NIL Bill released

Any idea what the chances of that passing are?

And I didn't know Manchin was a college athlete? Anyone know what sport?

This Bill giving the NCAA back the investigative and oversight power over NIL in addition to forcing athletes to complete the 1st 3 yrs of academic eligibility before transferring w/out penalty may kill this thing instantly.

I think there will be major division. It would do away with the wide open transfer portal and place more importance on the student-athlete aspect. Which in theory is a good thing, but in the reality of NIL pay-for-play we see now it won't be favorable.

Forcing the school to cover an athlete's healthcare insurance for years after they leave the school and picking up their out-of-pocket medical costs is great for athletes. But the financial structure the Bill uses may get some negative feedback.

This will not pass.

I think this is the wrong approach.

I honestly don't think there is anything wrong with NIL for players on a team. I think the issues are with using NIL to recruit.

"We'll give you 5 million in NIL if you come to our school" is the problem, not "You led us to a national championship, here's a 5 million dollar NIL deal."

The approach this bill seems to take toward solving that is to make the player stay at the school.

I don't think that's the right answer. The right answer is to make it so the player gets the money offered even if they go to another school.

If a collective makes a 5 million dollar NIL promise to a player the player should be able to sign the contract and take that money even if they then go to another school. That's how NIL was supposed to work. No NIL deal was supposed to be allowed to be dependent upon attending a particular college. But the contracts are made in ways (with personal appearances and such) so that they can't be filled without being a student at a particular school.

If you don't know you're going to get that recruit you give millions too... booster organizations aren't going to do that anymore. That's the solution in my mind. How to accomplish it... I don't know.

The bill is shite. The healthcare provisions are a nice step forward. But the rest is pure greed. No profit sharing for players, the people who actually earn the money. And players can’t transfer without siting out a year before year three of eligibility. frickers love capitalism and free markets until they negatively affect them.

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NIL Bill released

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Thank goodness. How long had he been held captive?

The government getting involved means the college game will suffer a sure death as we know it.