Rep for Miami star Wong: Better NIL deal or exit
The NIL agent for Hurricanes star Isaiah Wong says the guard will enter the transfer portal if his NIL compensation isn't increased.
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Literally every player is a potential free agent at any time. It’s not even like that in professional sports. College sports are a mess now because of this.The NCAA, the Universities, etc can call NIL whatever they want to call it... It's FREE AGENCY.
Kids are going to continue to go to the highest NIL bidder, either out of high school, or via the portal. Unless something is done to regulate it, but I don't see that happening any time in the near future.
Agreed... I don't know what the fix is, but they have to come up with something... There is no way to do it, but it would be awesome if you could only make NIL money while at your original school. Kids would think much more about their commitment decisions out of high school and it would end the "transfer every year for more NIL money" bullshit... That's a pipe dream, I know.Literally every player is a potential free agent at any time. It’s not even like that in professional sports. College sports are a mess now because of this.
I think it’s because the people who make the decisions are benefiting from it. The free agents flow to the top because there is no cap. No rules. It’s a free for all. Who’s going to stand up against it? Conference commissioners? ADs? Presidents? Of those pools, it sure as hell isn’t going to be anyone who has a voice.It’s a damn joke and everyone knows it and no one has the balls to reign it in because the people in charge are scared of a lawsuit
You just tell guys like this to hit the road, bye. go get a deal somewhere else. At some point, people will get tired of guys like that. They won't want the headache.I think it’s because the people who make the decisions are benefiting from it. The free agents flow to the top because there is no cap. No rules. It’s a free for all. Who’s going to stand up against it? Conference commissioners? ADs? Presidents? Of those pools, it sure as hell isn’t going to be anyone who has a voice.
I think that’s the problem. Who wants rules? If there are contracts and obligations to be held to, Alabama & OSU might occasionally have some holes on their team and won’t make the playoff.Simple. Players have to negotiate a contract up front and locked into that contract for 4 years. If they don’t like it, they can hold out just like the pros. Of course they make nothing while holding out and can’t go play for anyone else.
You want to get paid like pros then live by the same rules.
I could see a day with MU having football, men's basketball, men's soccer and that is it... Offset the TitleIV requirements by having women's basketball, volleyball, women's soccer... Have co-ed cheerleading.Now, where does that take us? The next step is the elimination of all of the other men’s sports. They will have to keep the women’s due to needing to offer something to balance out under Title IX (unless the lunatics destroy women’s sports by allowing more and more cross-dressers to beat actual women). But college sports other than basketball and football, and maybe 25 hockey teams and 30 baseball teams, for men will soon be a thing of the past.
The myth is that college athletic department are not making huge amounts of money. The sports that you mentioned are indeed bringing in all the money. However, a relatively small amount of this money is going to fund the non-revenue generating sports. It may be true that few schools have "cash profits" but my point is that the expense side of their balance sheets are artificially inflated just so they can say they aren't making a profit. If I sell apples as a business and bring in $100,000 on $50,000 expenses, I can just give myself a $60,000 raise and then say I am operating at a loss. It is technically true, but it is completely artificial. The athletic departments will always raise the expenses to meet or just exceed the revenue. Always. That is why you have million dollar position coaches and ancillary facilities that put the NFL to shame.It is a myth that college sports makes this huge pot of $$. Football and men’s basketball make huge $$. At a very few places men’s hockey, or baseball make $$ and women’s basketball probably makes money at less than 10 schools.
And, they spend it on all the other sports. The NCAA runs all of the other championships across three divisions out of what it makes on March Madness. Of the individual colleges, a tiny handful actually have a cash profit without taxpayer and/or student fee subsidy. (And, none of those is WVU, despite the “self-supporting” lie it tells anyone stupid enough to to listen). A handful.
Now, where does that take us? The next step is the elimination of all of the other men’s sports. They will have to keep the women’s due to needing to offer something to balance out under Title IX (unless the lunatics destroy women’s sports by allowing more and more cross-dressers to beat actual women). But college sports other than basketball and football, and maybe 25 hockey teams and 30 baseball teams, for men will soon be a thing of the past.
That can't happen. It's not sport for sport. It's player for player. The 85 scholarship players football has is what causes such an imbalance that men's sports end up getting cut because for every male athlete you have to have a female athlete.I could see a day with MU having football, men's basketball, men's soccer and that is it... Offset the TitleIV requirements by having women's basketball, volleyball, women's soccer... Have co-ed cheerleading.
All that has to happen is some creativity and to say that half of the team identify as another gender.That can't happen. It's not sport for sport. It's player for player. The 85 scholarship players football has is what causes such an imbalance that men's sports end up getting cut because for every male athlete you have to have a female athlete.
Eventually this will all shake out. Right now every player is seeing green. Much like with the O'Bannon case and EASports. They all thought they were about to get paid and each ended up with maybe $50 each. The top of the top players will still have a market, but the rest of these guys are quickly going to find out being a 2nd string LB at Marshall isn't worth more than some free hotdogs at Stewart's.
Just keep swimming and don't label it "men's" or "women's" and let each athlete compete in any race they want regardless of anatomy... Watch heads explode as the NCAA tries to figure that one out for TitleIX. "Genderless" athletes could be a whole new category!All that has to happen is some creativity and to say that half of the team identify as another gender.
I literally thought the same thing as I typed that, but didn't want to get hammered for it lol. At some point someone is going to try it.All that has to happen is some creativity and to say that half of the team identify as another gender.