Boosters can technically pay athletes as of July 1

[Goatmeat]

According to the new document at the board of trustees meeting UConn will NOT be allowing boosters to facilitate NIL deals current or prospective students. Big blow if it becomes the norm.

https://boardoftrustees.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2924/2021/06/Att.-29-NIL-Policy-06-30-21.pdf

Typical CT sabotage of UConn. Not that any boosters care anyway.

 

[GemParty]

Imagine the transfer portal down the road. You like the Coach and your role on the team but xxx University has a plumbing company that would double what your getting in NIL currently.

 

[Jimdish255]

There will be resentment especially if certain "popular/lucrative" players aren't seen as pulling their weight in practice when other important but less marketable players are grinding every day. A new dynamic for coaches to deal with.

 

[bendm]

According to the new document at the board of trustees meeting UConn will NOT be allowing boosters to facilitate NIL deals current or prospective students. Big blow if it becomes the norm.

https://boardoftrustees.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2924/2021/06/Att.-29-NIL-Policy-06-30-21.pdf

just dug our own grave

 

[glastonbury50]

Very few players will be able to make much at all off this. The big stars will make a lot but they are in the minority.

 

[metsfan2323]

This thread is quite nauseating.

It sure seems like the race to the bottom has officially started. Put a toe tag on college sports as we knew it. This new incarnation will be Frankensteins's monster.

 

[bendm]

Very few players will be able to make much at all off this. The big stars will make a lot but they are in the minority.

i think you're vastly underestimating the length boosters will go (now legally) to try and buy a championship. I could easily see UK boosters arranging a 50k NIL deal to every 5* freshman that signs. Consider it a signing bonus with much more to come.

 

[glastonbury50]

i think you're vastly underestimating the length boosters will go (now legally) to try and buy a championship. I could easily see UK boosters arranging a 50k NIL deal to every 5* freshman that signs. Consider it a signing bonus.

That's what I meant by very few. There are not a lot of five star recruits being courted by Kentucky.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

This thread is quite nauseating.

It sure seems like the race to the bottom has officially started. Put a toe tag on college sports as we knew it. This new incarnation will be Frankensteins's monster.

Yeah this'll make college sports sleazy.

 

[Adios]

So it's kind of like what Duke/UNC/Kansas/LSU/Memphis/Louisville/UCLA/Kentucky/Auburn and others have been doing for 10-15 years??

Decades.

 

[MDHuskFan]

The brand and social media presence classes last summer that DH was doing with the kids will really help with this.
A large portion of this money is going to come from social media endorsements for a large majority I would imagine

 

[bendm]

That's what I meant by very few. There are not a lot of five star recruits being courted by Kentucky.

i guess i dont see your point then. i agree there are only so many 5*s but if the same couple schools can now legally buy off all of them that will have an outsize impact on parity

 

[superjohn]

i guess i dont see your point then. i agree there are only so many 5*s but if the same couple schools can now legally buy off all of them that will have an outsize impact on parity

They've been buying 5*s the entire time anyways, maybe this lets more schools buy them.

I'm not sure how any of this is done though without it being a disaster.

 

[bendm]

They've been buying 5*s the entire time anyways, maybe this lets more schools buy them.

I was initially optimistic we’d be able to but the board of trustees already squashed that

 

[superjohn]

I was initially optimistic we’d be able to but the board of trustees already squashed that

UConn will do what the NCAA allows.

 

[bendm]

UConn will do what the NCAA allows.

i mean i hope so but this doesnt bode well

According to the new document at the board of trustees meeting UConn will NOT be allowing boosters to facilitate NIL deals current or prospective students. Big blow if it becomes the norm.

https://boardoftrustees.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2924/2021/06/Att.-29-NIL-Policy-06-30-21.pdf

 

[metsfan2323]

I was initially optimistic we’d be able to but the board of trustees already squashed that

Then good for them. Chalk one up for the board of trustees. Better the sports program sink to oblivion than become a professional sports minor league franchise.

 

[superjohn]

We have money. We just aren’t willing to spend it on college athletics. That is what differentiates is from the SEC and other schools like Texas. This is really bad for UConn athletics. This is another log on the fire. I’m really worried about this.

Disagree, basketball is UConn's identity and the pro team for the state. I don't like this stuff for college sports but this might actually help UConn basketball.

 

[navery12]

I was initially optimistic we’d be able to but the board of trustees already squashed that

I think it's way too early to say they squashed it until we see how loosely or tightly they're going to apply the booster definition

 

[upstater]

1. BOT is irrelevant here. A UConn player can take cash. What is the BOT going to do, throw a top recruit off the team?

2. Early on this is going to be like the Wild West. Players will take cash from multiple schools. "My name is John "Ice" Jones and I recommend you buy a car from Tuscaloosa Ford, eat a steak from any of Columbus Angus Taverns in the Ohio Valley, buy your girl a diamond ring from Harrodo's of Miami, and best of all, if you get in trouble, no one better to call than Chico at Chico's Bail Bonds in Long Beach.

Nothing can stop players from taking money from multiple boosters of different schools.

 

[Storrs South]

I honestly am confused what is and isn't fair game when you consider NCAA, state, and university policies.

But what I will note, though, is that AD Benedict said today UConn's NIL policies "are not set in stone." In other words, they will likely adapt this policy in the future based on what is taking place in the marketplace so I wouldn't worry too much if the policy as written today is not where it ultimately needs to be to stay competitive in athletics.

My guess is we also hear end of this week, early next week on a partnership to facilitate and educate SAs on endorsement deals at UConn.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Imagine the transfer portal down the road. You like the Coach and your role on the team but xxx University has a plumbing company that would double what your getting in NIL currently.

Almost like the job market for others.

You like your job, you like your boss and someone else is willing to pay you more.

And just like the job market pay is a portion of a compensation package. So, you have a choice.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Very few players will be able to make much at all off this. The big stars will make a lot but they are in the minority.

Correct.

Schools near large concentrations of wealth should start getting better players.

Schools with large, established alumni networks whose alumni feel attachment to the school and are willing to blow their play cash on paying players vice another vacation home or bigger/better toys will also do better.

 

[Chin Diesel]

This thread is quite nauseating.

It sure seems like the race to the bottom has officially started. Put a toe tag on college sports as we knew it. This new incarnation will be Frankensteins's monster.

The race to the bottom started years ago with the massive TV and advertising contracts and all the money flowing in to college sports. Today marks the point where players can legally join the race.

 

[Waquoit]

I'm thinking Bazz deserves a bit of the credit for this sea change. He really put the farce of the old rules in the public eye.