re: Read the NIL guidelines at Alabama and tell me college athletics as we know it aren't over

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Do you actually believe that this travesty is just gonna apply to football? ANY sport that recruits talent will eventually fall into this quagmire. If an athlete is good enough to be sought after by one school, it'll also apply to the other.
I'm a huge fan of capitalism, but NOT in amateur sport...and that's what we NOW have

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And? The NCAA was fighting a losing battle against NIL lawsuits.There was simply nothing they could do about it AND they were their own worst enemy when they selectively enforced NIL violations (see Johnny Manziel vs Todd Gurley or AJ Green)

The transfer portal is a far bigger issue IMO in CFB along with bloated staffs and even more bloated athletic departments.

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Define "college athletics as we know it".

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college athletics, or at least major college football, has probably not been "as we know it" in my lifetime

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I wonder how many additional associates UA will have to hire to TRY and comply with all that is needed. The player attention MIGHT be too much on making a buck instead of school or preparing for football. The HC's have another headache to try and resolve.

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The ones that have been handling the Dodge relationship for player cars will just switch their focus.

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ANY sport that recruits talent will eventually fall into this quagmire. If an athlete is good enough to be sought after by one school, it'll also apply to the other.

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Seriously?

99% of the fans of any school in the SEC aren't able to name an athlete on their track, swimming, soccer, gymnastics, rowing, tennis, cross country, or golf teams. I can't even name an Alabama baseball player. They have zero marketing value without putting the school's name or logo in the ad, which they can't do.

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I'm a huge fan of capitalism, but NOT in amateur sport

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If you want to amateur sport, go to your local golf course and cheer on the randos shooting 80+ or the local public high school to watch football or the local DIII where scholarships aren’t permitted to be given for Athletics.

Otherwise, nobody on this board has been alive to see amateur sport practiced at the DI or DII levels.

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: UA employees aren't allowed to compensate or arrange compensation for current or prospective athletes.

Can't use NIL compensation in recruiting: Compensation can't be exchanged for someone to attend or compete for Alabama.

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You know damn well bama will not break any of these rules.

Rich about to get richer OP. Y'all should be bitching least of all. I know we're fixin to eat.

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The entire thing is gonna start getting very messy

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In regards to "cheating," we all know damn well this won't fix anything either.

There are still plenty of limiting rules in place for NIL that will get broken immediately, by nearly every major school (or their boosters) in the country.

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but it's gonna ruin college sports as we know it.

What does this mean?

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Really?
Agents, contracts for endorsements, individual athletes receiving compensation when their "teammates" are getting none, athletes more concerned with their business ventures than their responsibilities as student athletes, family members becoming more involved with the relationship between school and athlete.....I could go on for hours, man!
Folks need to get their heads out of their asses about what's about to take place in amateur sports. Apparently there's little that can be done about it, but it doesn't make the pill less bitter to swallow.

So you believe these 18-22 year old are going to be on top of the paperwork? C'Mon Man.