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NIL is now off the leash

And why shouldn't it be? If someone wants to give someone else money, who are we to say no?
 
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.
 
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.
 
Minor league ball players are paid about 25,000 dollars a year. no scholarship . And when they end their career, that's it.

NIL players are priviliged. Why do I have to pay for their gym use. They should build the gyms theirselves.

The San Jose Mercury News stated that the super conferences are dominating with no real upsets in the sweet sixteen. Soon, no one will cre about college basketball because having everybody pick their pool the first week is what kept interest going. With no upsets then why have a pool. And if no pool, why watch college basketball.

Like I said, why does mymoney have to go to athletes who don't care about the fan. Let thempay for their won gym as a scholarship means nothing to them.
 
Minor league ball players are paid about 25,000 dollars a year. no scholarship . And when they end their career, that's it.

NIL players are priviliged. Why do I have to pay for their gym use. They should build the gyms theirselves.

The San Jose Mercury News stated that the super conferences are dominating with no real upsets in the sweet sixteen. Soon, no one will cre about college basketball because having everybody pick their pool the first week is what kept interest going. With no upsets then why have a pool. And if no pool, why watch college basketball.

Like I said, why does mymoney have to go to athletes who don't care about the fan. Let thempay for their won gym as a scholarship means nothing to them.
There is NOTHING privileged about a player getting NIL. Ask their parents who paid 10s of thousands of dollars to get their kid the opportunity to get some NIL. Those athletes and their families gave up time, energy, money and vacations. That's hard work not privilege.
 
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There is NOTHING privileged about a player getting NIL. Ask their parents who paid 10s of thousands of dollars to get their kid the opportunity to get some NIL. Those athletes and their families gave up time, energy, money and vacations. That's hard work not privilege.
How about all those hard working students who got an academic scholarship. I think we who donate think a scholaeship to a good school with room and board is enough.
 
The reason athletes get NIL is that athletics is an overall benefit to the universities that exploit their talents for gain (whether it be alumni engagement, pure profit, increased applications or free marketing). If athletes didn't generate interest, there would be no money for them.
 
How about all those hard working students who got an academic scholarship. I think we who donate think a scholaeship to a good school with room and board is enough.
I don't think you understand what NIL is.
Your donations do pay for those academic students. It's also nasty work to think think athletes don't work as hard. The problem was those gifted academic students were able to work and make money. Those on athletic scholarship could not. Those academic scholarships could take money from anyone, take a meal from anyone, or make a you tube channel wearing their school gear and make money. Athletes could not. I assume you were not on an athletic scholarship when you were at Cal. If you were, you would understand.
 
I don't think you understand what NIL is.
Your donations do pay for those academic students. It's also nasty work to think think athletes don't work as hard. The problem was those gifted academic students were able to work and make money. Those on athletic scholarship could not. Those academic scholarships could take money from anyone, take a meal from anyone, or make a you tube channel wearing their school gear and make money. Athletes could not. I assume you were not on an athletic scholarship when you were at Cal. If you were, you would understand.
I don't think you understand. I donate to the Cal women's basketball team and it is to the University. Most women's basketball programs lose money. Someone has to build them a gym and pay for their plane rides and housing on the road. I pay for that. And if they injure themselves, I pay for their medical rehab and if they don't waste it they will have a degree. Players today can work. You are taking about the past. And i played college sports in the pat. How much did you donate to the college of your choice this year?
 
I don't think you understand. I donate to the Cal women's basketball team and it is to the University. Most women's basketball programs lose money. Someone has to build them a gym and pay for their plane rides and housing on the road. I pay for that. And if they injure themselves, I pay for their medical rehab and if they don't waste it they will have a degree. Players today can work. You are taking about the past. And i played college sports in the pat. How much did you donate to the college of your choice this year?
How about this. Instead of donating to the women's team, donate to the science club.
Then you won't have to come here to complain.
The topic here was NIL which you don't donate to. If you played college sports you should understand you should have been compensated. A full time student and athlete doesn't have time to pull.a shift at Starbucks. So the NIL opportunities make up for that.
 
