FWST: TCU’s athletic director opens up on NIL and a new era for college football

[TopFrog]

TCU’s athletic director opens up on NIL and a new era for college football​

Steven Johnson

After countless delays and a lengthy legal battle, the House v. NCAA Settlementwas finally approved June 6, marking a shift to a new era of college athletics.

The $2.8 billion, 10-year settlement will pay past players for missed name, image and likeness opportunities and allow colleges to pay players directly starting July 1.

The initial ‘salary cap’ will be around around $20.5 million. That number is expected to rise in the next few years.

In theory, all of the schools in the Power Four conferences will be working with the same cash pot, which hasn’t been the case during the NIL era.

Read the rest at https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article307994270.html

Alternative link: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/tcu-athletic-director-opens-nil-110000691.html

 

[ShreveFrog]

Buddie sez: “And what we believe is now that there’s revenue sharing that’s going to take over for a lot of what this previous NIL was purposed for, we think the playing field is going to be fairly level, and we expect ourselves to be extremely competitive."

Kiddin' me? OK we all start out with the same $20M thru rev sharing. But in the wider NIL war, we're going to be able to buy a roster competitive with Texas, Georgia, Ohio State, et al who are basically doubling that amount? I'll smoke what he's smokin.'
Hell, Tech isn't even in the Top 25 NIL spending.
I'm not knocking Buddie so much as Steven printing that sunshine pumping without context.

 

[helcap]

Also despite the "salary cap" school's boosters will still find ways to funnel cash to players, whether through "legitimate" endorsement deals or the return of the bagmen (sounds like a movie title)

 

[Wexahu]

Also despite the "salary cap" school's boosters will still find ways to funnel cash to players, whether through "legitimate" endorsement deals or the return of the bagmen (sounds like a movie title)

With pay for play, it either needs to be players can't get paid, period.....or they can make whatever they want. It would be impossible to regulate otherwise so they shouldn't even try. A salary cap is stupid unless they want to go to a full NFL model....draft, contracts, etc.

 

[Dogfrog]

With pay for play, it either needs to be players can't get paid, period.....or they can make whatever they want. It would be impossible to regulate otherwise so they shouldn't even try. A salary cap is stupid unless they want to go to a full NFL model....draft, contracts, etc.

When they take the giant step to players officially being paid, the players have to incur restriction of free agency. The schools have to gain some level of protection or it’s a house of cards, and ultimately a less compelling product.

 

[FrogAbroad]

Has there ever been a man-made rule that has never been man-broken?

 

[An-Cap Frog]

 

[NewFrogFan]

When they take the giant step to players officially being paid, the players have to incur restriction of free agency. The schools have to gain some level of protection or it’s a house of cards, and ultimately a less compelling product.

AND, I think a loss of donors. New team almost every year, not my cup of tea for sure.