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re: Transfer Portal Officially Open - Let the Madness Begin
Posted on 11/27/23 at 8:11 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Posted on 11/27/23 at 8:11 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
I’m befuddled by how many people are caught off guard by this. 100k people paying hundreds of dollars to watch a football game every Saturday and you didn’t think star players would be worth a nice chunk of money?
Anyone with a functioning brain could see this coming the day that they changed the law regarding NIL.
Anyone with a functioning brain could see this coming the day that they changed the law regarding NIL.
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Posted on 11/27/23 at 8:23 pm to beaverfever
Our AD is a key one fighting against it. 
Administrators (Presidents, Chancellors, Vice Chancellors, Athletic Directors and all those within the athletic department) are making 6 and 7 figures from the league TV media deals of the football program.
Coaches like Sam blame everyone else and make excuses - we need better players in order to win games and to the media we need more NIL money to win on the field.
Losses to BYU, State, Auburn and Mizzou had nothing to do with talent deficiencies. It's about having competent coaching and strategy but these guys raking in multi-millions never accountable.
Whine about getting outbid for players on the roster or to attract them as HS recruits.
Administrators (Presidents, Chancellors, Vice Chancellors, Athletic Directors and all those within the athletic department) are making 6 and 7 figures from the league TV media deals of the football program.
Coaches like Sam blame everyone else and make excuses - we need better players in order to win games and to the media we need more NIL money to win on the field.
Losses to BYU, State, Auburn and Mizzou had nothing to do with talent deficiencies. It's about having competent coaching and strategy but these guys raking in multi-millions never accountable.
Whine about getting outbid for players on the roster or to attract them as HS recruits.
Posted on 11/27/23 at 8:47 pm to beaverfever
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100k people paying hundreds of dollars to watch a football game every Saturday and you didn’t think star players would be worth a nice chunk of money?
I agree with you, as far as this being the obvious direction NIL would go. But what is it that makes these star kids "worth a nice chunk of money"? Not for the schools but for the "advertisers" that are supposedly paying for their name, image, and likeness. A pro athlete gets commercials and such because they are well known stars that might actually influence weak-minded consumer's choices. Why exactly is an athlete coming straight out of high school, who most fans don't know anything about until their school recruits them, worth a lot of money to advertisers?
That's the whole problem with NIL. It has nothing to do with name, image, & likeness and everything to do with a loophole for bagmen "the advertisers". And the fact that every state has its own laws regarding it.
Not saying schools are wrong for using the loophole, I wish we would do better at it, I just think it's funny to say these "kids" are worth it.
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