Interesting (to me) article about a possible future of NIL.

[H00SIER-Cat]

SIAP

https://www.si.com/college/colorado...ding-from-saudi-arabia-pif-in-unpreceded-move

TLDR version: Former Colorado U staffer tried to get NIL funding from a Saudi Arabian public fund. This group owns part or all of some international soccer teams and tried to buy Formula One, professional tennis, and the PGA. The fund is said to exceed $1 trillion.

It was once said (paraphrased) that "college football has a draft. And Nick Saban gets the first 20 picks."
The Saudi deal could blow Saban's out of the water.

Also, how would the universities spin the partnership considering Saudi Arabia's record on human rights, inclusion, etc.

 

[DraftCat]

SIAP

https://www.si.com/college/colorado...ding-from-saudi-arabia-pif-in-unpreceded-move

TLDR version: Former Colorado U staffer tried to get NIL funding from a Saudi Arabian public fund. This group owns part or all of some international soccer teams and tried to buy Formula One, professional tennis, and the PGA. The fund is said to exceed $1 trillion.

It was once said (paraphrased) that "college football has a draft. And Nick Saban gets the first 20 picks."
The Saudi deal could blow Saban's out of the water.

Also, how would the universities spin the partnership considering Saudi Arabia's record on human rights, inclusion, etc.

Sounds like UK would be cooked you think Mitch would allow all that dirty money into the university?

Anyways sad state of affairs regardless.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

It's getting insane.

You can't stop it now that it's out of the bag.

The only modification I'd love to see is this: only allow one instant transfer. After that, make them sit out a year.

 

[BlueSince92]

In my mind the only way to stop it is for the powers that be to get their heads our of their asses and take a long hard look at what made them want it in the first place.

If a school makes real money off a kid's name, image, or likeness, then---after the fact---the school needs to pay a fair percentage of that money to the kid. Nothing unfair to any kid in that. And it doesn't need to affect recruiting because......

SURPRISE!!!! ....schools have never been allowed to make money off recruits' names, images, or likenesses. Still aren't, as a matter of fact.

NIL at its heart is neither a silly idea nor an idea that needs to hurt college basketball in the slightest.

It's just that it's been implemented in the most greedy, negligent, backasswards way possible.