NIL question…

[maysvilleky]

So there theoretically is a limited amount of NIL dollars to spend. So say 30 - 40 players get a cut. The rest are just on scholarship.

How is there NOT a division in the locker room? Wouldn’t it be better to set up a system where there is a minimum that all players get and a maximum that a team can pay out and then the rest would strictly be each player negotiating a contract with outside companies that have to include performance criteria with an end of year review process? I know it will never happen but isn’t that what most of us have to do?

 

[Rembrandt90]

So there theoretically is a limited amount of NIL dollars to spend. So say 30 - 40 players get a cut. The rest are just on scholarship.

How is there NOT a division in the locker room? Wouldn’t it be better to set up a system where there is a minimum that all players get and a maximum that a team can pay out and then the rest would strictly be each player negotiating a contract with outside companies that have to include performance criteria with an end of year review process? I know it will never happen but isn’t that what most of us have to do?

It is bound to cause problems in the locker room. There is circumstantial evidence all over the place that it has been causing problems at almost every Power 4 school.

It's times like these.

 

[UKnCincy]

So there theoretically is a limited amount of NIL dollars to spend. So say 30 - 40 players get a cut. The rest are just on scholarship.

How is there NOT a division in the locker room? Wouldn’t it be better to set up a system where there is a minimum that all players get and a maximum that a team can pay out and then the rest would strictly be each player negotiating a contract with outside companies that have to include performance criteria with an end of year review process? I know it will never happen but isn’t that what most of us have to do?

There’s no division because the vast majority of student athletes are fully capable of handling the situation.

The types of athletes that would get upset about NIL differences are the same types that were getting upset about things like playing time before NIL existed. Some people are just jealous by nature and will find something to be upset about.

But if you go ask student athletes about NIL differences among teammates, almost all of them will tell you that they have no issues with it. There simply has not been widespread division in locker rooms due to NIL.

 

[Whoppercat]

There’s no division because the vast majority of student athletes are fully capable of handling the situation.

The types of athletes that would get upset about NIL differences are the same types that were getting upset about things like playing time before NIL existed. Some people are just jealous by nature and will find something to be upset about.

But if you go ask student athletes about NIL differences among teammates, almost all of them will tell you that they have no issues with it. There simply has not been widespread division in locker rooms due to NIL.

You live in a dream world.

 

[satcheluk]

So there theoretically is a limited amount of NIL dollars to spend. So say 30 - 40 players get a cut. The rest are just on scholarship.

How is there NOT a division in the locker room? Wouldn’t it be better to set up a system where there is a minimum that all players get and a maximum that a team can pay out and then the rest would strictly be each player negotiating a contract with outside companies that have to include performance criteria with an end of year review process? I know it will never happen but isn’t that what most of us have to do?

So your a socialist?

 

[satcheluk]

You live in a dream world.

No he doesn't. Baseball and other non-rev sports have always had less scholarships than players. My first year of tennis I had a 25% scholarship(out of like 4 for the entire team of about 10-12) and there were guys that played and had none. The baseball team only had 11 scholarships with a roster of nearly 30. Never saw any conflict about this, though it wasn't uncommon for us to yell at Coach Emery that we deserved a bigger scholarship after a big win.

 

[Cat06]

There’s no division because the vast majority of student athletes are fully capable of handling the situation.

The types of athletes that would get upset about NIL differences are the same types that were getting upset about things like playing time before NIL existed. Some people are just jealous by nature and will find something to be upset about.

But if you go ask student athletes about NIL differences among teammates, almost all of them will tell you that they have no issues with it. There simply has not been widespread division in locker rooms due to NIL.

How many teams have you interviewed to come up with this conclusion? 50? 10? None?

 

[R.O.T.Muckinfush]

In most schools in the sec FB gets 80% of nil and bball gets 10% with other sports getting the rest. It's probably reversed for UK.

 

[Blueaz]

So there theoretically is a limited amount of NIL dollars to spend. So say 30 - 40 players get a cut. The rest are just on scholarship.

How is there NOT a division in the locker room? Wouldn’t it be better to set up a system where there is a minimum that all players get and a maximum that a team can pay out and then the rest would strictly be each player negotiating a contract with outside companies that have to include performance criteria with an end of year review process? I know it will never happen but isn’t that what most of us have to do?

I was told at Arizona... every player, including PWOs gets at least 8000.00. Not confirmed but what a recruiter told me.

 

[bthaunert]

So there theoretically is a limited amount of NIL dollars to spend. So say 30 - 40 players get a cut. The rest are just on scholarship.

How is there NOT a division in the locker room? Wouldn’t it be better to set up a system where there is a minimum that all players get and a maximum that a team can pay out and then the rest would strictly be each player negotiating a contract with outside companies that have to include performance criteria with an end of year review process? I know it will never happen but isn’t that what most of us have to do?

There is confusion between revenue sharing and NIL.

The $20ish million is revenue sharing that all scholarship players will get a piece of (football will probably get around 80% of that money). It’s around 200k, on average, for all scholarship players.

NIL is the money on top of that as you mentioned. There is going to be a clearinghouse set up outside of the NCAA that will keep track of all NIL deals.

If UK players their cards right, they will be able to figure out a way to keep a majority of the donors for NIL to keep donating to NIL and not earmark precious NIL money to the athletic department to help offset the revenue sharing.

UK will need to make a clear delineation between a starter/impact player and the 85th guy on the roster. A system that maybe has 3 or 4 tiers of revenue sharing pay based on prior year results, high school ranking, etc.