So NIL money is fine, but money from another tourney is not.
Can't make this stuff up.....
They are just looking for reasons to screw us yet again (Enes 2.0)
SIAP: NCAA Cares Where Somto makes his money now.....
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So NIL money is fine, but money from another tourney is not.
Can't make this stuff up.....
They are just looking for reasons to screw us yet again (Enes 2.0)
Yeah good job NCAA have rampant cheating and some athletes attending fake classes but let's worry about some kid making a few dollars for winning a basketball tournament...... All while letting A&M and people just blatantly pay for a recruit 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bill Self is laughing so hard his toupee just fell off.
I mean honest to God how much money would he get? Probably not enough to move the needle
Send it to like ST Jude or something and sign a NIL when you get to UK.
Send it to like ST Jude or something and sign a NIL when you get to UK.
It’s a winner take all 1 million dollar event. Not sure how many players per team, guess at least 10 so likely a 100K apiece. Not likely for OTE to win however. Not even sure where they are seeded in the 64 team field.
I mean who cares what the NCAA says. We could just play him and there won’t be a ruling for 10 years anyway - the precedent has been set.
I don't know why this surprises anyone. NIL was made possible by the courts ruling that athletes can make money from the use of their Name, Image, and Likeness. that's all. If they receive money for playing they would lose their amateur status and be disqualified from college athletics.
This is the case in all sports, not just the NCAA. If an amateur won the Masters he couldn't accept the winners purse without forfeiting his amateur status.
This is the case in all sports, not just the NCAA. If an amateur won the Masters he couldn't accept the winners purse without forfeiting his amateur status.
It's a winner take all event. You have to win the Tournament to get the $. So it's good for him to play against grown men and compete. If he wins, then it becomes an issue. Can always donate it to a "charity" tied with a local Lexington outfit that can funnel it right back to him. It's really not that hard to get his cut if his team wins. I'm just glad he's playing that level of competition.
How? The point here the NCAA is ridiculously two faced. Kids making millions in NIL for being involved in basketball? No problem.
Kid making money to actually play basketball? Woah, now THAT is a step too far.
Nah, the ban hammer would come so quick for us that it would make people on the Autobahn say "Slow down!"
Meanwhile at UNC and KU:
You don't see a difference? Video games and commercials were already using the names, image and likeness of college athletes. The court ruled that they have to pay for that, so the NCAA had to make an exception. If they start getting paid to play they become professional athletes. Then college sports are over, they can hire players from anywhere. We could pay John Wall to come back and finish his education and play for UK. There has to be a separation between amateur and pro athletes.
Splitting hairs at this point to be honest.
Like it or not, they are currently getting money to play basketball. Math students aren't getting NIL that's for sure are they? We have college players appearing in ads in uniforms and representing their chosen schools and sports. You say tomato....
Is there a legal difference? Sure. But college sports are dead as intended man. It's obvious at this point. The spirit of it anyway.
For the NCAA to say that Somto would be ineligible for this money and not that at this point (with all the other shenanigans that have taken place over the years) is ridiculous in my book.
They're trying to put the genie back in the bottle. They will fail and I hope it destroys them. They freaking deserve it.
the legal distinction has existed for a long time. It might seem like hair splitting, but the separation between pro and amateur is all that's left. It's the same in all sports.
they are not being paid to play. They are being paid for the use of their name , image, and likeness, which is valuable because they play. There's now negotiations for the use that benefits the athlete, not the NCAA. There is a difference.
it was very clear before NIL. Not that distinction is moot in my opinion. They're making money off their name, which is only valuable due to their skill set in PLAYING sports. A professional makes money off his skill set.
Making money off your name due to a certain skill? That's a professional.
All the NCAA had to do before that supreme court case was to agree to a small stipend/royalty of some sort. They didn't and it pretty much has destroyed college athletics.
The day they collapse can't come too soon.
Again, are chess club members getting NIL? I know there's a legal distinction here. But it's moot in my book.
Theyr'e making money because they are good at playing basketball. They wouldn't be making money if they weren't playing.....well...unless their name is Shaedon Sharpe
Glad someone else sees it. Anyone denying the NCAA hasn't had it out for us is well.....plain ignorant.
Chess players are legally entitled to receive NIL now. They don't because there is no value in it. Entities have been making money off of college athletes NIL for a long time. Now they have to share it. It's not actual pay for play.
Did anyone associated with Kentucky check this out before he decided to play in the tournament? Or were they just lazy and assumed because NIL is out of control that playing for prize money was no big deal?
You're overlooking the 500 lb. Gorilla in the room. Livy Dunne, and the twins in Miami, are raking in so much money the NCCAA has labeled them "the hot girl problem", and are trying to figure out how to stop it. The NCAA is just soft pornographers at this stage of the game.
