[Mick]

The ACC boards are deriding Peter Pan Cam McCormick, but again, it is the offseason, so what else is there to do?  Nine years out of high school with two degrees, it might be time to grow up and get a job.  Except maybe he can make more NIL money than someone starting out in advertising. If he was NFL material, one would think he'd already be in the NFL. Or go to the USFL. Or Canada.

I thought we were rapidly moving toward a split world of college sports with NASCAR/European basketball or soccer style sponsorships in one division and everyone else going back to a trying not to get caught paying amateurs to win division, like the good old days.  But the more court rulings come out about paying players as straight up employees, I think we're headed to a pay for play division and the rest stick to club sports and intramurals. I'm not sure what DII and DIII schools are going to do if forced to pay players in addition to scholarships. 

NIL was completely bastardized as expected. No one is stopping someone from working a deal with EA sports or keeping an athlete from monetizing a social media presence. But now, we have collectives so the players can just show up for money without doing their own leg work.

Hard to go back up that slippery slope.

Tight end McCormick's career:

2016 Redshirted as freshman (same recruiting class as Justin Herbert, now in his fifth year in the NFL)
2017 Played / 1 year eligibility gone
2018 Played a few games but broke left fibula and tore ankle ligaments / red shirt
2019 Medical redshirt
2020 COVID
2021 Tore his right Achilles vs. tOSU
2022 Played / 2nd year eligibility gone, started 11 games, played in all 13, 8 catches, 62 yards
2023 Played / transferred to Miami, 3rd year eligibility gone

McCormick has had two receptions for 18 yards and scored one touchdown in four games.

McCormick has a B.A. in Journalism and a Master's in advertising/brand responsibility.

[Mick]

The ACC boards are deriding Peter Pan Cam McCormick, but again, it is the offseason, so what else is there to do?  Nine years out of high school with two degrees, it might be time to grow up and get a job.  Except maybe he can make more NIL money than someone starting out in advertising. If he was NFL material, one would think he'd already be in the NFL. Or go to the USFL. Or Canada.

I thought we were rapidly moving toward a split world of college sports with NASCAR/European basketball or soccer style sponsorships in one division and everyone else going back to a trying not to get caught paying amateurs to win division, like the good old days.  But the more court rulings come out about paying players as straight up employees, I think we're headed to a pay for play division and the rest stick to club sports and intramurals. I'm not sure what DII and DIII schools are going to do if forced to pay players in addition to scholarships. 

NIL was completely bastardized as expected. No one is stopping someone from working a deal with EA sports or keeping an athlete from monetizing a social media presence. But now, we have collectives so the players can just show up for money without doing their own leg work.

Hard to go back up that slippery slope.

Tight end McCormick's career:

2016 Redshirted as freshman (same recruiting class as Justin Herbert, now in his fifth year in the NFL)
2017 Played / 1 year eligibility gone
2018 Played a few games but broke left fibula and tore ankle ligaments / red shirt
2019 Medical redshirt
2020 COVID
2021 Tore his right Achilles vs. tOSU
2022 Played / 2nd year eligibility gone, started 11 games, played in all 13, 8 catches, 62 yards
2023 Played / transferred to Miami, 3rd year eligibility gone

McCormick has had two receptions for 18 yards and scored one touchdown in four games.

McCormick has a B.A. in Journalism and a Master's in advertising/brand responsibility.