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NIL: How Does it Work? (Plus transfer rules)

Robert Sorell said:
I'm guessing there's something between modest and solid improvement from those programs though, and like all education, the earlier you start the better.

There's never going to be an instant and complete fix to keep all young men who get a pile of money seasoned with CTE and celebrity from making horrible decisions.

My point is less that there's some perfect way to keep guys on the straight and narrow, and more that Calipari is full of **** trying to sell this as anything other than making his job easier.

And, to turn it back on you, guys had dog**** spending habits, and poor graduation rates when transfers were restricted, so how does Cal's suggestion help anything?
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You didn't address what Calipari actually said in the video.
 
Robert Sorell said:
When guys like Calipari or Saban put their money where their mouths are on this stuff, I'll start believing they aren't just trying to keep players under control.

Either of those two could spend 1% of their annual earnings to run a month long summer camp for every player in the SEC that taught financial literacy. They could bring in guys who blew through their rookie contracts and hit the skids, and former D-1 athletes who parlayed their degrees and networks from college into fulfilling careers.

Or, if we're to buy into their personal mythologies of being mentors who mold young men into leaders, they could do the hard work of showing their players the paths to success off of the field, and be able to convince them not to transfer every year.

There has to be a better solution than making guys sit for a year, or trying to enforce ridiculously punitive contracts like the Georgia guy who transferred out.
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That was the time BEFORE the sports agent. What coach says is fine. BUT your agent just called to let you know how much is in it for you from A&M if you enter the portal.

Its all money know and thats it
 
Creebuzz said:
Also, even though he is correct, it’s pretty hypocritical for a coach to say it, since they also “extort” schools by saying pay me X dollars or I’m leaving to go somewhere else, which also burns bridges with alumni/boosters in the state. Otherwise, he’d still be at Umass.
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I don't think that's a valid rebuttal given the transfers you currently see in college bball and fball when he was at UMass for 8 years, Memphis for 9 years, and Kentucky for 15 years. That's very different than the behavior seen now where kids are on their 3rd or 4th or more schools in a 5 or 6 year window of eligibility.
 
We live in an over litigious society that has determined these players shouldn’t be restricted from transferring or making as much money as they possibly can. Some guys are able to make life changing money that will provide a safety net and open doors for them when their playing days are done, but most CFB players are only going to make enough to think they’re rich, raise their lifestyle for a few years and then watch it all come crashing down when they don’t make the league.

Maybe it’s the “right thing to do”, but sometimes doing the right thing isn’t actually doing the right thing.
 
Corey Trevorson said:
I don't think that's a valid rebuttal given the transfers you currently see in college bball and fball when he was at UMass for 8 years, Memphis for 9 years, and Kentucky for 15 years. That's very different than the behavior seen now where kids are on their 3rd or 4th or more schools in a 5 or 6 year window of eligibility.
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Yeah. Cal's not a job hopper.

And the reason Kentucky fired him is that he said the reason he got into coaching was to mentor and develop young people so he refused to change his roster building focus to portal mercenaries.
 
Corey Trevorson said:
I don't think that's a valid rebuttal given the transfers you currently see in college bball and fball when he was at UMass for 8 years, Memphis for 9 years, and Kentucky for 15 years. That's very different than the behavior seen now where kids are on their 3rd or 4th or more schools in a 5 or 6 year window of eligibility.
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His window is 40 years. Theirs is 4.

On a relative basis, he spent 1/1/2 years at those schools.
 
They could go a long way to fixing the transfer issue with 1 rule. Institute an academic progress rule for eligibility that actually assures athletes are progressing to a degree. Must have at least 13 credits per semester (since 1st enrollment) that count towards graduation at the accepting institution to be eligible. Credits must be evaluated by the same standard all other students get evaluated on at that institution. Player would not be eligible to compete or practice at the new school until they have met the minimum requirement.
 
Hank said:
What does "recruiting" even mean? Do we ever talk about a GM in professional sports being a "great recruiter?"

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Yeah, I get the feeling that a strong minority of the "agents" are nothing but con men.

Their only skill is in convincing young men and their families that they can "represent" them and get a big bag.

Funny thing is that some of those "agents" actually believe that they can do that better than a real pro.

It's frustrating and sad, frustrating because so many players and their families are ending up in worse situations than they should, and sad because of the modest amounts of money many of them are doing this for.
 
skibum said:
Yeah, I get the feeling that a strong minority of the "agents" are nothing but con men.

Their only skill is in convincing young men and their families that they can "represent" them and get a big bag.

Funny thing is that some of those "agents" actually believe that they can do that better than a real pro.

It's frustrating and sad, frustrating because so many players and their families are ending up in worse situations than they should, and sad because of the modest amounts of money many of them are doing this for.
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These street agents are basically street hustlers (trainers, pimps, loan sharks, pastors, etc) who saw an opportunity and latched onto young athletes as their golden ticket.
 
Buffnik said:
These street agents are basically street hustlers (trainers, pimps, loan sharks, pastors, etc) who saw an opportunity and latched onto young athletes as their golden ticket.
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And again, it's really sad the modest amounts of money that they consider to be a "golden ticket."
 


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Self-inflicted problems from greed, short term thinking, and focus on immediate self-interest with no concern for the future of the sport.
 
I wonder how this has affected the gap between jocks and bookish kids in HSs. The ability to earn big money as teenagers, will spread through BB, to soccer, track, golf, etc.
Within 10 years, super-high IQ kids will be signing huge contracts with the likes of Google.
It probably will suc to be average.
 
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