[lex24]

The solution has always been simple. Schools pay the players for their labor in a regulated system.

NIL has taken away the schools' claim that the "degree and coaching has so much value." I realize the Mandel story is just one case, and there won't be many like it, but if a High School recruit can ink a deal worth $8M, the player now has more compensation than the school can offer with a free education and training, and most players are never making $8M in the NFL. The schools used to have the leverage to get athletes going to class and buying into the team concept when nobody was getting paid, because playing time was earned in practice, etc. and that was how you got an opportunity to earn money after college. If players are getting paid to come to campus before they have done anything for the school team they join, the players have ALL the leverage. ALL.

At same time, it's comical how massive the hole NIL money puts in the argument schools made that they would go bankrupt if they had to pay players. The same money being laundered to buy players masquerading as legit for profit sponsorship deals, could be going to schools for them to directly pay players, in some regulated way with some kind of obligation to the schools for which they are going to work. It doesn't take a genius to realize the players are going to allocate their time and energy to who is paying them, more than they will their education, or even the teams they are playing on. They've already been paid. How many players are going to sit out bowl games or even regular season games when they feel they've earned enough already and have no obligation to continue playing for the school?

Even worse, with the transfer portal, you've effectively got free agency, where if a player has his feelings hurt at a school, he can go to the transfer portal and get paid to go to another school.  

The FSU player story is just one of those "so many different directions" that I pointed out in my initial comments. Sure, he may play ball for the 'noles in '22, but the fact is he doesn't have to follow any rules the coaches put in place to play because is the coach really going to sit his best CB being paid big bucks by the NIL collective, when he can lose his job if his team doesn't win games?  Hell no. 

So the players can now do whatever they want because there is no accountability structure anywhere, and they are vulnerable to exploitation for same reason. All so schools didn't have to cut checks to players themselves. Again, I congratulate the schools and the NCAA for their monumental stupidity that I believe ultimately will end college sports unless some massive structural changes and reforms are made.

There is nothing simple about paying college athletes for their “labor”. First, there is the question of what sports. It can’t be just “revenue producing” sports. That would not past muster legally. Second, how do you structure “salaries” within the sport. As for regulated - by whom? You except Congress to set the parameters? Third, what about non- Div 1 schools and NAIA? Do they get paid? If not, why. They are engaged in the same “labor”. Fourth, what about other extracurricular activities. Does the University have to pay salaries to the actors etc that are putting on plays etc? How bout the Band. School orchestra or choir. Take your pick. Finally, where does the money come from?

[lex24]

The solution has always been simple. Schools pay the players for their labor in a regulated system.

NIL has taken away the schools' claim that the "degree and coaching has so much value." I realize the Mandel story is just one case, and there won't be many like it, but if a High School recruit can ink a deal worth $8M, the player now has more compensation than the school can offer with a free education and training, and most players are never making $8M in the NFL. The schools used to have the leverage to get athletes going to class and buying into the team concept when nobody was getting paid, because playing time was earned in practice, etc. and that was how you got an opportunity to earn money after college. If players are getting paid to come to campus before they have done anything for the school team they join, the players have ALL the leverage. ALL.

At same time, it's comical how massive the hole NIL money puts in the argument schools made that they would go bankrupt if they had to pay players. The same money being laundered to buy players masquerading as legit for profit sponsorship deals, could be going to schools for them to directly pay players, in some regulated way with some kind of obligation to the schools for which they are going to work. It doesn't take a genius to realize the players are going to allocate their time and energy to who is paying them, more than they will their education, or even the teams they are playing on. They've already been paid. How many players are going to sit out bowl games or even regular season games when they feel they've earned enough already and have no obligation to continue playing for the school?

Even worse, with the transfer portal, you've effectively got free agency, where if a player has his feelings hurt at a school, he can go to the transfer portal and get paid to go to another school.  

The FSU player story is just one of those "so many different directions" that I pointed out in my initial comments. Sure, he may play ball for the 'noles in '22, but the fact is he doesn't have to follow any rules the coaches put in place to play because is the coach really going to sit his best CB being paid big bucks by the NIL collective, when he can lose his job if his team doesn't win games?  Hell no. 

So the players can now do whatever they want because there is no accountability structure anywhere, and they are vulnerable to exploitation for same reason. All so schools didn't have to cut checks to players themselves. Again, I congratulate the schools and the NCAA for their monumental stupidity that I believe ultimately will end college sports unless some massive structural changes and reforms are made.

There is nothing simple about paying college athletes for their “labor”. First, there is the question of what sports. It can’t be just “revenue producing” sports. That would not past muster legally. Second, how do you structure “salaries” within the sport. As for regulated - by whom? You except Congress to set the parameters? Third, what about non- Div 1 schools and NAIA? Do they get paid? If not, why. They are engaged in the same “labor”. Fourth, what about other extracurricular activities. Does the University have to pay salaries to the actors etc that are putting on plays etc? How bout the Band. School orchestra or choir. Take your pick. Finally, where does the money come from?