CSC wins NIL arbitration case

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Many programs are bridging the gap by arranging "above-the-cap" payments to players -- ostensibly endorsement deals between players and boosters or other "associated entities" that function in reality as extra payroll dollars.

Some schools have relied on marketing partners such as Playfly and apparel companies such as Nike or Adidas for some of their above-the-cap payments. Nebraska, for example, revamped its contract with Playfly last December in a deal that would send less money directly to the school if Playfly promised to invest millions of dollars into NIL opportunities for Cornhuskers athletes.

One of the CSC's main functions is to evaluate deals between athletes and any associated entity of their school to decide if they are legitimate endorsement opportunities. In the first case testing that power, an arbitrator ruled that the new enforcement group had appropriately applied the rules and that the Nebraska contracts were "warehousing" deals -- a prohibited type of payment in which a company purchases the rights to use the player's likeness in the future but doesn't provide specific information about how it intends to use those rights.
 
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An unsigned sample of the agreement Playfly provided to Nebraska players requires the player to dedicate a certain number of hours of work and social media posts before the end of 2026 but does not include any specific events or products the athlete would be promoting, according to a copy of the contract obtained by ESPN.

A parent of one of the Nebraska players told ESPN he was concerned the deal looked "thin" on specific requirements when he first saw it. He said he felt the football team had "outsourced their critical thinking" to Playfly, which is testing the limits of the CSC's rules.
 
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WillisWG said:

An unsigned sample of the agreement Playfly provided to Nebraska players requires the player to dedicate a certain number of hours of work and social media posts before the end of 2026 but does not include any specific events or products the athlete would be promoting, according to a copy of the contract obtained by ESPN.

A parent of one of the Nebraska players told ESPN he was concerned the deal looked "thin" on specific requirements when he first saw it. He said he felt the football team had "outsourced their critical thinking" to Playfly, which is testing the limits of the CSC's rules.
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Cue the inevitable athlete lawsuits. Without an a tireust agreement, it's gonna be difficult for the NCAA and their Clearinghouse minions to win this one.
 
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The NCAA is heavily involved in the CSC. The NCAA is unjust and corrupt. They can't fool anybody by doing business under a different name.

Rules or the lack thereof is not the problem. The problem is that there is no just party available to enforce the rules, whatever the rules may be.
 
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I think actually the rules are not going to hold up in court. So the NCAA is a problem, and the rules are a problem.

The reason they wanted Saban as commissioner was they were hoping everybody would be afraid to tell him to go to hell. That was really their only hope for capping NIL.
 
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Firebirdparts said:
I think actually the rules are not going to hold up in court. So the NCAA is a problem, and the rules are a problem.

The reason they wanted Saban as commissioner was they were hoping everybody would be afraid to tell him to go to hell. That was really their only hope for capping NIL.
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I have similar suspicion over Saban’s involvement. He seems to be a honeypot of sorts when it comes to choosing authority over college football.

Before NIL, Saban said he wanted players to get paid. Turns out he didn’t want the amount to be public knowledge.. Seems like players knowing their worth was an inconvenience to the business model. 🤔
 
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The NCAA is heavily involved in the CSC. The NCAA is unjust and corrupt. They can't fool anybody by doing business under a different name.

Rules or the lack thereof is not the problem. The problem is that there is no just party available to enforce the rules, whatever the rules may be.
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The federal courts strike down the illegal rules as soon as someone comes a case.
 
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WaywardVol said:
Uh, they literally just won the case.
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Uhhh, this has not even gone to court yet.
It was an arbiter who is a NCAA minion.
It wasn't even a. Administrative law court

The athletes have the Nebraska Attorney General on their side. A Nebraska state law prohibits athletic associations from interfering in private business deals, including private NIL.

Again, hide and watch for the athletes to sue.
It's not nearly over.

.https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/18-nebraska-football-players-challenging-csc-over-rejection-of-third-party-nil-deals-worth-over-1-million-224212813.html
 
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S.C. OrangeMan said:
Uhhh, this has not even gone to court yet.
It was an arbiter who is a NCAA minion.
It wasn't even a. Administrative law court

The athletes have the Nebraska Attorney General on their side. A Nebraska state law prohibits athletic associations from interfering in private business deals, including private NIL.

Again, hide and watch for the athletes to sue.
It's not nearly over.

.https://sports.yahoo.com/college-football/article/18-nebraska-football-players-challenging-csc-over-rejection-of-third-party-nil-deals-worth-over-1-million-224212813.html
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More on this. Nebraska is resubmitting these NIL deals. If they get denied again, their state AG will probably take the NCAA to state court. That is a likely win for the athletes. That has the potential to torpedo the House settlemebt and out the NCAA on the hook for far more than the couple of billion they set aside for their settlement revenue sharing deal.
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The CSC beat Nebraska in arbitration, but it shouldn't provoke the state's attorney general

The College Sports Commission won an arbitration hearing against Nebraska, but it needs to be careful of Nebraska's attorney general.
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