A Simple Fix To The NIL

[nategreat]

The way things are now, it's a sad decline for college football as the NIL slowly evolves to professional football.

I think one simple solution is to only pay players what they earn in jersey and merchandise sales for a school. Or a percentage of those sales. Or you could even make it double those values, as long as NIL earnings correlate to merchandise sales for each individual player.

With this, a player will only make what they're worth. They won't be able to negotiate new deals with new teams just because another team is going to pay them more. And powerhouse teams won't necessarily always have more money to spend and therefore buy all the good players just because they can. And schools won't profit off a player's name, since the player will earn it for himself. I think it's a win-win. If you're a fan favorite, you'll make money. If nobody likes you, you won't. Let's keep college football fair, fun and competitive- not just another professional league.

 

[NoGain]

I have little to no idea how to fix it. Maybe an NIL CAP. I don't know.

All I know is that the college football powers that be, amongst its many ruinations of late, actually stood there and watched the collapse and demise of the Pac 12. I mean...REALLY! One of the great national and regional conferences...POOF!...just like that.

I haven't recovered from that.

Greed trumpeth everything.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Make it 2 years MINIMUM at any school they go to. No exceptions.

 

[AnimeAmore]

I hate College football now because of NIL, and I knew it would happen.
The NCAA blew it by not making smaller compromises sooner.

1. All athletes in major sports should automatically get a scholarship. The previous system of allocating scholarships stopped making any sense when college became really expensive.

2. At a minimum, the starters should've been paid a full week's wage at minimum wage so they have some spending money without doing stupid shiz

Just these 2 compromises would've alleviated a lot of the legitimate complaints that athletes have. Now we've got college players being paid millions and doing holdouts for more money. Much of the beauty of college sports is that those things *don't* happen. Not anymore.

 

[Hawkinaz]

2 things I do like about NIL is

1. Encouraging players to stay in college to work on their skills

2. Players can get experience handling money some are making good decisions

The goal is probably a blend of what it was before NIL and what it is now the system could use a tweak or 2

 

[rjdriver]

The way things are now, it's a sad decline for college football as the NIL slowly evolves to professional football.

I think one simple solution is to only pay players what they earn in jersey and merchandise sales for a school. Or a percentage of those sales. Or you could even make it double those values, as long as NIL earnings correlate to merchandise sales for each individual player.

With this, a player will only make what they're worth. They won't be able to negotiate new deals with new teams just because another team is going to pay them more. And powerhouse teams won't necessarily always have more money to spend and therefore buy all the good players just because they can. And schools won't profit off a player's name, since the player will earn it for himself. I think it's a win-win. If you're a fan favorite, you'll make money. If nobody likes you, you won't. Let's keep college football fair, fun and competitive- not just another professional league.

I like that you’re thinking of solutions instead of just complaining.

The problem IMHO..

This would encourage players to transfer even more. Why? When do you see a bump in merch and jersey sales for a particular player in any sport? When they first join the team and the initial excitement is there. The way to maximize revenue would be to continually transfer to the teams with the biggest national fan bases. The alphas could go ND>Alabama>USC>Texas to generate maximum exposure and $.

I always thought that athletes were exploited a little prior to NIL, but boy, I’m not sure I wanted this genie out of the bottle.

 

[nategreat]

I like that you’re thinking of solutions instead of just complaining.

The problem IMHO..

This would encourage players to transfer even more. Why? When do you see a bump in merch and jersey sales for a particular player in any sport? When they first join the team and the initial excitement is there. The way to maximize revenue would be to continually transfer to the teams with the biggest national fan bases. The alphas could go ND>Alabama>USC>Texas to generate maximum exposure and $.

I always thought that athletes were exploited a little prior to NIL, but boy, I’m not sure I wanted this genie out of the bottle.

Great point, I didn't think of that. So I guess you'd have to have a couple rules in there as well. Such as only making 20% or 50% of merchandise sales every time a player transfers, or something like that. I like your thoughts though, thanks for your input!

 

[CPHawk]

The only fix is for the schools to pay the players. That’s the only way you can lock them in. I don’t see how they can cap a NIL, which isn’t provided by the schools, or force any kind of contract without compensation from the schools.

