NCAA announces all athletes can make money

[Mr2Bits]

I cant wait for the Gymnastics team to start an OnlyFans account!

 

[Gatordiddy]

I cant wait for the Gymnastics team to start an OnlyFans calendar!

FIFY

(volleyball too, please)

 

[Gator By Marriage]

95% of them will make zero based on their NIL. Hell, the vast majority of pro athletes don’t have endorsement deals. Who’s gonna pay to have some left guard endorse their product?
Now, you get a generational player like Tebow, Bo or Hershel? They’ll be filthy rich before they’re ever draft eligible.

I disagree; the smart programs will ensure everyone gets a piece of the pie. No way will you want certain positions to get underpaid; would hurt recruiting too much.

 

[GatorJ]

Of course Florida has those types of boosters. In the past there wasn't a "legal" avenue for them to get money to the kids. I'm sure in the SOS, Zook and Meyer years there were a shyt ton of players getting paid under the table but back then the university cared about winning. I think Florida cares more about academics and appearances than winning that's why we've been falling behind for years. I'm sure the coaches and players are watched closely as well to prevent and problems.

As soon as I saw this pass my first thought was the owner of local car dealership where I live. I've known the guy for over 20 years, didn't go to college, I'm sure he barely made it out of high school. After high school he started working at a local car dealership. 25 - 30 years later he owns over a dozen, has between 500 and 600 employees. Owns multiple other businesses now as well. Die hard Georgia fan. He needs all the tax write offs he can get. I guarantee you he wouldn't blink at spending $200,000 or $300,000 a year extra on "advertisements" if he believed it helped uga win football games. For every one of him there's probably 2 gator alumni/fans willing to do the same. Places like uga and bama are already beating our brains in recruiting, so how much better can they actually get? I think this will just help narrow that gap.

I’d do it. Find a product for them to market. A write off and it helps UF.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

And...do they have to pay taxes on all of this new found money?

of course they will.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Now they think they are missing out on $.

They ARE missing out on money by coming to UF.

Even if Bammer werent paying players, they are only getting half-ish of the stipend of others.

 

[Gator By Marriage]

of course they will.

a bunch won't of course which will lead to a few issues.

 

[soflagator]

 

[ThreatMatrix]

Sure Gainesville car dealers can do the same as Georgia car dealers but who has the larger market? Who can afford to pay more? UGA has Atlanta (pop. 6 million) and not much competition for the rest of the state. UF has Gainesville (pop. 137 thousand) and a UF player endorsement isn't going to play well in the rest of the state where loyalties are divided between UF, FSU, UM, UCF and USF.
Lucrative deals are going to favor lucrative markets. Johnny 5* is going where he can get the most money and it ain't G' ville.
Universities can't pay players directly but they sure can facilitate deals. What AD's are going to be proactive? Guarantee it won't be UF.
"Boosters" can't pay athletes but what is a booster other than a label. Schools can skirt it or simply renounce a booster. Heck if I own 10 dealerships and see an opportunity to give money directly to athletes instead of having the AD filter it I'll gladly renounce my booster membership.

NIL is ripe for abuse and UF will not be up to the competition.

 

[jdh5484]

Sure Gainesville car dealers can do the same as Georgia car dealers but who has the larger market? Who can afford to pay more? UGA has Atlanta (pop. 6 million) and not much competition for the rest of the state. UF has Gainesville (pop. 137 thousand) and a UF player endorsement isn't going to play well in the rest of the state where loyalties are divided between UF, FSU, UM, UCF and USF.
Lucrative deals are going to favor lucrative markets. Johnny 5* is going where he can get the most money and it ain't G' ville.
Universities can't pay players directly but they sure can facilitate deals. What AD's are going to be proactive? Guarantee it won't be UF.
"Boosters" can't pay athletes but what is a booster other than a label. Schools can skirt it or simply renounce a booster. Heck if I own 10 dealerships and see an opportunity to give money directly to athletes instead of having the AD filter it I'll gladly renounce my booster membership.

NIL is ripe for abuse and UF will not be up to the competition.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

twatwaffleathon

 

[jdh5484]

twatwaffleathon

 

[ThreatMatrix]

Why are there two threads on this topic?

 

[ThreatMatrix]

Is it okay if Antifa pays a player for his likeness?

 

[Mr2Bits]

Sure Gainesville car dealers can do the same as Georgia car dealers but who has the larger market? Who can afford to pay more? UGA has Atlanta (pop. 6 million) and not much competition for the rest of the state. UF has Gainesville (pop. 137 thousand) and a UF player endorsement isn't going to play well in the rest of the state where loyalties are divided between UF, FSU, UM, UCF and USF.
Lucrative deals are going to favor lucrative markets. Johnny 5* is going where he can get the most money and it ain't G' ville.
Universities can't pay players directly but they sure can facilitate deals. What AD's are going to be proactive? Guarantee it won't be UF.
"Boosters" can't pay athletes but what is a booster other than a label. Schools can skirt it or simply renounce a booster. Heck if I own 10 dealerships and see an opportunity to give money directly to athletes instead of having the AD filter it I'll gladly renounce my booster membership.

NIL is ripe for abuse and UF will not be up to the competition.

You do realize UGA is in Athens? Atlanta has Tech and most of the population is Falcon drunk and doesn’t give a **** about college football. Kind of the same way Syracuse won’t become a juggernaut just because they are up the street from NYC!

 

[ThreatMatrix]

You do realize UGA is in Athens? Atlanta has Tech and most of the population is Falcon drunk and doesn’t give a **** about college football. Kind of the same way Syracuse won’t become a juggernaut just because they are up the street from NYC!

Really, really? Is that what all you got?
So the hill you have chosen to die on is that the size of the market will not effect the size of the compensation?

 

[TheDouglas78]

Really, really? Is that what all you got?
So the hill you have chosen to die on is that the size of the market will not effect the size of the compensation?

Imagine how these new rules will help teams like USC and UCLA with their population, tech and movie industries out there. How much money are they going to be able to throw around.

 

[Bait'n Gator]

Imagine how these new rules will help teams like USC and UCLA with their population, tech and movie industries out there. How much money are they going to be able to throw around.

You honestly believe dweebs in the movie and tech industry give a flying fuchs about college football?

 

[ThreatMatrix]

Well I've already heard that a radio station somewhere is offering $25k a year to star athletes if they go on air once every two weeks.
I imagine in LA that might be $250k/yr.

 

[ThreatMatrix]

So a player should probably avoid a free post game press conference for a post game paid appearance.