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[UL_Cajuns]

They got 8 months to finish this thing!!!

[JamesTheJeweler]

If NIL is truly NIL [Hint: It isn't] the NIL deal would follow the player to his new destination. Also, if NIL were truly NIL, the NIL deal would not have a requirement to enroll at any specific institution, though it might have requirements to enroll in a certain level of institution or a sliding scale of payment dependent on the level of the institution chosen by the player, or on the TV revenue of the conference in which said institution resides.

Great point!

[JamesTheJeweler]

trying running a business without paying the labor and see how long you stay open, the ncaa and univesities got away with it for quite a long time.

So who are the employees in this scenario? Just staff and STUDENT athletes? If you're equating athletes as employees, then ALL students at the university need to be paid. And what would you call a paid tuition? That's not free....somebody is paying for it.

[JMV JustMyView]

So who are the employees in this scenario? Just staff and STUDENT athletes? If you're equating athletes as employees, then ALL students at the university need to be paid. And what would you call a paid tuition? That's not free....somebody is paying for it.

No such thing as student athletes anymore.

[JamesTheJeweler]

Same with NFL but they get to split $255 million between 53 guys and get lifetime pensions, because they are the product.

Then sit out of college football until you're eligible for the PROS. See how that works out. Or......you can go get a fully paid education, nutrition, free gym, strength training and a program for you to showcase your ability for the next level.

Now I understand we're not putting the toothpaste back in the tube. But this is unsustainable. This generation and the adults perpetuating all this equate the word "fair" with "entitled". You want to get paid for your "NIL", great. Whoever pays it, your payment goes with them to the next stop. You want more than a free education, gym, nutrition, training, platform, etc...Great, you leave, you pay back what was given to you.

And now that I typed all that, I realize how "get off my lawn" I sound and how nothing I think or say will matter. LoL! Enjoy what's in front of us now, and let the chips fall where they may, I guess.

By the way, if you have about 4 hours that you need something relaxing, zen, and non stressful to watch....this was time well spent.

https://youtu.be/MYI3LZYD_oc?si=tdFqggedO7L7LLGq

[CrazyCajun]

Then sit out of college football until you're eligible for the PROS. See how that works out. Or......you can go get a fully paid education, nutrition, free gym, strength training and a program for you to showcase your ability for the next level.

Now I understand we're not putting the toothpaste back in the tube. But this is unsustainable. This generation and the adults perpetuating all this equate the word "fair" with "entitled". You want to get paid for your "NIL", great. Whoever pays it, your payment goes with them to the next stop. You want more than a free education, gym, nutrition, training, platform, etc...Great, you leave, you pay back what was given to you.

And now that I typed all that, I realize how "get off my lawn" I sound and how nothing I think or say will matter. LoL! Enjoy what's in front of us now, and let the chips fall where they may, I guess.

By the way, if you have about 4 hours that you need something relaxing, zen, and non stressful to watch....this was time well spent.

https://youtu.be/MYI3LZYD_oc?si=tdFqggedO7L7LLGq

All I’m saying is, how long did you think adults were going to take in billions of dollars and AD’s and coaches make millions in salary before the athletes (the product) were going to want their cut? That is what was unsustainable.

[JamesTheJeweler]

Shut down college football for one year is all it would take. What would they do then? Who's gonna pay them for their name image and likeness then? They don't have squat without the platform. If we're putting it in a "business" term. Close the business and they get nothing. Leverage.

[Turbine]

All I’m saying is, how long did you think adults were going to take in billions of dollars and AD’s and coaches make millions in salary before the athletes (the product) were going to want their cut? That is what was unsustainable.

Infrastucture is worth more than the interns, ask the patent court.

[CrazyCajun]

Infrastucture is worth more than the interns, ask the patent court.

Clearly not, ask any division 1 football player.

[JamesTheJeweler]

Doesn’t matter. Without those players they don’t get that deal. As I stated earlier…the ncaa was ruined as soon as they started viewing themselves as a commercial entity. The NCAA that a lot of people seem to fantasize about never existed. Now it’s just out in the open.

If the NCAA was about amateurism, it never would have been commercialized. Want to fix things. Take all games off of TV. No sponsorships. Nothing. Then you get an entity that is closer to rec sports than the nfl.

Without the school, they have NOTHING! No team. No gym. No coaches. No training. No coaching. No free scholarship. No stadium to play in. No promotion for people to come and see them play. No infrastructure. No means to showcase themselves for an ACTUAL professional career. You can say "without the athletes they don't get that money" all you want. Without the school they get zero. They're welcome to graduate high school and pay to get coached, trained, etc while they wait until they're old enough to play in the PROS. And guess what....the school will continue just fine as an academic institutions and receive billions in research dollars. And guess what else? They aren't paying all these students doing the work in research for that university. So yeah, the school is receiving money for students studying.