None of that changes the fact that a UT booster is prohibited from flying a recruit to Knoxville on a private jet for an unofficial visit. You can argue that they flew him down to negotiate his NIL deal, but the purpose of the trip was clearly two fold. Negotiating an NIL deal during the recruiting process as a whole is a separate issue.

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Posted by Smokeys Howl

Member since Oct 2022

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Posted on 2/9/24 at 10:38 am to Lucado

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None of that changes the fact that...

Anything the NCAA does which inhibits a player from getting paid runs afoul of the Sherman Act.

Any rule, policy or bylaw that the NCAA has which inhibits a player from getting paid runs afoul of the Sherman Act.

Get that through your thick skull.

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I have a question for you Smokey: why is this something you are so excited about?

For decades we gave seen the 'favorites' of any given year get all the calls, get all the breaks, get all their violations ignored, all so that the powers that be get their 'dream matchup' at the end of the season and rake in 50 million instead of 45.

Most years it's the same few teams, sometimes a program here or there will reach that plateau for a couple of seasons.

But I'm tired of it. I want football to be allowed to play out without some fey from Hunstville putting his finger on the scale, all so they can have the matchup they want in the playoffs, NC game, whatever. I say if Slippery Rock or Northeastern Arizona Poly is pulling off an upset against the #1 team, let them pull it off.

If I have to choose between some Super League (that is a fair and straight up game, mind you) and what we have now with the NCAA (where it's basically the WWF and the big fish never get violations), I choose the Super League.

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Is it just so Nico can play?

I've been excited for NIL to come, and for the NCAA to fkoff, long before we ever signed Nico.

But I am VERY EXCITED to see where Nico can lead us.

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That means there will be a regulator, ncaa or otherwise, that will have a bunch of rules in place, just like the nfl.

True. So yeah, we might eventually have the WWF on the field (like we have with the NFL already) but at least the asshatery with targeted violations to protect the 'protected few' will be a thing of the past, along with the blatant defamation of specific players in order to keep the status quo going strong.

Two out of three ain't bad.

And one last thing:

I realize the new Super League might also play the same silly games that the NCAA plays (on field favoritism, etc.) but at least there's a chance that it won't.

With the NCAA, we already know it will.

Hope springs eternal.

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Posted by Clawfense

Member since Oct 2019

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Posted on 2/9/24 at 12:07 pm to Lucado

What booster flew a recruit to Knoxville?

The argument UT is making is that the collective isn't a booster and wasn't classified as such when the trip happened. The NCAA classifying a collective as a booster was done after the fact and the NCAA is now trying to retroactively apply the rule.

If a collective is now designated as a booster, then every school in the country that uses a collective is guilty. Hell, Bama has opened an NIL center ON CAMPUS next to the stadium. If we are to believe NIL collectives are boosters, why is Bama opening a booster shop next to the stadium with impunity?

LINK

I have to honestly ask, if this NCAA/UT fiasco isn't a vendetta against UT, then what is it and why aren't more schools getting punished for doing the very same thing?

This post was edited on 2/9/24 at 12:09 pm

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