NIL study done...

[Lumpy Chucklelips]

And as you would expect, it will benefit some schools a lot more than others.


https://247sports.com/Article/Colleg...ke--149430194/

A few quotes...

"Market size and the school a player competes for will go a long way in determining an athlete's earning potential. Opendorse's formula unsurprisingly indicated that quarterbacks have a much valuation than their centers. But where and who a player plays for ultimately sets his ceiling." No surprise with this statement. The rich get richer.

"The size of a program's social media following has a huge impact on a player's earning potential as well. Fields and Lawrence are national names, but their value is boosted by two programs that help them grow their brand with targeted videos and posts across social media platforms with millions of followers." For reference, and to my surprise, OM has 233k followers on twitter and we have 244k. I'm sure that pales in comparison to our fellow SEC schools.

"It is sometimes better to be a big fish in a little pond that has a large donor type market where you'll have opportunities from the big sponsors in the state as well as fans where if you have a camp, you'd have a tremendous amount of dollars pushing toward you. This is where some regulations will have to be put in place or you'll find some programs who will use this platform to "legally" pay players to sign with them. Not calling any names...Ole Miss. I can see a recruit now weighing his option to play for OM and be a spokesperson for C-Spire or sign with MSU and be a spokesperson for Franklin Furniture. Then it becomes a legal bidding war. Highest bidder wins. And you know how that's going to turn out.

I hate that it's come to this personally. I'm old school and don't like this change. But the entire world is changing in ways I don't like, so...

[FISHDAWG]

a blind man could see that this is no good .... almost anytime money is a factor so is dishonesty and there's no way they can anticipate all of the ramifications, close all legal loopholes, police this from fraud, satisfy smaller programs, ect .... I hope the result of the study is screw that

[Irondawg]

The NCAA just needs to cap coaches salaries and make all schools openly report how they distribute the TV money so that schools would be better served by showing how it funds valuable programs rather than just going to insane coaching salaries and such. Then if people want to test their earning potential let someone start a true minor league system. Nobody has cracked that code yet but the NCAA should keep it's mission intact.

Chasing the "pay the players" argument isn't going to lead us down a good and sustainable road.

[Johnson85]

The NCAA just needs to cap coaches salaries and make all schools openly report how they distribute the TV money so that schools would be better served by showing how it funds valuable programs rather than just going to insane coaching salaries and such. Then if people want to test their earning potential let someone start a true minor league system. Nobody has cracked that code yet but the NCAA should keep it's mission intact.

Chasing the "pay the players" argument isn't going to lead us down a good and sustainable road.

Can't cap coaches salary. Will be an antitrust violation. Already tried that with an assistant basketball coach position.

[FISHDAWG]

Can't cap coaches salary. Will be an antitrust violation. Already tried that with an assistant basketball coach position.

The Federal Govt themselves have a law that states the American Ambassador has to be the highest paid official in the country where they are ... My father in law had to take a salary cut to $100 less than the Ambassador .... that seems like a sanctioned antitrust to me but you can't fight Capitol Hill I guess .... this and the topic above make no sense