Wisconsin should take this court and seek a restraining order until a verdict is rendered. An lawless process has now become even more than lawless.
If this goes to court the portal will cease to exist. Game over with this
Maybe it's not too late to get a WR after all.
Are there rules that mean anything these days. College Football has become a financial and legal Cluster F_ _ _ k.
Just the money that comes directly from the team until Trump's administration changes that
If Wisconsin would have just let the kid leave we wouldn't be in this situation but they wanted to be petty and now the portal is dead and kids can do whatever they want. It's an amateur sport...we all know how the court will rule.
It is puzzling with Wisconsin refusing to sign the documents for Portal entry. They said he signed a two year NIL deal before the decision to leave. I assume that deal would be voided, no money given to the player and he gets his release, unless he took money and the NIL sponsor wanted it back, complained to UW and the result was a refusal to release.
Agreed--and, the worst part, if he had signed a contract and received money then he'd owe it back but it sounds like he never received any funds
What’s next; players who already have played some kind of pro ball deciding to play some more college ball? At this point, who could stop it? There obviously are no more rules anymore and it’s a total free for all.
Terrific!
The solution is so simple. D-1 college football needs to be transformed into a pro league in which employment contracts are entered into between the school and players that carry rights and responsibilities for both parties, and there also needs to be a salary cap. This effectively would remove the scam that is NIL, because we all know that’s become pay for play, and would add some stability.
You'd need everyone to agree to this THEN you'd still have NIL on top of it just like NFL players have NIL deals. It's not this simple.
It's been a pro league for 30+ years, only the money wasn't being distributed to players like a "typical" pro league. The money hasn't changed, how it's being moved around has.
That’s why there would need to be a salary cap; I think that would mitigate the effect of NIL. Also, if players were being paid by the schools directly, which they should be, I believe that you’d see NIL largely dry up.
I wonder what the rationale will be after next season when he probably enters the portal again. It’s always something.
Okay, but if it were a true form of NIL, that would affect maybe a handful of players on the big teams like PSU, and almost nobody on the anonymous teams. The problem now is NIlL has devolved into play for play, for which it never was intended.
The salary cap doesn't impact NIL. It can't. It would be the TV revenue money. You can't tell businesses they can pay a kid money for NIL or a kid that they have limits on that. See the court cases.
I disagree...players are still going to chase every dollar. If Penn State is offering 4M but Ohio State offers 3M plus 1.5M with NIL deals then they'll likely go to Ohio State.
No but these aren't the average student
Being petty ? Love that Wisconsin has taken a stand..someone has to.. .this is ridiculous..if we are treating College sports.. like a business.. and athletes getting paid.. are employees.. curious if “ non compete” causes instituted into their contracts..that would be wild…I agree with others though.... Trump will step in and help fix this by the time his term is over..
He wasn't being paid though that’s why he left.
Disagree. Think he will make it fair. If you are technically a paid employee.. which these “ student athletes” are now.. there has to be a balance to correct their employers as well.. this kid left because of money and no doubt an unscrupulous agent.. which BTW is where much of any new legislation should be focused on., if this circus continues.. many programs will be left without bigger programs like football/basketball..then one could argue monopolies have taken place..who does it hurt in the long run ? True student athletes.. we will already see the elimination of the “
I think you're being very optimistic. I'm not sure what you think Trump can do--the courts will not be siding with the programs. We've seen that. I hope you're right but I think this is just wishful thinking.
Agents depending on how they negotiate can get up to 20% ? I’m sure they have the Student Athletes concerns as their highest priority LOL..
They want future clients--they care about the best interests of themselves and the players.
It totally is.. thus my original comment on the kid transferring from Wisconsin..it’s all about money lets not kid anyone.. just have to
