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The thing that isn't changing is the number of players on a roster. Fans at our level can wring their hands all they want about the "rich getting richer" but there are only 13 scholarships to give, and rotations only go so deep. There just aren't enough spots for those programs to take from the tiers below them. Be it transfers or the NLI stuff, the balance of power doesn't really shift, it's just the means by which players get to their ultimate destinations. People are also thinking way too locally in terms of how NLI will play out. First and foremost, players would be able to monetize social media. That has nothing to do with where they're physically located or which school they attend. They can partner with brands from anywhere for sponsored content. An elite dunker can go viral from anywhere. Secondly, the earning power of athletes in non-revenue sports is never higher than when they're in college. There just isn't a pro infrastructure for a lot of them, so if someone's a star field hockey player and a company that makes field hockey equipment wants to use her in advertising, it never makes more sense than when she's an active collegiate player. This is honestly true for most revenue generating sport athletes, as well, since so few play pro ball. A guy like Goodwin may have been more marketable over the past four years than he will be over the next four. College athletes are also perfect candidates for modeling. Third, this allows athletes to be compensated when their NLIs are used for video games and other media representations. Fourth, when it comes to local marketing, is market size really the best determinant of how much an athlete could make? A stud football player in Stillwater, Oklahoma might have more NLI value there than he would at Rutgers in the NYC market if you're thinking in terms of car dealerships and pizza chains. Almost 100% name recognition in a small place vs. minimal name recognition in a big city. It just depends on what opportunities are available. I could go on. Point is, there's just no logical argument against this. The sham of the NCAA's amateurism model has to end. It's been hurting athletes for too long. And SLU loses nothing if this rule change passes, either.

Stu has good taste in music so I have no issue at all. If I did not agree with his music preferences I would be very angry and unable to sleep at night.

If this is true, then what is the point of not letting them be paid for their own NLIs? Why is the NCAA bothering to regulate such a small upside? Straight payoffs are and still would be illegal. This is simply to give players the freedom to leverage their own popularity - whatever the scale may be - for pay. Just as it is with other college students and everyone else. Look, I don't think the scale here is out of control. I think your point about a lot of local pro athletes is fair, that not all of them are lining up endorsements all over the place. However, that doesn't mean college athletes should be shut out altogether. Plus, people have a different connection to their alma maters. I'd be way more drawn to seeing SLU athletes featured in advertising than a mid-roster Blues or Cardinals player, the same way I'm more interested in their social media. The opportunities would be different. When I was at SLU, one day Brad Soderberg was in the West Pine Gym filming a Lou Fusz commercial. They had an "actor" on camera with him who was about 7 feet tall and he had on a generic, blank blue jersey. He had no lines, but it was a visual joke and Brad had some line about needing a roomy interior or something. I just see no reason why that couldn't have been Ian Vouyoukas or Bryce Husak getting a few hundred bucks for standing in. Another example is how an athlete may have his/her image used in ways they don't want to, without being able to have any control over it or payment from it. Allison Stokke is a prime example and her Wiki covers this; photos of her went viral before she even got to college and she spent those years trying to slow it down to no avail. Had she been able to sign an agent, model/endorse on her own terms, and monetize her social media, she could've made 6 figures a year in college easily, which certainly helps mitigate having to deal with millions of creeps taking her image a direction she never intended it to go.

Bill McDermott joins the show to talk about SLU Women's Soccer PK loss to Washington in the NCAA tournament and the programs outlook going forward. We also talk about Men's soccer and their outlook going into a shortened offseason. Men's Basketball Talk: Jordan Goodwin hires an NCAA certified agent, St. Louis native Aaron Cook hits the transfer portal and receives offer from SLU. View the full article

