College athlete compensation - NIL etc šŸ’°

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That is insane. Beck isnā€™t even a draftable QB. Wow. What a grift.

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Iā€™m wondering whoā€™s the new sugar daddy for the Canes:

BTW, all the NIL figures I see for Beckā€™s girlfriend Hanna Cavinder include the latterā€™s twin sister Haley. Most recent Iā€™m finding there is $2M for the U hoopsters.

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Bigger question - would a Congressional fix survive the inevitable legal challenges?

That proposed bill is better than the chaos we have today. Not perfect but a start to reining this in.

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FWIW, that Illinois bill, as written, would apply to academic scholarships only so wouldnā€™t amount to much, if anything. Gotta wonder whatā€™s the purpose beyond giving the impression that the sponsor is doing something when in reality he isnā€™t. In other words, basic politics!

This bill is an abomination.

What does NIL earnings have to do with academic scholarships?

This would be nothing more than a taking of or forced reduction of earnings.

How is that legal or ethical?

If you are earning NIL money pay for your own education. I like reducing the scholarship value based on your NIL income. Donors and students shouldnā€™t be covering that.

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Yep, itā€™s political posturing. Not going to change anything and the billā€™s sponsor knows that.

The bill targets academic scholarships not athletic scholarships.

Academic scholarships are earned by previous academic success.

Has nothing to do with athletics.

Ahh donā€™t catch that - well itā€™s how it should work with athletic ones

See that University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana is phasing out its $35 per semester athletic facilities student fee, which contributes less than 2% annually to the Illiniā€™s AD coffers. So makes that proposed NIL bill even more meaningless.

If we removed student fees from Supporting football and men basketball I wouldnā€™t have near the issue I do with NIL. Environment still sucks but I wouldnā€™t have the ethical issues I have it now.

If we removed student fees our budget would be cut roughly in half and itā€™s already too low.

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Yup. It is too low, I just canā€™t rectify charging students fees while athletes are making money. Iā€™ve felt less dirty walking out of a strip club.

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