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In these coaches contracts, the coach also has a buy out if they want to fire him. Does a player that gets processed get a buy out too? Why give the school monetary protection but not the player?

That's what the coaches get as incentive. It's just a form of guaranteed pay broken up over years instead of a lump sum.

Players are compensated with scholarships, coaching and other such things. It's completely voluntary, nobody forces them to do it. They do it because it is the best offer they are able to get. Other leagues do not want these players.

They are entitled to NOTHING.

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I'm sure Washington feels wondeful about their $12M and feels like its fair compensation for their HC...

Don't give a shite how they feel. Those were the terms they agreed to when they hired him.

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The only real solution imo would be the courts to uphold the 1 time transfer rule so kids can only bail once. The issue is that the courts have basically said the NCAA can't restrict players in any way so thats a moot point.

It's no surprise that things turn to shite when government gets involved. But it's obviously not a good ruling for the sport.

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The only other suggestion I could see helping is that the NIL deals being required to come from a company that has an actual service or sells actual goods. No more collectives giving money to kids for nothing. It should also be required that there be some form of performance for the NIL deal. Whether that be an ad campaign or an autograph signing or whatever. Require actual businesses to pay players for their actual NIL.

I agree fully with this.

I don't have a problem with legitimate NIL and I don't think most people do either. It's the fact that it's being used as a pay to play scheme that is the issue.

What you are saying is what things would be under existing booster rules. Why the NCAA didn't start out enforcing these rules before things got out of hand, I do not understand. But Tennessee is now in court trying to remove NCAA control over boosters.

They should have smacked Texas A&M down on day 1, and most of this could have been avoided. They did nothing and other schools were like...ok I guess we are doing collectives now.