Sounds more like a coach getting out over his skis to me, rather than out-and-out malfeasance from a collective. The collective cannot be responsible for every (alleged) promise a coach makes.
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ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
I've been asking for at least a year - how long until an athlete sues for more years of competition, claiming it is arbitrary and capricious for the NCAA and its' member institutions limiting his or her ability to earn a living playing college sports? The athletes themselves (with their attorneys who no longer have to chase ambulances because of the NCAA presenting a huge target of opportunity) will kill college sports.
Sounds like the kid and his family were lead to believe $100k based on words from AC, went ahead and enrolled based on that but did not verify that $$ from anyone else and then found out the AC lied. Then a much smaller amount was offered and the QB and his family felt deceived. Which they may have been, but should have done more due diligence before committing. Of course none of us know anything other than what's out there so more info may be coming out at some point.
Sluka: seems likely to me that promises were made that never were cemented in a contract. Sluka has an agent; I would think finalizing an NIL contract would be in his area of responsibility. Lack of a contract makes this a very curious situation.
I don’t think you understand my point.
These arrangements are for the players name. So when Skyy stopped playing for us he still got paid. That is absurd.
Seems crazy the collective couldn’t go to the massive casinos nearby and just ask for a line of credit /s.
But seriously NIL deals are supposed to pop up when the team does well. Starting QB for a ranked team in Las Vegas. Should be a lot of opportunities to figure it out. Collective could’ve done better, maybe just thought QB was bluffing. I would say wait more time and maybe something will come up but with redshirt rule, here we are.
Tim Anderson has the same agent? Too soon? /s
Right. If you want to be paid like a professional, then you need some professionalism.If it ain't in writing, it doesn't exist. IANAL.
But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last week, which looked like it had seen it's fair share of IANAL.
If it ain't in writing, it doesn't exist. IANAL.
But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last week, which looked like it had seen it's fair share of IANAL.
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But WAIT! These are just kids! /s
Agree . . . When you get paid 6 to 7 figures, you're an adult, and have to live by adult rules. End of story.
Sluka NOW has an agent, he did not before..... who bears the blame in that? The Sluka family! They screwed up big time and are now trying fix it. This should be a valuable lesson for players to learn at someone else's expense.
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IANAL but I don't think the ability to earn a living was an argument where the athletes prevailed. The arguments were on restraint of trade/unfair competition. For a league to put limits on eligibility seems like it would have some merit as long it was reasonable. This is directly from the ruling against the NCAA in the Alston decision: the NCAA must "show that it's rules constituted the least restrictive means of preserving consumer demand"
Restricting NIL was considered unreasonable. What else is reasonable for college sports? No idea. It's sad IMHO that the NCAA doesn't get ahead of these issues, but seems to be content with rules they prefer that won't stand up to challenges, and get their butts handed to them in court. I'm sure they have a side to the story that makes sense to them, but it's not a good look from where I sit.
It is pretty strange. It seems they went from a set of unreasonable, arbitrary, inane rules to seemingly none. At least that is the perception. I realize there are a lot of cynics that laugh at the idea that the athletes are students, but that is fundamental to the entire NCAA. After all the C still stands for collegiate. It seems entirely reasonable for the rules to be focused around the 'student' part of student athlete. That is moral high ground and defendable in court. Rules about eligibility, regulation of transfers fall here. It seem perfectly reasonable that an athlete who transfers every year, for example, may not be getting a quality education. This part of the mission can be similar across sports and NCAA divisions.
The other part of the NCAA rules focus around the idea of fair play and preservation of competition. This part seems to be in flux more than ever because of the growing disparity between to top tier programs and the ones farther down the food chain--especially in football and high major basketball. Maybe it is more appropriate for the leagues/conferences to make the rules here.
Since everything is moving so quickly situations crop up like at UNLV where different groups (universities, athletic staff, athletes and the collectives) are working under different interpretations of what they believe to be appropriate.
Watching the Fuskies and Rotgers . . . Rutgers QB Kaliakmanis formerly of Minnesota . . . Rotgers has a good D, but they've had a pretty light slate of opponents.
Looks like a pretty lovely environment for the game tonight. IU coach was begging students to show up for their game tomorrow against Maryland. It’ll be interesting what that stadium looks like especially with the weather. VT at Miami had about the same spread as the ILL/PSU game and they’re up a touchdown with a minute left in the half. Hope this gives our boys even more confidence for tomorrow.
the national
- the Front Range
The Hokies are up at half over the Canes.
Liberty at Appalachian State cancelled and will not be rescheduled due to severe impacts from Hurricane Helene on the App State campus, in Boone, North Carolina, and in the surrounding area.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
This Miami-VT game is awesome