to probably QB10.
Beck MIGHT have been QB 4-5 in this class IF he didn't eff his arm up vs Texas. But now he's gotta have surgery and won't be able to any drills at the draft. And obviously, he didn't exactly have an amazing year. He was probably looking at 3rd or 4th round.
Rumor is that he is basically a Miami lock. His girlfriend, Hanna Cavinder is already there. And Miami needs a QB with Ward gone. It also doesn't hurt that he gets to feast on the soft ACC defenses.