(07-06-2021 08:42 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(07-06-2021 06:29 AM)dansplaining Wrote:  

(07-06-2021 06:11 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(07-05-2021 05:27 PM)Jerry Weaver Wrote:  

(07-04-2021 07:23 PM)dansplaining Wrote:  Again - this is all meaningless to the situation at hand because the rule changes that went into effect allow players to profit independent of the university. schools cannot pay players currently.

Guys this is a freaking circus!

A competent NCAA commissioner would have seen this storm coming as California passed their own NIL law long ago. He would have marshalled the support of the P5 conference Presidents and went to congress to explain why certain anti-trust exemptions were needed as most NCAA programs DO NOT generate profits. Instead the NCAA is thrust immediately into a free-for-all of chaos, where we simply are forced to accept the results of once the "smoke clears".

This has become a clusterf--k, thank you Mark Emmert.

The NCAA is a dysfunctional organization. They did see this storm coming but had no clue how to deal with it.

As noted, this thing has landed on college sports doorstep and no one, e.g., NCAA, players, etc. seem to know what to do with it.

What I learned from THIS thread. No one seems to know what NIL really means.
I'm not a lawyer, but I DO know, one doesn't know the law because they know the English language. (Remember, you are NOT free to holler 'fire' in a theater because you have 1st amendment speech rights.).

What rights do schools have to market their school and sports?

What rights do athletes have to market their NIL?

Hutchinson could have his image on a pizza box BUT can't do so in an EMU uni.

EMU can have Hutchinson's jersey on a pizza box but not his name.

My guess: For the first year (or whatever) the LAWYERS are the big winners.

Here's a fun explainer of NIL rights:
https://www.sbnation.com/2021/7/1/225580...-explained

Two points:

1). Even though the author was an athlete and has general knowledge of what she speaks, she presumably isn't a lawyer or USPTO (Patents Trademarks Office of the U.S. government. I have a friend whose son works there). Once again, I want to read what lawyers and PTO folks, esp. sports, have to say.

Folks writing for SBNation, etc. are not lawyers, doctors, etc. and really don't have the expertise to speak about PTO issues, medical issues, etc.

One can watch cable and see a parade of legal minds, lawyers, FBI, SDNY, etc. and hear legal issues discussed by the best in the business. They are the best legal mind not journalists.

2). I'm in favor of allowing college athletes to borrow money while on athletic scholarship. COA money isn't hardly enough for most student athletes to survive. BTW, I hope athletes got stimulus this year. Correct? Let them borrow say a sum equal to $500 / month (6K for a 12 month year). The idea isn't that a CFB player shouldn't have more than $10 in his pocket. They may have significant expenses like that phone in their pocket and phone service.

Jay Bilas is a former college athlete and a lawyer. Here's what he has to say:
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/29/101141507...a-nil-vote