A New Type of NIL

[Dan]

Got a $50 Ballard tshirt. Hope its good quality for that price.

[WstateU]

Got a $50 Ballard tshirt. Hope it’s a good quality for that price.

Made in Gina!

[shock]

Made in Gina!

Most of us were…

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But, why??

Because I am a principled man and I don't waver. I would love to see Wichita State be a leader and get out ahead of all this, building a coalition before it all comes crashing down.

Regardless, the LAST thing you'll see CB doing is walking up to children, wearing clothing that bears the name of his extortionist. How humiliatingly absurd.

[shock]

Because I am a principled man and I don't waver. I would love to see Wichita State be a leader and get out ahead of all this, building a coalition before it all comes crashing down.

Regardless, the LAST thing you'll see CB doing is walking up to children, wearing clothing that bears the name of his extortionist. How humiliatingly absurd.

If they are “children”, and you used to brag about touching yourself in the stands while they practiced, what kind of principles are we discussing here?

[ShockBand]

If they are “children”, and you used to brag about touching yourself in the stands while they practiced, what kind of principles are we discussing here?

Well, according to Merriam-Webster, the third definition of principle is:

an underlying faculty or endowment

[C0|dB|00ded]

If they are “children”, and you used to brag about touching yourself in the stands while they practiced, what kind of principles are we discussing here?

Libel?

[WuShock Reaper]

NCAA: 1 in 3 star athletes receive abuse, threats by bettors

https://www.espn.com/sports-betting/story/_/id/40166862/ncaa-1-3-star-athletes-receive-abuse-threats-bettors

May 17, 2024, 05:14 PM ET
David Purdum, ESPN Staff Writer

"One in three high-profile athletes receive abusive messages from individuals with a "betting interest," and more than 540 men's and women's college basketball players received similar abuse, including death threats, during championship tournaments in March, the NCAA said in a release Friday...."

[calfan]

I thought I would put this here. I saw this coming.

Colleges can now pay players directly, If I understand this right.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/ncaa-to-settle-class-action-lawsuit-bringing-277b-windfall-to-college-athletes-past-and-present/ar-BB1mXi1f?ocid=BingNewsSerp

[calfan]

I thought I would put this here. I saw this coming.

Colleges can now pay players directly If I understand this right.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/ncaa-to-settle-class-action-lawsuit-bringing-277b-windfall-to-college-athletes-past-and-present/ar-BB1mXi1f?ocid=BingNewsSerp

[Stickboy46]

I fully expect that to spend a lot of time in court. The proposed "settlement" is majority paid by the schools outside of the A5, who are not Even named in the lawsuit. Also there is a cap on how much can be paid, which will be challenged because it wasn't negotiated by a union. Future student athletes had no say and will have no say in this (unlike in a pro league where the union vote on contracts periodically).

Still a long way to go and this just screams of the A5 trying to still maintain an upper hand here.

[pogo]

The IRS should love all of this NIL business. It opens up a new revenue stream. Before this cash was funneled to players with no record of it happening. Now it is out there in print and acknowledged by all parties. I wonder how much of the money that the conferences and ncaa are going to be giving to past players will receive after the lawyers and agents and IRS take their cuts.

[Dan]

The IRS should love all of this NIL business. It opens up a new revenue stream. Before this cash was funneled to players with no record of it happening. Now it is out there in print and acknowledged by all parties. I wonder how much of the money that the conferences and ncaa are going to be giving to past players will receive after the lawyers and agents and IRS take their cuts.

Not to mention all the earnings from bowl games, etc that were funneled to schools and surely not taxed since they are non-profit institutions.

[WuShock Reaper]

Court ruling seeks test to decide if athletes are employees

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/40541501/court-ruling-seeks-test-decide-athletes-employees

Associated Press
Jul 11, 2024, 03:02 PM ET

"PHILADELPHIA -- College athletes whose efforts primarily benefit their schools may qualify as employees deserving of pay under federal wage-and-hour laws, a U.S. appeals court ruled Thursday in a setback to the NCAA.

The court, in the latest challenge to the NCAA's long-held notion of amateurism in college sports, said a test should be developed to differentiate between students who play college sports for fun and those whose effort "crosses the legal line into work."

"With professional athletes as the clearest indicators, playing sports can certainly constitute compensable work," U.S. Circuit Judge L. Felipe Restrepo wrote. "Ultimately, the touchstone remains whether the cumulative circumstances of the relationship between the athlete and college or NCAA reveal an economic reality that is that of an employee-employer."

Judge David J. Porter, in a concurring opinion, questioned the difficulty of such a process, noting that nearly 200,000 students compete on nearly 6,700 Division I teams. The NCAA had hoped to have the case dismissed, but it will instead go back to the trial judge for fact finding...."

[shock]

The IRS is loving this.