Steven A Moderator No. 1 Share Posted February 21 Time for me to activate my inactivate status and ask JJ to join me for the pot of gold that is awaiting if this is activated... And then there’s the new “NIL clearinghouse,” as established by the settlement. Here’s how South Carolina AD Jeremiah Donati explained it to fans in a recent letter: "As the settlement is currently written, NIL will look a lot different post July 1 when these new rules are adopted. For example, all deals between third parties and student-athletes over $600 will be subject to an independent fair-market-value analysis on a case-by-case basis. Deals that are above FMR — after being reviewed by a clearing house — will not be permissible for student-athletes to accept." You read that right. A clearinghouse (being operated by Deloitte) is going to tell athletes they can’t accept a $1 million offer from Collective X because its “analysis” determined they’re only worth $200,000. Lawsuits, lawsuits, lawsuits. PS I'm now going to ask my grade schoolteacher to change my sentence conjugation grade having just used activate three different ways in one sentence. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woundedknees No. 2 Share Posted February 21 (edited) So by this reasoning, the fact my junior year chemistry prof couldn't decipher the code I used for my lab notes should be reviewed to see if my score should have been higher? Edited February 21 by woundedknees Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Ducky No. 3 Share Posted February 22 More lawyers getting involved really helps the sport. NOT! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 4 Share Posted February 22 They wrap the same stuff in a different package and believe it won't be challenged. STU, meet PID. NCAA - File BK! Then file a Plan of Arrangement based on today's CFB and not one that hopes to glom onto the past. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solar No. 5 Share Posted February 22 On 2/21/2025 at 6:54 PM, Jon Joseph said: They wrap the same stuff in a different package and believe it won't be challenged. STU, meet PID. NCAA - File BK! Then file a Plan of Arrangement based on today's CFB and not one that hopes to glom onto the past. This. Anything they do in the name of the student athlete that prevents them from seeing one penny is a lawsuit. The NCAA's mission statement continues to be the definition of a trust, they just can't get that through their heads what that actually means. This is so simple. If it's about student health and ability to complete their degree they have every right to step in, if it's about dollars and cents, butt out! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike West No. 6 Share Posted February 24 Fortunately, we live in a free market society. So stupid people pay marginal people (.most times) stupid money. The NCAA needs to stick to player health and welfare however. If Michigan is stupid enough to throw away $5M on a potential QB, let them. That's money they can't sprinkle to the rest of the team. The downside to all this is other sports are going to suffer due to poor decision making. Not to mention alienating the fans. It's also why I have no sympathy for the players. They get paid handsomely to deal with the rigors of the sport. So idc if they travel to Pluto from now on. It's part of the territory. Greed has consequences. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
