I am sure LJ just showed up in Houston. Kids getting paid is awesome. Coaches have signed and left just as quick.
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I would imagine our football and basketball NILs are substantially different. A lot easier to get donations when you are ranked No 1.
My point is that schools like UT have the money to take key players away from us, especially in football.
Would love to see that change.
I saw somewhere Cryer had NIL deals that totalled $500K
Iâm sure we do well in hoops. Did Cryer get his deal here?
This is hilarious.
NIL has ruined sports
Not sure if âruinedâ is on point but no doubt itâs changed college sports radically. We now have professional sports with college based franchises that feature unlimited free agency.
YMMV but itâs kicked a big hole in my interest in college sports. Itâs to the point where Iâm considering walking away from my tickets after five decades. I wonât argue if you feel differently.
The NIL did not ruin college football espn did.
espn started around 1982. The supreme court ruling enabling schools to exploit their media rights opened the door for what we have today. espn decided to âcontrolâ college football. espn has ruined college football the day they got their claws into college football.
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Why do people think NIL ruined College sportsâŠI think it SAVED it!
Remember the one and done in college basketballâŠnow players can stay on teams for 2, 3, 4 years and get their capitalistic and entrepreneurship right of getting compensated for their services.
Shead is a perfect example. Pre- NIL he would have left for the European leagues a year or two back.
Give the NIL world a little time to settle down on both sidesâŠinvestors arenât dumbâŠthe NIL deals will start to get more sophisticated.
Lots of anti-capitalism in this thread.
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good point, but free enterprise describes it better for me than capitalism
wrong landrys did an nil deal last year
I disagree. Also, donât undersell the international teams, which are full of professional athletes.
Sheadâs draft stock didnât spike until last year. He couldâve declared last year, but he waited one more year and continued building his stock.
He can probably avoid having to go overseas now because he stayed in Houston. Granted, heâs making NIL money now but still
UH basketball is in a different league now
UH basketball is also one of the NIL darlings in all of college basketballâŠhas been since day one.
Gallery Furniture, multiple law firms, Exxon Mobil, Star Pizza, etc. PLUS the collective have all been throwing mad $$$$ at Cougar players.
The rumor is Cryer landed $500k to transfer here.
We are one of the HAVES not one of the HAVE NOTS.
We can be one of the Kings of the NIL world in BOTH basketball and football
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I donât think depending on NIL for athletic success if sustainable long term
In fact, even for esteemed programs like Georgia or Texas A&M, I donât see how NIL would work longterm because NIL isnât theoretically an âinvestmentâ.
Youâre merely giving players money to attend your school for athletic success, but any investor isnât getting any money in return. Itâs a mere donation. Problem is that player could transfer somewhere else for more money, or they might end up being busts.
This could make NIL donors hesitant to continue giving their hard-earned money if they donât really get much in return
The Collective bucketâŠNo!
The Marketing bucketâŠyes!
This is where we can be top 5%
Gallery Furniture sure is getting a return on their UH investment. Mack is marketing the H out of his NIL deal with UH
Thatâs true and a good way of looking at it
Where NIL will start âruiningâ things is donations to schools for facilities and buyouts on bad hires. Do I send a check to the university for a new part of a stadium to attract recruits or pay recruits directly to attract recruits?
The immediate gratification, with immediate results is NIL. I donât know who signed because we have a neat weight room or a tv in their locker. I know who signed because an NIL paid a kid.
Universities hate the NIL because it takes away their gravy train.
It is well known and has been well known for decades. Programs paid athletes to come to their University. There are countless articles about it. NIL makes it official. saban and others are hypocrites. Athletes deserve to get paid. What has to change is the scholarship monetary value. That has to be debated. It is vital to college sports.
Maybe athletes should be required to sign two or 3 year contracts.
Everyone likes to talk about coaches making big money and leaving for more money but few talk about the majority who get fired.
A contract would keep a kid at a particular school and require a buyout. Make it right for the goose and the gander
yesâŠthe NIL contracts will get more sophisticated.
We are just leaving the âWild Westâ Era of Nil and Texas A&M was the poster child for D-U-M-B NIL deals.
Expect more court binding language on what is exactly expected from the athlete taking the NIL money