Let me propose an idea I had around NIL.
I think a lot of these kids are going to end up worse off financially, like the NFL players who end up broke. Without knowing, I am fairly certain there has to be agent and booster and shady financial adviser sharks swimming all over this mess. Should there be some sort of a trust or pension style situation set up for the players to secure their financial future? And rather than the wild West of NIL that we currently have, should it be more of a revenue sharing situation via the universities? Should the QBs be making 100x the offensive linemen?
I don't know, just some thoughts I had.
Replies to: Let me propose an idea I had around NIL.
Since there is no players union with a CBA, players are indepedent contractors. Collusion between..
the universities is probably illegal. The Power conferences apparently are starting a process
to game for government legislation to implement a salary cap system ostensibly "to protect the players".
When it's really a crony play by the universities to have government do the dirty work of restricting
revenue to the players and maximizing revenue for the football factories...er...schools.
I dont know how you'd do that if the money is coming in based on a particular player's market...
appeal. I thought the whole point of this was there could be no limits on their personnel brand marketing. Free market and all. They have a right to profit from their persoanl image. My impression was that the school's were facilitating that. Not distributing money from a fund per se. I'm not sure that what you're saying would be "legal". But Im no expert.
I think it would take legislation and it would have to be routed through a fund administered by the
school.