How about this. Instead of donating to the women's team, donate to the science club.
Then you won't have to come here to complain.
The topic here was NIL which you don't donate to. If you played college sports you should understand you should have been compensated. A full time student and athlete doesn't have time to pull.a shift at Starbucks. So the NIL opportunities make up for that.
I did donate to the science club. Who did you donate to.
 
By the way, those students in sciences end up 100,000 dollars in debt because of loans. Even if they work part time. The the athlete gets a degree with no debt.
if they got academic scholarships they arent in debt.
since you hate them athletes so much why are you donating?
how bout you take all that money you donating, shine them donations up, turn them sons a bbbss sideways...
 
if they got academic scholarships they arent in debt.
since you hate them athletes so much why are you donating?
how bout you take all that money you donating, shine them donations up, turn them sons a bbbss sideways...
Academic scholarships are not always for the full amount. Judging from your writing,you weren't on an acdemic scholarship.
 
Well that went south. I was seriously asking.
I work with a deep pockets person. Who wanted
To create a scholarship but wanted control of the parameters… name of the scholarship, criteria… ultimate choice of recipient…seems not possible?
 
That can happen at a private school, but at a public, much harder.

And why SRV? (You haven't answered my questions about John Cristiano as opposed to Sue Phillips.)

Why not a school that really needs the help, like Mt. Diablo or Kennedy of Richmond? The money would likely do much more there.
 
That can happen at a private school, but at a public, much harder.

And why SRV? (You haven't answered my questions about John Cristiano as opposed to Sue Phillips.)

Why not a school that really needs the help, like Mt. Diablo or Kennedy of Richmond? The money would likely do much more there.
What school do you give to Clay? I already donate to three schools. Two are nonathletic. One is athletic.
 
The scholarship is a university idea. The SRV thing Was because we are right down the street.
I am working on a whole curriculum for the other thing. I am sort of busy also helping a stroke client full time I am actually going to propose another idea to him. A semi truck mobile gym we could drive to the poor kids
Of the east bay and EPA… Imagine where the sides open up a create shade and fresh air
 
I don't give to any school. I'm bad at charity ... if I did give more money to some causes, it wouldn't be to schools for athletics.
 
In the men's sweet 16 games I've seen 3 different commercials with Ju Ju, Paige, Cooper Flagg, Elliot caduea... that's what NIL is
 
Because college athletics are professional sports, and they need money. You know this.

Cal, which you follow, must win lots of football games to survive the next round of realignment and the players must be paid, both over and under the table. If you don't pay the players, you don't win.

In the past, the payments were covert, and even so, the players were not compensated fairly for the income they generated. Once the courts ruled against the blatant greed and stupidity of the NCAA, all of this was inevitable.

It's a brave new world, and not necessarily a better one.
 
Because college athletics are professional sports, and they need money. You know this.

Cal, which you follow, must win lots of football games to survive the next round of realignment and the players must be paid, both over and under the table. If you don't pay the players, you don't win.

In the past, the payments were covert, and even so, the players were not compensated fairly for the income they generated. Once the courts ruled against the blatant greed and stupidity of the NCAA, all of this was inevitable.

It's a brave new world, and not necessarily a better one.
The people who get into the college of their choice, have to work hard academically. That doesn't mean they get a scholarship. It means they qualify to get in that program. Do you think all the business majors who get into Haas School of Business are on scholarship . NOT!

When i played college sports I was a Chemistry Major and finally finished 4 years of professional school with alot of hard work. So I donate to those schools now. But I wouldn't donate for payment of the players. If so, theen just get rid of all college sports that want hand out. Sonoma State is already doing that. Cal Poly is next. Soon there will be 10 to 15 schools who play the gasme and become professional teams. Let them.
 
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