cheeseman

I am not sure what your point is - I said she can get more from endorsements.

Read the letter you get from the Club it specifically states only 80% is deductible - now if that has changed then I haven't seen it.

I understand I was only pointing out that her actual salary playing will be less then what she made on NIL. There will be others who won't get those endorsement deals

Her salary will be something like 65-70K a year. Now I agree she can make more from endorsements.

Good point - I would think this is why a school would not want to be doing the NIL paying. By doing so they no longer claim it is not us doing it.

Actually I think that may very well happen - many benefits you get over your salary is taxable so why not tax it.

The idea that the market always takes care of itself is not always true. When you let the power be concentrated in a few hands that is when excesses occurs. Last month the meat/poultry prices were credited with a driver of the increase in the inflation rate but with basically 4 companies controlling this market there is little incentive to bring prices down - in essence you have a type of a monopoly. A few blue bloods in basketball and football will end up controlling the NIL market thus setting the prices - a quasi monopoly.

See Caitlin Clark

I believe so - in order to be tax deductible you must be able to show that you are doing public good. Now I understand that some can play fast and loose with that requirement. Also, I think only 80% of your Billiken Club donation is deductible. Why and how that % is reached I have no clue.

I doubt he would make anything close at a high school that he made here so it may not hurt you but it will hurt him.

I get your point but if ISU would have to go from 80K to 2 million to keep the level they had then it won't be sustainable year after year. I guess we will see some schools spend big and then regress if they can't get the type of players they want. I also saw an article about Jerry Jones giving AR big money for NIL for Coach Cal to spend. This can get crazy real fast. I also think that at a school like Missouri the football team will syphon all the NIL money at some point especially if they play for a National Championship which some think is not that far fetched.

If this is true #1 that is a 25 times increase in one year if my math is correct. How can this kind of annual increases be sustainable even for the big boys.

This is why I kept saying until a contract is signed it is not over and people scoffed. The bottom line is nothing is ever over until it is over.

Do we know if this is a legit event - could it be a hack account?>

Giving a kid a schollie so you can maybe get a younger teammate is not something that often works out. Best to offer any kid you think will fit with your but not for other reasons.