Say goodbye to mid majors

[R1Letterman]

Found this…sobriety will set into NIL at some point..

“By the way, just to put these amounts into sobering context, Brock Purdy who is undefeated as the starting QB for the San Francisco 49ers is on a rookie contract valued at $3.7 million over four years. Let that marinate.”

and that is probably too high, ha.
p.s. new trivia question: Name the firs P5 QB to win an NFL playoff game after having lost while in college to the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns.

[Turbine]

What is the connection between a non compete clause and a salary cap/limitation?

Is there one?

[moorecajun]

Found this…sobriety will set into NIL at some point..

“By the way, just to put these amounts into sobering context, Brock Purdy who is undefeated as the starting QB for the San Francisco 49ers is on a rookie contract valued at $3.7 million over four years. Let that marinate.”

At this rate we could have players retiring after their college elgibility expires! Why take a pay cut?

[CajunVic]

. . . and the problem with that . . .

[CajunNation]

The NCAA is powerless to cap NIL since the United Supreme Court and has spoken as such on the issue . . .

If the NFL can cap salaries, why can't the NCAA cap NIL?

[CajunVic]

If the NFL can cap salaries, why can't the NCAA cap NIL?

NIL is like pro players making money on commercials, etc. NFL has control over what they pay, not over what others pay. It is the same with NCAA after the SUPREME Court case.

[ZoomZoom]

If the NFL can cap salaries, why can't the NCAA cap NIL?

Because that will kill college athletics. Would probably require “collective bargaining” and unionization.

That’s where I’m off the bus. The attraction of college athletics for me is the cyclical 3-4 year turnover of players and watching players develop. Make it a 100% business model kills it for me.

Watching players turn into difference makers off the field is a great accomplishment, that will be lost with unionization.

[BeauCajun]

If the NFL can cap salaries, why can't the NCAA cap NIL?

NCAA can’t control NIL money. Supreme Court would shoot it down.

[CajunNation]

Because that will kill college athletics. Would probably require “collective bargaining” and unionization....

So, we're damned if do and damned if we don't?

Not disagreeing with you here. I'm just trying to understand exactly what they did to collegiate athletics, and how we can save it.

[ZoomZoom]

So, we're damned if do and damned if we don't?

Not disagreeing with you here. I'm just trying to understand exactly what they did to collegiate athletics, and how we can save it.

They took the money from under the table, threw it all out there for the world to see, with no consideration of the consequences. O’Bannon ruling was correct, but it opened the proverbial Pandora’s Box.