(07-08-2021 08:50 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(07-08-2021 08:44 AM)dansplaining Wrote:  

(07-08-2021 08:41 AM)emu steve Wrote:  

(07-08-2021 08:13 AM)dansplaining Wrote:  

(07-08-2021 07:46 AM)emu steve Wrote:  Illegal recruiting inducements.
The NCAA rules are written on paper which has turned yellow many years ago.
They are still in effect.

How is that recruiting inducement? Go to Miami where you will have more fans than at FIU?

Do you understand the law?

Things are usually stated in terms of monetary value.

Saying go to Miami U (Oxford, OH) because the weather is better than Mt. Pleasant isn't an illegal inducement. It is considered an opinion and of no legal regard. If I were a 18 year old skier I'd consider the Mt. Pleasant climate better than greater Cincy. Some kids from FL actually are entralled to see SNOW in Ann Arbor while most Michiganders hate foot after foot of it.

To 'promise someone something for something' is the classic definition of a contract (BTW, I did have this as an undergrad at Wayne State. They had law classes for business students, e.g., I had 'agency, contracts.' I also severed on a HOA board for a number of years and understand contracts I forgot if I had to countersign with the HOA president contracts - Usually requires two board officers). If I give you a 2008 Chevy free it is a gift. If you give me $1 is a legal sale.

Is that any different than promising playing time? Or promising bowl games? Or promising playing in front of 100k people?

Yes. Those promises are legally worthless. Unenforceable.

If 4-star recruit sues the U saying I was promised that I would start my freshman year and I didn't I wish the following remedies: 1). Ability to immediately transfer, 2). (fill in the blank).

A court would say the U promised you the usual benefits that every other scholarship FB player gets at your university. Any additional promises are not enforceable unless written because your grant in aid is the contract where promises, both ways, are made. I would think that the NCAA would prohibit any U going beyond the standard written contracts for LOI and grant in aid. All of it must pass the compliance office and the conference governing board.

E.g., a promise of a job as a FB GA after graduating would be an illegal inducement.

As far as most promises, not written, they are marketing and Brand X toothpaste can claim to be 99% effective in protecting against cavities and Brand Y will say "99.9%" or we have clinically proven the best toothpaste you can buy.

Those promises are worthless and legally just opinions. And 'opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one.'

So then how does any of that - literally even one part of that - have to do with a local business owner paying players at the popular local university to endorse his gyms? He isn't affiliated with the school. The school isn't making any promises. Everything is on the up and up and out in the open. Arrangements like this are going to happen at maybe 50-60 schools in the country in the next few years. Stop clutching your pearls and acting like Miami players getting paid (legally for the first time ever LOL) is going to be the downfall of college football. It makes you look like a complete rube.