Canzano: Curious Early NIL Results for Oregon/OSU

[Charles Fischer]

There is some interesting information to chew on in John's article...  "Invites more cheating?"

 

Canzano: Early Returns on NIL for Oregon Ducks and Oregon State Beavers Comes Amid Questions by John Canzano of OregonLive

 

[Washington Waddler]

     Canzano seems interested in fostering the notion that the NCAA’s investigation of Division St might be based on a very narrow reading of a numbers disparity between Oregon and OSU football players who benefit from NILS $, while ignoring the bigger picture of gender and program balance that exists at both universities in distributing those same dollars.

 

     It’s a murky read at best, his attempt to discern the investigative intent of an organization that now appears so unsure of itself, and afraid of being further diminished and embarrassed by the courts. Canzano hints at the idea that the NCAA may see Oregon’s high-profile connection with Nike as the best and easiest target for it to regain some prestige and stature in the fight for moral authority over college athletics. Or does he?

 

     As he points out, such a leveraging would have to come at the expense of cash-cow football, or there’d be no point to it. But, Oregon’s NILS numbers don’t back that argument, so why even bother with pointing the finger?

 

     Perhaps Canzano is asking us to jump to where he has already gone, and wonder at who the NCAA’s next   target might be?  Assuming that they already knew Oregon’s NILS numbers (a matter of public record), the NCAA may be simply making a public show of how a program SHOULD operate in this new sphere of NILS distributions.

 

     Once the balance sheet is on the table for all to see, it may not be much of a leap to compare Oregon to say, Texas? Canzano’s quoting of OSU AD Scott Barnes’ remarks that NILS doesn’t invite less, but more cheating seems to mirror such a comparison. One can only hope!

 

     In the mean time, only time — and nerve — will tell. So, do something RIGHT for a change NCAA!

     

     

[Jon Joseph]

On 1/19/2022 at 11:19 PM, Washington Waddler said:

     Canzano seems interested in fostering the notion that the NCAA’s investigation of Division St might be based on a very narrow reading of a numbers disparity between Oregon and OSU football players who benefit from NILS $, while ignoring the bigger picture of gender and program balance that exists at both universities in distributing those same dollars.

 

     It’s a murky read at best, his attempt to discern the investigative intent of an organization that now appears so unsure of itself, and afraid of being further diminished and embarrassed by the courts. Canzano hints at the idea that the NCAA may see Oregon’s high-profile connection with Nike as the best and easiest target for it to regain some prestige and stature in the fight for moral authority over college athletics. Or does he?

 

     As he points out, such a leveraging would have to come at the expense of cash-cow football, or there’d be no point to it. But, Oregon’s NILS numbers don’t back that argument, so why even bother with pointing the finger?

 

     Perhaps Canzano is asking us to jump to where he has already gone, and wonder at who the NCAA’s next   target might be?  Assuming that they already knew Oregon’s NILS numbers (a matter of public record), the NCAA may be simply making a public show of how a program SHOULD operate in this new sphere of NILS distributions.

 

     Once the balance sheet is on the table for all to see, it may not be much of a leap to compare Oregon to say, Texas? Canzano’s quoting of OSU AD Scott Barnes’ remarks that NILS doesn’t invite less, but more cheating seems to mirror such a comparison. One can only hope!

 

     In the mean time, only time — and nerve — will tell. So, do something RIGHT for a change NCAA!

     

     

 

Why? Because it's a Pac-12 program. The programs the NCAA likes to chew on and spit out. When it comes to so-called 'enforcement,' the NCAA prefers pinot noir over grits.