 

[Appyhawk]

NIL sure muddies the water of what an "amateur" athlete is. How long until high school players are getting paid?

 

[bileever]

The current NIL system has exacerbated the inequity in college football. Not only are the richer teams getting richer, only the better players are getting rich.

The median NIL earnings for a player is $480, which means that half of the players are not really getting paid, while players at the top are reaping huge rewards.

All the players should be paid for their services. Without the players at the bottom of the roster, there is no team. I don't have a problem with better players getting extra, but the current system is grossly unfair.

The current system will only damage college football more. But it's unlikely to change. College presidents have no interest in college athletics and the athletic directors are too stupid to make any effective changes.

 

[jeremiah]

The current NIL system has exacerbated the inequity in college football. Not only are the richer teams getting richer, only the better players are getting rich.

The median NIL earnings for a player is $480, which means that half of the players are not really getting paid, while players at the top are reaping huge rewards.

All the players should be paid for their services. Without the players at the bottom of the roster, there is no team. I don't have a problem with better players getting extra, but the current system is grossly unfair.

The current system will only damage college football more. But it's unlikely to change. College presidents have no interest in college athletics and the athletic directors are too stupid to make any effective changes.

Make the players on the team share their money equally to all. Financial equity and inclusion. If the star QB gets 4 million, he can cut it up into 60 pieces. Same for all the players. Take the names off of the uniforms

 

[chris98251]

Or flip it, since the NFL has a rule that a player cannot be drafted or signed till after the age of their sophomore graduation I believe you block that aspect unlike the NBA. Players to participate in a school program must donate that money to the AD to be dispersed thru the athletic department. That's all sports not just football. They are compensated with school, use of the facilities coaching staff, marketing of the school to promote their brand, housing. Using the schools is just as bad as the schools using the athletes before. The middle ground needs to be reached.

 

[CsrolinaHawker]

The way things are now, it's a sad decline for college football as the NIL slowly evolves to professional football.

I think one simple solution is to only pay players what they earn in jersey and merchandise sales for a school. Or a percentage of those sales. Or you could even make it double those values, as long as NIL earnings correlate to merchandise sales for each individual player.

With this, a player will only make what they're worth. They won't be able to negotiate new deals with new teams just because another team is going to pay them more. And powerhouse teams won't necessarily always have more money to spend and therefore buy all the good players just because they can. And schools won't profit off a player's name, since the player will earn it for himself. I think it's a win-win. If you're a fan favorite, you'll make money. If nobody likes you, you won't. Let's keep college football fair, fun and competitive- not just another professional league.

This is ridiculously naive. Besides the fact that this ignores money generated through media rights you’re also ignoring individual rights. NCAA is a sinking ship at this point and the only solution moving forward is to make athletes university employees.

 

[ivotuk]

I have little to no idea how to fix it. Maybe an NIL CAP. I don't know.

All I know is that the college football powers that be, amongst its many ruinations of late, actually stood there and watched the collapse and demise of the Pac 12. I mean...REALLY! One of the great national and regional conferences...POOF!...just like that.

I haven't recovered from that.

Greed trumpeth everything.

NIL Cap for the whole team, and every player must get paid a minimum so that it's a little more fair for all of them.
However, a player who is desperate to make the team may opt out if that's his only chance for getting on a team.

 

[NoGain]

NIL Cap for the whole team, and every player must get paid a minimum so that it's a little more fair for all of them.
However, a player who is desperate to make the team may opt out if that's his only chance for getting on a team.

It's a shytstorm. Nobody's looking out for the fans or the good of the game. What can you do?

 

[Rat]

The insane self-promoting that would come from tying compensation to merch sales would make the current product even more insufferable.

 

[halps80]

Put the money into a trust that matures and pays out at intervals, and tie some portion of it to revenue actually earned on their NIL. Most of these guys will not make it in the NFL and will be working stiffs in a few years. This will pay them out when they need it to cover real world expenses and healthcare,vs blowing it on cars and clothes and Cristal when they are in college.

 

[OneLofaTatupu]

It’s hyper capitalism baby - late stages - everything is for sale