I got a free article from Sam Khan. Thought I’d share
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This answer to “Is it possible to successfully acquire priority transfers without tampering?” says it all:
SEC staffer 1: A stern f— no. It’s impossible. Some guys start during the season. If it’s not the agent, it’s the cousin or the best friend or the Pop Warner coach. Somebody is going to reach out and say this guy is going in the portal and we want to see where you guys are at.
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What’s the definition of tampering?
Is it a coach reaching out? I think you can land a guy without having a coach tamper.
Is it players texting each other? I think this happens all over the place. I don’t think it’s happening if this Level of tampering doesn’t happen
Look at the " How big a roster budget does a school need to be competitive in your conference?" section.
There was a big difference between the numbers the B12/ACC are saying and what the SEC is saying.
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In my opinion, tampering is any individual in any way whatever connected to a school contacting an individual who is already on an NIL/scholarship with another school tampering.
Proxy’s are a way of hiding tampering.
If they are talking to the players agent, is it really tampering? The players are basically all on 1-year deals (which I think is the real problem). The agent has start working working before the window opens to get his client the best deal. I might be wrong but I think this happens all the time when a pro player is in the last year of his contract, and the college guys are basically pros at this point.
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So sick of NIL
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The latest NIL issue is right here in the City of Houston, but not UH, Rice.
A freshman Rice baseball player signed a NIL deal February 2025, extending through August 2027, and until he was draft eligible. The agreement called for Rice to pay him $20,000 his freshman year, with the ability to make an additional $256,000 his remaining two years. The total amount of the deal could reach $345,000 if the player graduated and fulfilled certain NIL engagements. The player signed the NIL with South Main Collective (SMC), Rice’s main NIL arm. The agreement gave SMC exclusive rights to Brown’s NIL.
In June 2025, the player transferred to Tennessee. According to reports, the player offered to pay SMC back the money he received, but there is no indication that SMC is willing to accept that offer, while the case is in arbitration. The crux of the issue is that the player signed away his name, image and likeness through the end of the agreement, which is August 2027. The agreement does not allow the player to lend his name, image and likeness to any other university, and failure to comply with the SMC shall result in liquidated damages.
I am interested to learn what arbitrator decides in this case.
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Whoa, i was not aware of this situation, and honeslty surprised that it was Rice that was actually investing in to this.
Curious how it’ll end and wondering why it’s not getting more media attention.
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