NIL is now off the leash

[becoolpt55]

NCAA to let schools offer NIL before enrollment

The NCAA is dropping its rule that prohibited athletes from negotiating the terms of NIL payments until after they enrolled in school.

www.espn.com

 

[ClayK]

As if they weren't before ...

 

[colhenrylives]

There are preps with NIL deals.

 

[becoolpt55]

And now it is all legal

 

[ClayK]

And why shouldn't it be? If someone wants to give someone else money, who are we to say no?

 

[becoolpt55]

Not saying no … I take peoples money all the time

 

[WivitBear]

And why shouldn't it be? If someone wants to give someone else money, who are we to say no?

Then I shouldn't have to pay taxes to build gyms for them. Let them use their own money. Why support college sports with our fees. Let the athletes do it. They havd more money then the average student.

 

[ClayK]

Great question. Why are student fees spent on college sports?

The answer, presumably, is that sports benefit the university and thus the students. If that's the answer, how is NIL any different?

At the high school level, obviously, the gyms are built for p.e. The field space for football, baseball, etc., could also be considered as being used by the student body -- but a lot of the improvements are funded by the boosters and/or other youth leagues.