NIL - the buying of top tier quarterbacks

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Credible sources have revealed to MBG that #Georgia has offered Caleb Williams somewhere between $1-2 million to play for the #Dawgs. Sources further confirm that Williams is likely to leave #Oklahoma. More to come.


 
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That is literally a site that seeks out the stupidest fan comments on message boards and displays them as satire. MBG is an acronym for Message Board Geniuses.
 
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The immediate eligibility for transfers just drives up the bidding.

I'd like to see transfer rules go back as before.
 
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From the Oklahoma board:

To me, especially in light of Ewers transferring to Texas in exchange for $4-$5 million, I’m inclined to think Caleb’s holding out until after the bowl game, boils down to money. When you hear Lebby announced at the OC/QB coach, Williams knows he’s the hottest up and comer OC in cfb. No doubt Caleb wants to stay it’s a question of how bad the OU boosters want him to stay and are willing to pay is the question imo.

unfortunately cfb as we knew it is gone as are any loyalties. The players and their handlers will be running the show
 
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UT Hill Man said:
The immediate eligibility for transfers just drives up the bidding.

I'd like to see transfer rules go back as before.
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I like it. I just think we need to eliminate the 25 rule. That rule was designed to protect kids at a time before they could transfer. Now I see no reason for it. Either pull your own weight or pay your own way
 
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Need to go ahead and create the Power five semi-pro league.Have a draft of top 200 players and have a little parity !
 
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The NCAA took a pass on regulation and leaned on Congress to address it and how to protect the integrity of college sports, as the NCAA has lost or settled every lawsuit that has arisen in the last decade since they are truly an association rather than a corporation or organized legal entity, falling squarely into every anti trust claim imaginable, Congress wanted no part of regulating NIL, they will just turn the IRS loose on the universities and their NIL boosters and/or the shoe companies which will push sponsorship down into the high school/AAU ranks to sew up the talent and then steer it to universities that wear their brand. Coupled with the open nature of the transfer portal and the NIL money spigot wide open in certain places, the gap between the haves and the have nots will continue to expand, with some conferences unable to compete for talent, certain schools within a conference will have the same problem. The college game that we enjoyed for decades has been changed forever, not sure it will be for the better, as it will resemble a NFL/NBA/MLB model with schools without significant NIL money relegated to "small market" status and the successful schools in the power 5 conferences resembling the Yankees, the Cowboys or the Lakers on their talent balance sheet.

SEC quarterbacks making more than the coordinator they play for? Probably. A standout in a miraculous upset of Alabama ending up playing for the Tide the next season? Yep. The SEC commissioner putting his head in the sand to what is coming down the tracks? Absolutely.
 
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Well Nick Saban said his qb was getting in excess of $1 M before he had even played a down - the kid going to Texas rumored to be getting $4 to $5 M - definitely was getting $1M for choosing Ohio State - so I don't see this as a stretch at all.
He is a proven commodity; I think very possible.
 
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We’ll have to wait and see how deep those pockets are since only 1 team can win the NC each year.

When the refs start cashing in on NIL then we should be worried. Right now all their extra money is under the table or bets won by an obscure acquaintance. Nah, they are just incompetent.
 
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It’s just a matter of time before athletes become university employees. That’s the only way they can control/cap athlete income and gain some form of parity (at least in the eyes of the suites and ties). The NCAA and schools make billions from athletes. They can afford to pay them. NIL is the Wild West and the school with the most money wins. The only way to control NIL is to kill it.
 
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Volintheswamp said:
It’s just a matter of time before athletes become university employees. That’s the only way they can control/cap athlete income and gain some form of parity (at least in the eyes of the suites and ties). The NCAA and schools make billions from athletes. They can afford to pay them. NIL is the Wild West and the school with the most money wins. The only way to control NIL is to kill it.
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Pretty sure most schools lose money from athletics - some exceptions and it is good for pr - brand awareness of the school and alumni / boosters' egos - but most lose money. Then there is the whole who's in charge academics or athletics - this is a very slippery slope.
 
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Iam4utalways said:
We’ll have to wait and see how deep those pockets are since only 1 team can win the NC each year.

When the refs start cashing in on NIL then we should be worried. Right now all their extra money is under the table or bets won by an obscure acquaintance. Nah, they are just incompetent.
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I am already worried -
 
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Volintheswamp said:
It’s just a matter of time before athletes become university employees. That’s the only way they can control/cap athlete income and gain some form of parity (at least in the eyes of the suites and ties). The NCAA and schools make billions from athletes. They can afford to pay them. NIL is the Wild West and the school with the most money wins. The only way to control NIL is to kill it.
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The Biden NLRB is already exploring making them employees but that won't have anything to do with or be able to stop NIL. The SOTUS has already ruled that the athletes own their name, image and likeness and univs can't restrict that income. The NCAA has known for over a decade that their boilerplate schollie agreement was going to become a problem. They failed to act and now the wild west is upon us and unless the SCOTUS reverses themselves, that genie isn't going back in the bottle.
 
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UGA has Brock Vandagriff a 5 star who just redshirted and incoming freshman Gunner Stockton who just broke Deshaun Watson's peach state high school touchdown and yardage records coming in, to say nothing of the possibility that Stetson Bennett and J.T. Daniels are both eligible to return, I think they'd be an unlikely suitor of Williams here, he hasn't looked THAT good.
 
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Fullfillmer said:
From the Oklahoma board:

To me, especially in light of Ewers transferring to Texas in exchange for $4-$5 million, I’m inclined to think Caleb’s holding out until after the bowl game, boils down to money. When you hear Lebby announced at the OC/QB coach, Williams knows he’s the hottest up and comer OC in cfb. No doubt Caleb wants to stay it’s a question of how bad the OU boosters want him to stay and are willing to pay is the question imo.

unfortunately cfb as we knew it is gone as are any loyalties. The players and their handlers will be running the show
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Dude. People on message boards don't know ****.
 
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m1al said:
May not be true, but it easily could be. Don't act like the real possibility doesn't now exist..

Tell me you're not that naive.......
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Sure the possibility exists. But to say that money would be the only reason Williams would come to UGA is ridiculous.
 
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