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NIL should not go to the player. It should go into a Trust Fund.
Posted on 3/21/26 at 8:45 am
Posted on 3/21/26 at 8:45 am
And they should get it when they are 30. Giving kids that amount of money only destracts them and leads to trouble and waste.
Its like giving a 12 year old a million dollars.
Let them live a bit. Let them see their NBA or NFL dreams go to shite. Let them try to find a job and struggle to pay rent. And focus on finishing their degree.
Then, after they know what life is really like and they know that simetimes money is hard to come by, send them a check for twice as much on their 30th birthday.
Its like giving a 12 year old a million dollars.
Let them live a bit. Let them see their NBA or NFL dreams go to shite. Let them try to find a job and struggle to pay rent. And focus on finishing their degree.
Then, after they know what life is really like and they know that simetimes money is hard to come by, send them a check for twice as much on their 30th birthday.
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Posted on 3/21/26 at 8:59 am to RiverCityTider
Some of these current players today are close to 30.
A % of these kids probably help out their poor families with their earnings so not letting them access the money until they turn 30 would never fly.
A % of these kids probably help out their poor families with their earnings so not letting them access the money until they turn 30 would never fly.
Posted on 3/21/26 at 9:28 am to RiverCityTider
I'm sure you'd be happy about your paycheck being forced into a trust fund that you wouldn't have access to for several years, too.
Posted on 3/21/26 at 9:41 am to TheTideMustRoll
They’re adults. If they blow it on drugs and good times then so be it.
Posted on 3/21/26 at 9:48 am to RiverCityTider
We create the demand and supplying it cost money.
When people quit caring so much about sports then they won't make so much money. Until then get your checkbook out.
When people quit caring so much about sports then they won't make so much money. Until then get your checkbook out.
Posted on 3/21/26 at 11:25 am to Diego Ricardo
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If they blow it on drugs and good times then so be it.
Posted on 3/21/26 at 12:09 pm to RiverCityTider
I always thought it should go into a trust account that they would get at graduation or if they declared early.
But our federal courts have said you cannot restrict anything. I'm still shocked they're required to be enrolled at the school to play...another "restraint on trade" or some BS.
But our federal courts have said you cannot restrict anything. I'm still shocked they're required to be enrolled at the school to play...another "restraint on trade" or some BS.
Posted on 3/22/26 at 8:37 am to Diego Ricardo
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They’re adults. If they blow it on drugs and good times then so be it.
No they are not and this fallacy that they are mature young people able to make good life choices is crazy. OP has a good suggestion. Put that money in a trust fund until they get their degree or turn 25.
Posted on 3/22/26 at 8:50 am to phil4bama
You can enlist in the military at 17 with parental/guardian consent.
No need to babysit these players.
No need to babysit these players.
Posted on 3/22/26 at 9:08 am to phil4bama
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OP has a good suggestion. Put that money in a trust fund until they get their degree or turn 25.
The number of Americans on both sides of the political divide who say, "I stand up for freedom and liberty!" and also say, "I don't agree with what this other legal adult is doing, and even though it doesn't affect me in any way I don't think they should be allowed to do it," is depressing.
Posted on 3/22/26 at 9:16 am to phil4bama
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No they are not and this fallacy that they are mature young people able to make good life choices is crazy. OP has a good suggestion. Put that money in a trust fund until they get their degree or turn 25.
If you're old enough to die for this country at 18, you're old enough to be considered an adult by the country. I think it is ridiculous that 18yo can't buy booze or smokes anymore for similar reasoning. So trying to sell me that athletes shouldn't have control over their own incomes is not really resonating with me.
I think it is generally a bad idea to hand 18yos large 6-figure and even 7-figure incomes just because they can run and hit. However, it is just about as dumb for the NFL to do it with 20-22yo.
Most of these kids are not Andrew Luck, Patrick Surtain, or Christian McCaffrey who come from existing wealth. Most are going to have no clue what it means be made an immediate millionaire out of high school or college.
I didn't even known how to live with a normal engineering graduate's salary out of college because I came out of a working poor household. If I were making millions instead, it would have solved some problems but likely created even worse ones. However, I know that experience with making mistakes did more good for me than paternalistic external force doing nothing more than delaying those informative experiences for me.
This post was edited on 3/22/26 at 9:36 am
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