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“Everything I knew as a coach for 30-plus years that you couldn’t do, now that’s what you do,” says Petersen, the former Washington and Boise State coach who himself is involved—though very little—with Washington’s collective.
“You always stayed away from the boosters. Now, they are running it.”
A long article illustrating where we are with NIL and the new transfer rule. A lot of busy boosters and administrators getting things done and evolving in the Wild West. And agents are in the middle of it—oh goodie.
www.si.com
“We’re funneling everything previously under-the-table over the table,” says one SEC staff member who spoke to SI under the condition of anonymity. “The big change is the numbers are going up. Before [NIL], you knew it was bulls--- if a kid came to you and said he was getting more than $50,000 from another school. Now, numbers that used to be bulls--- aren’t bulls--- anymore.
“Everything now comes down to how willing are your boosters and how rich are your boosters. You’re pretty much f----- if you don’t have the booster bank.”
“We are in a time of college football where teams are recruiting your players and telling them what they can do for them with NIL,” says UCF coach Gus Malzahn.
Player agents are behind some of the issues, says Belzer, the manager of the Penn State collective and himself an agent to coaches. Agents, making as much as 20%, have approached collectives marketing their players who are on other college teams. They’re naming prices, he says. Meanwhile, Belzer’s coaching clients have players in the portal whose agents have demanded from coaches more NIL pay.
“You always stayed away from the boosters. Now, they are running it.”
A long article illustrating where we are with NIL and the new transfer rule. A lot of busy boosters and administrators getting things done and evolving in the Wild West. And agents are in the middle of it—oh goodie.
NIL, ‘booster banks’ and recruiting wars: For some, it doesn’t add up - Sports Illustrated
Stakeholders across college sports are divided over the benefits of NIL and whether opening the door to big money donors is a good thing.
www.si.com
“Everything now comes down to how willing are your boosters and how rich are your boosters. You’re pretty much f----- if you don’t have the booster bank.”
“We are in a time of college football where teams are recruiting your players and telling them what they can do for them with NIL,” says UCF coach Gus Malzahn.
Player agents are behind some of the issues, says Belzer, the manager of the Penn State collective and himself an agent to coaches. Agents, making as much as 20%, have approached collectives marketing their players who are on other college teams. They’re naming prices, he says. Meanwhile, Belzer’s coaching clients have players in the portal whose agents have demanded from coaches more NIL pay.
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