Final: North Carolina 1 Washington 0 Washington gave UNC everything they could handle. And, they were the better first half team. Summer Yates, who did not play vs SLU, played for Washington. She missed a glorious chance in the 82nd minute to tie the game, hammering a shot inside the spot right at the UNC keeper. Anywhere else was 1-1. Organized, defend, pressure the ball in middle of field, and nothing inside the 18 on D for Washington. Washington gave up one goal or less in every game but one this season, including this one. And, they clearly frustrated UNC much of the game. UNC had wholesale substitutions midway through each half and eventually wore UW down a little bit, possessing wide moving forward. UNC was applying pressure more often in the 2nd half with some of its 2nd unit, and they earned a set piece corner with less than 25 minutes left. 5'10 Tori Hansen beats Kaylene Pang for the far post, top corner header, on a cross from cross from Hallie Klanke. (KC, Lee's Summit, Futura Pink Panthers) From there Washington had a few chances but Yates' with the most dangerous one. UNC appeared to go down a player with 6 minutes left on a reckless late tackle in front of UW bench, but no card. It would have been a double yellow. Very good, competitive game. Top seed Florida St. dominated Penn St. and won 3-1 after falling behind. 32 shots for FSU.

jason is very much recognized still in st louis. a lot of locals seem to somewhat disappear when they head out of town permanently but imo, we still see and hear from jason more than most. for example, bradley beal spends a lot of money on the local AAU team, but beyond that, we dont know much about beal here in st louis. tatum does the imo's commercials and i see a lot of tatum jersey out and about the kids. so the "endorsement" seems to be working there more than beal's goodwill. weird. that all said, i will be the first to admit i am not as tied into the nba as i am for college basketball, particularly the billikens or major league baseball so maybe i just am not paying attention enough. of course my enthusiasm for baseball has taken a noticeable hit after the all star game nonsense in georgia. really upsetting to me that baseball got involved in politics. i am a huge political watcher, but i also am a big proponent that we need to keep it out of the sports scene so we have an escape somewhere.

Lonesome Dove was my first binge. Friend taped it all week. Grabbed from him 10 in evening brought home watched whole thing straight through till 430 a m

Freaking legend.

Crazy how so many self-proclaimed free market capitalists won't apply their belief system to college athletes hoping to exercise some degree of control over their own name and image. Weird.

I think there is some money to be made on the business side. How much would it be worth for a bar near Chaifetz to lock up Perkins to do meet and greets after home games? Stuff like that is why I think the money for most of these guys will be appearance fees at least at first. There will be even more money to be made for businesses as these kids learn how to better brand themselves. I really think basketball only schools really have an advantage for basketball by not having to compete with football for booster dollars. The first instinct for most P5 schools is going to be to try to drive as much of that money as possible to the football side because there is far more money for the athletic programs to make off football. You only need one billionaire boaster to be all in at a non football school to be a top player in the NIL basketball business.

Why am I, as a booster, paying for anybody other than a potential one and doner? Rarely is as a top 75 freshman even the leading scorer on a team. Why would I pay for him when my best player is a senior that I'm not paying anything?

I agree with this plus we've had no issue with Richmond in recent years due to exactly what you've said. I also think bringing back guys that have nearly maxed potential won't move their needle much higher but simply maintain consistency. For example, if French came back I think it would answer questions for us but not necessarily make us better.

RIP his father recently.

No one is really going to say that it is a good move for their business to pay some college athlete $10,000 for a personal appearance. Let's not kid ourselves, this will all be payoffs to kids that now is legal. If a guy who owns a car dealership in St. Louis is a Mizzou guy, he'll pay his endorsement checks to Mizzou kids. If a law firm on the East Side has a bunch of partners that are Illinois fans, they will pay their money to an Illini player. I certainly don't expect our kids to have some advantage in this area for endorsement dollars. These will all be prearranged payoffs to kids from boosters of their school.

what is wrong with it? he apparently really likes music. good for stu.

I guess I don’t mind it in May. And I’m a big supporter of people being allowed to tweet about their interests outside of their job, but I don’t get the impression that anybody is really interacting with his “songs of the day”. It’s fine, I guess. But it does seem strange that he just seemed to start doing it about a month ago. Like he saw somebody else doing it and thought it might be a good idea to adopt.