will someone get sued for not applying equal amts to the women’s programs?
Possibly but as long as the women’s sports have access to NIL funds and the OPPORTUNITY to earn just as much, there wont be a case.
For example, Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese were getting more NIL money than most of the football and men’s basketball players at Iowa and LSU.
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Caitlen and Angel were far hotter than any of the football players.
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Don’t even think that’s possible since the schools don’t fund NIL. Can’t see some individual getting sued for how they want to spend their money.
The TT matador club thing apparently funds all athletes equally with a baseline nil
thing , I’m told.
As long as schools don’t hold or manage the funds, I cant see the grounds for legal action.
I think this was part of the impetus behind Tech including WBB and softball. Well that and the fact that they have donors who are invested in those programs.
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Everyone has equal access to NIL funds in the US based on demand. If a hemorrhoid cream wants to use Pearland to pimp their product on youtube he is entitled to it.
When a group of boosters sets up a fund to pay players it seems to me that “equal access” is a precarious explanation. The emphasis, at least from my perspective, is the "booster, not the “payment.” For example, I donate $100 to the UH to buy a RB. How am I really using their NIL? Do I get to use their NIL for one ad to promote my Onlyfans page? Or am I just paying him to play at UH?
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I think Olivia Dunne made more than both of them.
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I think the ex of paying the rb $100 as a booster is pay for play. I think once the billion dollar settlement kicks in they will have more rules. Pay for play won’t be allowed. They will audit the deals. It’s gonna come down to it has to be a legit nil or it’s illegal. Rules will catch up and I read it’s part of that big ncaa settlement once it kicks in.
Here it is. Yes the schools can if they wish , pay up to 21 mil for 10 yrs then the deal is over unless they re up it which they likely do as a voluntary deal. As far as the Wild West of paying a recruit 10 mil to go to your school that will become illegal as the article states and they will have a review brd to audit deals. So smu or UT or Michigan just paying a guy millions will become illegal unless they prove an archie or great recruit really brings tv ad or dealership ad / business to a dealership bc they are really helping in a legit way with advertising etc. The deals will have to be legit and audited. So they will have oversight the bs of today. Rules will catch up.
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