I saw Austin Knight post a video also endorsing the new Bojangles chicken sandwich.
Mr. Bojangles approves.
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Builtās individual multi-year NIL agreements with BYU players include compensation to all members of the team, including compensation to all walk-on players in the amount comparable to the costs of tuition for the academic year.
So they have already found a way around the rule, and we now have fully funded CFB teams.
How long until the companies start making the personnel and other program decisions? AD doesnāt hire the head coach without asking the sponsor company first?
CFB, for all its weaknesses and unfairness, is over. This is pro football now.
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They say if you live long enough youāll see everything. Iām over 70 and I must say, the crap Iāve seen in the past five years is about to wrap up an amazing (good and awful) life of observing this endless stream of stuff.
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Colleges Athletes will stay in college vs turning Pro because they can make more money in college. May even see rising Seniors start to take a redshirt year just so they can use their eligibility over 5 years and still get their money.
Thereās a handful of teams playing pro football now with college players. The rest of us are still playing true college football.
Yeah how is that not pay to play. If you pay an individual because they bring attention to your product or company that is one thing. But paying anyone who wears the jersey is pay to play & is still supposed to be against the rules.
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More on walk-ons:
Somehow none of this seems related to most universities missions.
Iām all for people making money, but some of this just reeks.
Also this may be a dumb question (and Iām playing devils advocate) but are the schools getting a cut of this money? If not why not?
Most of the players are not worth this without the name of their school on their uniform and the infrastructure of the school giving them an opportunity.
Iām almost ready to call it quits. At least pro sports are open about their commercial nature and there is a level playing field.
I mean the playing field has never been level on college sports. Now itās basically a pyramid.
On the flip side yea it was unfair for star athletes who create value not to capitalize.
Thereās no real answer that makes sense other than eliminating college sports entirely. But what fun would that be?
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If you mean their mission as educators, you are 100% correct.
This might be off topic but when Iāve been to away football games in the past it seems other schools do a better job getting advertisers. What car dealership sponsors us, what bank, what restaurant chain, what airline, and what hotel chain? Harris Teeter has been consistent over the years and maybe a few more but in a metro area of 2.5 million people youād think weād have more sponsors. Shouldnāt Chris Reynolds and Victor Tucker be in a commercial for something?
The schools are getting money shifted away to direct payments for athletes. One consequence I didnāt see was an elimination of scholarship limits as walk-ons get full rides from business/corporations. Weāre on the road to college sports being not only a pro sports league but one without a salary cap or roster limits. I donāt think that will be sustainable but weāre still early on this process.
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clt says taxes are going to be a shock for athletes
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I donāt know how the value of the scholarship isnāt taxed as well, it is a form of compensation. Disclaimer though, I am not an accountant haha.
Yeah my biggest issue with all of this is there is no one in control to level the playing field. There will be more opportunities to get paid at the already successful football or basketball programs so they will have even more of a monopoly on the top talent. It makes it more difficult for up & coming programs to improve their position & there is no draft or salary cap to help even out the talent gap from top to bottom.
I am automatically thinking of baseball here, that allows only 11.7 scholarships for 35+ roster spots. Could a company come in and pay for the remaining scholarships so that everyone is on scholly?
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