re: Breaking News: NCAA to allow players to be paid for names, images, likeness

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Since LSU is not in any of the ads Ed does I bet LSU doesn’t have anything to do with it. The problem with bringing in the university is title IX.

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He is a contracted employee of the university, and there could be a clause in their contracts that states any endorsements must be approved by the athletics department. Also, Raising Cane's looks to be associated with LSU in a lot of ways.

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Why can’t a player making 100k hire their own financial council?

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I mean 100K across all of its athletes, and it’s just an arbitrary number.

The NCAA’s primary concern, after making money, is protecting their reputation. They’re going to make sure they cover their arse when it comes to their members (the players) getting involved with tax related issues. One way they can do that is by making the schools provide the resources needed to keep the kids in line.

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You serious? I hope you aren’t serious?

When is the NFL going to start regulating what players can earn in endorsement deals? The players wouldn’t be anything without the NFL.

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Yes he’s serious. The NCAA isn’t setting restrictions on who can be drafted, that’s the NFL. Without college football Fournette would have either had to wait 3 years to enter the draft, go to Canada or go to the arena league.

ETA: These kids don’t have to come to college and play in the NCAA. They can go to Canada or the arena league and make money. The issue is their chances of making it to the NFL would diminish big time.

Make no mistake, this is all a money grab by the state and federal governments who feel like a fairly large chunk of potential tax revenue is currently slipping through their fingers. Just like most things the government injects themselves into, this is probably going to hell in a handbasket sooner than later.

After reading through this thread and the one on the MSB I’ll say that the sweeping assumptions being made are strange.

Why is everyone assuming it’s going to be a free for all? There will regulations put in place that strive for parity. Will the schools with the most money at their disposal prevail? Of course. But that’s already how it is right now. So why the hysteria?

Also, if the student-athletes are the ones that can now benefit off their likeness then it puts them (monetarily speaking) in a position of power, and the university stands to benefit; not the other way around. What I mean by that is, you could have some superstar (let’s say Eli Manning for instance) who has an affinity for a school (Ole Miss) and no matter what is going to go there. All of the endorsement deals are going to follow the superstar athletes regardless of where they go. If a kid is a stud and it’s clear he’s a future NFL star, where he attends is a moot point. Again, why the hysteria?

Paying players is a good thing and the people freaking out are overreacting.

I think this is needed for college Esports . Twitch/Mixer money is a huge draw.

This could create a huge divide in who is successful and who is not. I understand there will have to be across the board some rules pertaining to this. Not to mention all states will have to agree it to it as well.

Lets say AL, LA, TX, and SC pass laws to support, but the rest of the SEC states say no, then it will not happen because you need a unanimous vote. So many pieces have to fall in line.

1) Every state would have to adopt it
2) NCAA would have to create the rules for it
3) Every conference would have to agree to it unanimously

If this all happens the rich will get richer. It is not the Oregon's who may have Nike behind them. It is schools like in the majority of the SEC states where CFB > pro sports. When the word gets out to recruits that incoming freshman at school A are getting 20k for doing signatures at said business and again in the spring. Each year at school it increases.

Or just like with pro players or actors that get to drive a car around for free because who they are. Remember earnings for this include items like gear, cars, and whatnot.

The 5 Star who lives in a shack with his family knows top players at one school has a booster that using the players names/image to promote their real estate business and in return while in college lets them live in a new house to promote the new development. So family moves with him.

It will be coaches like Saban that know how to work in that gray area and take advantage of it. Yes there will be some shady characters resurrected they may have once been run off, or a program crosses the line to keep up, but in the end it is the elite programs that have boosters with deep pockets that will figure out how to maximize this.

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Would not Nike and Adidas basically buy the image rights of the top prospects
and direct them to their schools ?

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This would be one of the first things the NCAA would not allow. Not to mention this can only happen once the player signs with a school, not prior. Prior would be considered illegal recruiting.

Not to mention the colleges would not allow this to happen(vote for it) because of contracts they have with current vendors like Nike.

IIRC in the CA bill and others it would prohibit Nike and Adidas from getting involved because programs have exclusive contracts with said vendors.

I’m not sure that would stand up if challenged . If Nike wants to pay a high school
football player for their image for 4 years. How can the NCAA prevent this without
inviting another lawsuit ? If the NCAA thought they were going to lose the California
case then restricting who the players can go into business with will be another loss.

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I’m not sure that would stand up if challenged . If Nike wants to pay a high school
football player for their image for 4 years. How can the NCAA prevent this without
inviting another lawsuit ? If the NCAA thought they were going to lose the California
case then restricting who the players can go into business with will be another loss.

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NCAA can easily stop it under their current rules as it is a violation. Enforcing in that situation would not be hard. Has Reggie Bush got his Heisman back yet or did USC get their wins back? Just saying.

Also you seem to forget it would also make any HS player ineligible to play in HS in every state as they would no longer be an amateur in said sport.

Not to mention the model you are describing would probably break multiple federal laws including anti trust laws as your model would create monopolies for vendors. Not going to happen.