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Post by Aggie One on May 19, 2023 16:53:15 GMT -5
One major question has to be answered first. Exactly what services will these players provide in exchange for payments?
The NIL rules, of which there are currently few, but the big one clearly states players can not receive direct NIL payments for merely signing with or playing for a particular school.
Some sort of business,contracted service, or product endorsement transaction must take place first in order for players to receive NIL payments pool or no pool.
I might have missed it somewhere but it is unclear to me if this setup actually meets that criteria. It's a bit too generalized in the purpose statement as what exact services will provided. IMO it seemingly opens itself up to both legal and NCAA exposure as written.
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Post by aggie2039 on May 19, 2023 16:56:21 GMT -5
One major question has to be answered first. Exactly what services will these players provide in exchange for payments? The NIL rules, of which there are currently few, but the big one clearly states players can not receive direct NIL payments for merely signing with or playing for a particular school. Some sort of business,contracted service, or product endorsement transaction must take place first in order for players to receive NIL payments pool or no pool. I might have missed it somewhere but it is unclear to me if this setup actually meets that criteria. They will provide exclusive content that isn’t available to the general public. You are paying for access to the content.
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Post by Maxell on May 19, 2023 17:03:02 GMT -5
One major question has to be answered first. Exactly what services will these players provide in exchange for payments? The NIL rules, of which there are currently few, but the big one clearly states players can not receive direct NIL payments for merely signing with or playing for a particular school. Some sort of business,contracted service, or product endorsement transaction must take place first in order for players to receive NIL payments pool or no pool. I might have missed it somewhere but it is unclear to me if this setup actually meets that criteria. They will provide exclusive content that isn’t available to the general public. You are paying for access to the content. Correct.
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Post by Aggie One on May 19, 2023 17:03:48 GMT -5
But what is the content and what constitutes access? It should be clearly spelled out and defined in detail. It's far too vague.
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Post by aggie2039 on May 19, 2023 17:05:43 GMT -5
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Post by Bornthrilla on May 19, 2023 17:07:09 GMT -5
Is it safe to assume the university must first approve the content that the players are attempting to provide?
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Post by aggie2039 on May 19, 2023 17:08:51 GMT -5
Is it safe to assume the university must first approve the content that the players are attempting to provide? Definitely not, this has nothing to do with the university. No different than the players posting on personal social media.
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Post by Maxell on May 19, 2023 17:18:32 GMT -5
But what is the content and what constitutes access? It should be clearly spelled out and defined in detail. It's far too vague. For example the University of Oklahoma football players started one last summer. Below is an article from their local news. www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-football-players-norman-nil-club/40745320Again, well over 100+ teams large and small have started NIL Clubs.
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Post by aggie2039 on May 19, 2023 17:36:33 GMT -5
But what is the content and what constitutes access? It should be clearly spelled out and defined in detail. It's far too vague. For example the University of Oklahoma football players started one last summer. Below is an article from their local news. www.koco.com/article/oklahoma-football-players-norman-nil-club/40745320Again, well over 100+ teams large and small have started NIL Clubs. Univ Oklahoma goal was $50k a month while we are stuck at $287…I see why the players left for bigger programs. Give the kids $25 a month. We need to accept that this is the new normal.
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Post by Aggie One on May 19, 2023 17:39:30 GMT -5
I'm not against the pool concept but I am concerned about exactly how and what they are going to deliver to their subscribers? Is it going to be in the form of a newsletter, public apperances, autographs, a podcast, and etc? Things like that really need to be spelled out from a legal standpoint.
You know it's going to get eyeballed big time by the NCAA and the media. HBCUs always are and I don't want to see these kids get caught out on a legal limb because the ball got dropped when it comes to the proverbial sniff test.
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Post by Maxell on May 19, 2023 18:38:35 GMT -5
I'm not against the pool concept but I am concerned about exactly how and what they are going to deliver to their subscribers? Is it going to be in the form of a newsletter, public apperances, autographs, a podcast, and etc? Things like that really need to be spelled out from a legal standpoint. You know it's going to get eyeballed big time by the NCAA and the media. HBCUs always are and I don't to see these kids get caught out on a legal limb because the ball got dropped when it comes to the proverbial sniff test. It says DIGITAL content. They can't not do it just because of scrutiny.
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Post by Aggie One on May 19, 2023 19:03:33 GMT -5
OK so exclusive social media content is going to be their hook? That's fine but it needs to be more clearly defined as it would be in a formal written contract.
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Post by A&T-roy on May 19, 2023 19:49:28 GMT -5
I'm in!
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Post by Bornthrilla on May 19, 2023 20:23:58 GMT -5
Somebody needs to do the heavy lifting and worry about the details. I would love to see a current model of this working at the FCS level. Personally I have serious doubts that we even have the donor base to make an initiative like this lucrative.
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Post by A&T-roy on May 19, 2023 20:45:20 GMT -5
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