College Athletics Branding - Name Image Likeness Rules

[calvegas04]

Hope they decline everyone committed to usc and michigan

 

[IrishLax]

This is likely a good thing in terms of limiting players peacing out if they don't play immediately

 

[irishu]

This is likely a good thing in terms of limiting players peacing out if they don't play immediately

Curious if this only applies for undergrads, or also grad transfers

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

Curious if this only applies for undergrads, or also grad transfers

I would be shocked if it also included grads.

 

[Free Manera]

The question is, what happens when the deals aren't approved? Will the offending programs even care?

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

I'm not a fan of any changes. The more they try to regulate things, the more the usual suspects will regain their advantage by cheating.

 

[GowerND11]

I'm not a fan of any changes. The more they try to regulate things, the more the usual suspects will regain their advantage by cheating.

True. But I think colleges/NCAA still need to have some kind of duty to these student athletes that provides them with tools for success after football. 2% make the NFL, and from there the average career is 3 years. This free for all is absolutely doing them a disservice for their future.

I know, I know, school for a lot of these guys (and the programs too) hasn’t always been something that they actually did even pre NIL. But they are still attending college, and there should still be a healthy promotion of getting a degree of some sort to make sure they can have a career once the game stops.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Makes perfect sense that our government would not only be spending time on this, but that it would roll back the ability of athletes to move as they wish.

@Jimmy3Putt is right. Rolling things back is just going to give advantage back to those who already had it. And by those, I mean the SEC.

 

[Free Manera]

I'm not a fan of any changes. The more they try to regulate things, the more the usual suspects will regain their advantage by cheating.

Totally agree. The less rules the better for ND, because if there are rules ND is going to follow them. USC, OSU, UGA, Bama, LSU, Michigan, etc. will not and we are back to recruiting in the 12-16 range every year again.

 

[Katzenboyer]

Antitrust plaintiffs' lawyers right now:

 

[ColinKSU]

I'm not a fan of any changes. The more they try to regulate things, the more the usual suspects will regain their advantage by cheating.

 

[lefty5258]

True. But I think colleges/NCAA still need to have some kind of duty to these student athletes that provides them with tools for success after football. 2% make the NFL, and from there the average career is 3 years. This free for all is absolutely doing them a disservice for their future.

I know, I know, school for a lot of these guys (and the programs too) hasn’t always been something that they actually did even pre NIL. But they are still attending college, and there should still be a healthy promotion of getting a degree of some sort to make sure they can have a career once the game stops.

if you were an at-will employee and had an employer offer you 6-7 figures for 1 year of service and some national trade group said no its better for your career to stay at your current job making less, would you want to stay in that system? I'd argue its more of a disservice artificially limiting their earning power. The NIL money is lifechanging for these guys

 

[IrishLax]

The question is, what happens when the deals aren't approved? Will the offending programs even care?

I don't know but we're going to find out soon and I don't think it's going to be pretty...



Bottom line -- NIL was built to allow people to benefit from selling autographs, etc. If someone wants to pay $5k for a signed helmet from their favorite player are you not going to clear that? Because if not, this is going to instantly blow up.

 

[ulukinatme]

I'm not a fan of any changes. The more they try to regulate things, the more the usual suspects will regain their advantage by cheating.

Very good point...we're finally getting to be on level playing ground with everyone having the same rules...or lack thereof. If we want to win a championship again we may need to do it sooner rather than later if we want a chance. I don't like our odds if things go back to the way they were.

 

[Irish#1]

The lawyers are lining up to file their suits when it's go time.

 

[lefty5258]

The lawyers are lining up to file their suits when it's go time.

have to imagine it'll come in droves once the appeals process happens

 

[IrishLax]

The lawyers are lining up to file their suits when it's go time.

 

[jprue24]

I don't know but we're going to find out soon and I don't think it's going to be pretty...



Bottom line -- NIL was built to allow people to benefit from selling autographs, etc. If someone wants to pay $5k for a signed helmet from their favorite player are you not going to clear that? Because if not, this is going to instantly blow up.

I'm sorry, but assuming this is true, why does it matter in the slightest? I think the underlying concept of players making money from sponsorship/endorsement deals did not start with autographs. We may have viewed it as autographs, appearances, ect. or talking heads referred to NIL in that context, but the courts do not. They have been pretty consistent with ruling in favor of the concept I mentioned.
Legislation would change everything, but I don't think they will be able to agree.

 

[calvegas04]

Seems like a lot of work for $2300

 

[jprue24]

I really wasn't kidding when I said kick some cash to trump to get an edict.

President Trump will reportedly sign an executive order to limit NIL money for players

President Trump loves the free market so much he’s going to limit NIL spending.

www.sbnation.com

 

[IrishLax]

Clearinghouse reverses course... dunno what these people were thinking trying to put toothpaste back in the tube:


So there will basically be "direct comp" revenue sharing from schools but outside of that players can earn endorsement money (through collectives and other means) without significant red tape.

 

[IrishLax]

 

[ulukinatme]

Man...I kind of hope they don't introduce NIL into NCAA CFB games now...I hate dealing with salary caps and contract negotiations in Madden as it is. I always end up overpaying guys I want to keep and screw up my roster...this NIL stuff will be the death of my football gaming

 

[IrishLax]

 

[Free Manera]

I worry this sends us back to the 2000s where ND follows the rules and no one else does.

 

[NDFAN2008]

I worry this sends us back to the 2000s where ND follows the rules and no one else does.

Wouldn’t this hurt Miami more than anything I think it affects boosters or owners of companies offering up huge amounts of cash

 

[Huntr]

welp, let's just go ahead and mute this fuckin thread...

 

[NDRock]

Honest question, does this have any jurisdiction or is it just political pandering?

 

[pumpdog20]

NCAA teams are gonna "Lou Brown to Roger Dorn's contract" that executive order.

 

[Blazers46]

Remember when college players got paid, man those were the days…