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A lot of out of touch posters struggling with this concept. The players are being paid their (perceived) worth, and yes, rich boosters have been paying the good ones for decades. Doing ROI exercises tells me you are making this a little too complicated. They are paying a player to wear their jersey and hopefully win a lot of games. These guys have also watched sports before, and are aware that outcomes are not guaranteed. I think they’ll be fine. Would be great if there was a dedicated NIL thread for those who still need to complain or work through their feelings on the subject ad nauseam.

Sounds like a person problem. Classy to call him a punk. It sounds like he got what he is worth if someone paid it.

I can see how the players make money, I can see how the various “NIL Agents” (for want of a better term) make money. What I can’t see is how the billionaires supplying the NIL money make anything off of this. I don’t see where anyone is making commercials using the likenesses of entire football and basketball teams worth of college students in any form to sell or move products and services enough to make the expense of giving these NIL deals. From what I can see, it’s purely a money loosing expense for the people giving the money away. The only thing they get is their egos stroked for trying to help their favorite university buy a championship. And it looks like the price will keep going up. How long are enough of them going to keep giving away money before they lose interest in this and switchand buy a trip to outer space, or a submarine, or lord knows what else is the new trend that rich people will do to show off their wealth?

Good size. Really smooth jumper and plus athleticism. He’s only 17 years old too. This would be a great get

They’re in their feelings because 20 year olds who are “only” good at basketball make more money than them. The funniest part is these are some of the same people paying $1,000+ per year to watch said 20 year olds play basketball.

Nice little lighthearted situation yesterday at the baseball game. https://instagram.com/stories/midtownmadpod/2827978632021146901?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Some of our more astute observers have said this NIL stuff has been going on forever. Maybe not known as NIL, but cash payments, cars, girls, jobs for parents, etc. Now, with NIL, it's just supposedly legit and out there in the open and is giving to those (the players) who supposedly need it most. What if gamblers pay college kids? How about point shaving? OJ Mayo got money while at USC in the early 2000s. Nova had to forfeit it's 1971 NCAA appearance for Howard Porter's pay scandal. DeAndre Ayton just recently at Arizona. The great FedEx cash caper at Kentucky under Eddie Sutton. The various Rick Pitino incentive programs. Marcus Camby was paid at Umass, Ditto Jelani Gardner at Cal. What did boosters gain way back then for paying for their college talent? I'd say absolutely nothing but it's been going on since 1971 in the list above and even Adolph Rupp's teams were indicted for point shaving back in the 1940's. In my entire career I never made $200,000 a year. Now this punk kid at Miami wants that and more. For what? Only one team will hoist a trophy and I guarantee it won't be the Miami Hurricanes. Bank on that. But folks will keep paying and I think it's all for the ability to be revered at the school --- ala Doc Chaifetz. Chaifetz is a god-like figure at Billiken home games and on the road at specific games (Madison Square Garden) and tournaments. I see him revered in his circle and when dealing with low-flying peons like me. And rightly so and that's fine by me but what more is there? As OG and Elond note, eventually, you want some ROI from these NIL deals if you ask me and you're just not going to get it. According to an NCAA study in 2020, 3.5% of all high school basketball players move on to college after high school. That percentage drops to 1% if you limit it to Division 1 schools. And only 1.2% of college players make it to the NBA. Seems like a while lot of NIL dollars going out the window for absolutely nothing in return. What would you have paid Carte'Are Gordon or Jordan Nesbitt? What woudl they have demanded? And for what?

Oh I agree with his thought process completely. I was responding to HoosierPal about why it might be easier for a cheerleader to get an NIL deal vs a walk-on.

I think the point gobillsgo was making was that our walk-on spot could essentially be filled by a starter, who is given an NIL deal, if by chance we have all the scholarships used up and a stud becomes available.

Could be our stretch-4

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