The rich will get much richer with the NIL

[jason3713]

Think about this. You load up on as many great transfers as you can get on your initial 25.
Then how many over the 25 you want to take with high school kids you make them preferred walkons. The NIL deal they signed pays for school and gives them a salary. You can take as 35-40 per year and still be under the 85 with all of the walkons. The school isn’t paying the scholarship their NIL is.

 

[Firebirdparts]

I think the key here is that you have to accept that Tennessee is "the richer rich" in this scheme. You can hate on it all you want, as long as you recognize that Tennessee is now the richer rich while you are hating. Systems that have a lot of fans are advantaged, so most affected is the odd case of bad teams with lots of fans.

 

[NighthawkVol]

Think about this. You load up on as many great transfers as you can get on your initial 25.
Then how many over the 25 you want to take with high school kids you make them preferred walkons. The NIL deal they signed pays for school and gives them a salary. You can take as 35-40 per year and still be under the 85 with all of the walkons. The school isn’t paying the scholarship their NIL is.

My biggest hope for the NIL is that it will provide opportunities for baseball that weren’t there before. The 11.7 rule has hurt the sport and cost it a lot of talent that went pro out of high school. With NIL able to subsidize more, I think we’ll see more studs choose to play college baseball, which will make the sport more popular.

 

[Vol8188]

Think about this. You load up on as many great transfers as you can get on your initial 25.
Then how many over the 25 you want to take with high school kids you make them preferred walkons. The NIL deal they signed pays for school and gives them a salary. You can take as 35-40 per year and still be under the 85 with all of the walkons. The school isn’t paying the scholarship their NIL is.

What’s the problem?

 

[Vol8188]

My biggest hope for the NIL is that it will provide opportunities for baseball that weren’t there before. The 11.7 rule has hurt the sport and cost it a lot of talent that went pro out of high school. With NIL able to subsidize more, I think we’ll see more studs choose to play college baseball, which will make the sport more popular.

What’re single A wages like?

 

[jason3713]

What’s the problem?

No problem for us. It’s the schools that can’t put together the NIL money that are in trouble. It’s going to make about 10-15 schools be at the top forever and nobody else will compete.

 

[SpookyAction]

What’re single A wages like?

Google says $500/wk.
With NIL plus hot college girls, this could work for UT.

 

[Vol8188]

No problem for us. It’s the schools that can’t put together the NIL money that are in trouble. It’s going to make about 10-15 schools be at the top forever and nobody else will compete.

People have said such about every change in college football ever. It’ll be alright.

 

[norrislakevol]

No problem for us. It’s the schools that can’t put together the NIL money that are in trouble. It’s going to make about 10-15 schools be at the top forever and nobody else will compete.

Correct. Schools like Tennessee and Texas are going to be very wealthy with elite players for years to come. You can forget about a school like Kentucky, Vandy, Purdue ect ever being able to climb that ladder.

I just want to start winning again and if the NIL is our ticket back to the top, then so be it.

 

[jason3713]

People have said such about every change in college football ever. It’ll be alright.

Those changes didn’t involve payments. What if the top 8 pro teams in any sport were allowed to pay their players 10 times as much ch as other teams? Those 8 teams would dominate. Same here. It was almost like this anyway. There are only a few schools that could complete. Now it will just change a few of those names.

 

[EverythingOrange]

One thing that worries me about NIL is getting a "prima-donna" (like Terrell Owens) -- who is an excellent athlete, but is also toxic to TEAM chemistry.

 

[lukeneyland]

This helps us and rewards us diehards who still show up to games and buy merchandise because WE have kept this program financially healthy. We should be extremely proud of how we’ve helped Tennessee weather the storm

 

[Vol8188]

Those changes didn’t involve payments. What if the top 8 pro teams in any sport were allowed to pay their players 10 times as much ch as other teams? Those 8 teams would dominate. Same here. It was almost like this anyway. There are only a few schools that could complete. Now it will just change a few of those names.

You’re falsely assuming it’s better to be player #100 at TN or Bama than player #1 at Wisconsin.

It’ll work out

 

[ru4real-really?]

One thing that worries me about NIL is getting a "prima-donna" (like Terrell Owens) -- who is an excellent athlete, but is also toxic to TEAM chemistry.

I don't think the NIL is unconditional. You have to act right, or risk being fired! Sort like a job!

 

[utvols74]

One thing that worries me about NIL is getting a "prima-donna" (like Terrell Owens) -- who is an excellent athlete, but is also toxic to TEAM chemistry.

I made this point a few weeks back. We've seen this exact dynamic in the pros. Human behavior is human behavior and college sports will be affected just the same. I've not heard any of them talk about it, but college coaching just got a lot harder for "the rich".

 

[Dadof2Vols]

One thing that worries me about NIL is getting a "prima-donna" (like Terrell Owens) -- who is an excellent athlete, but is also toxic to TEAM chemistry.

If the collective contract is written so that the player is getting paid when he does appearances, etc…IE Demand=$$$s. Maybe the collective can mentor the player he can make more if he doesn’t act like an A$$.

 

[Raebo]

I wonder about schools like Chattanooga. I think they will just be like a minor league system for the big schools.
There are (I think) about a 100 division 1 schools that no longer have football programs. I imagine more will be tempted to join their ranks.
I know the Lady Vols have gotten a couple nice commitments recently. I wonder if NIL was a factor.

 

[Pump Guy]

Those changes didn’t involve payments. What if the top 8 pro teams in any sport were allowed to pay their players 10 times as much ch as other teams? Those 8 teams would dominate. Same here. It was almost like this anyway. There are only a few schools that could complete. Now it will just change a few of those names.

Are you talking about the Dodgers, Yankees, and Red Sox?

 

[VolForLife83]

I think the key here is that you have to accept that Tennessee is "the richer rich" in this scheme. You can hate on it all you want, as long as you recognize that Tennessee is now the richer rich while you are hating. Systems that have a lot of fans are advantaged, so most affected is the odd case of bad teams with lots of fans.

Yeah, UT fans are oddballs

 

[The Original Fade]

My biggest hope for the NIL is that it will provide opportunities for baseball that weren’t there before. The 11.7 rule has hurt the sport and cost it a lot of talent that went pro out of high school. With NIL able to subsidize more, I think we’ll see more studs choose to play college baseball, which will make the sport more popular.

Don't count on it. It’s not the MLB, I doubt most companies will invest in athletes that get so little exposure compared to football and basketball.

 

[Boca Vol]

Those changes didn’t involve payments. What if the top 8 pro teams in any sport were allowed to pay their players 10 times as much ch as other teams? Those 8 teams would dominate. Same here. It was almost like this anyway. There are only a few schools that could complete. Now it will just change a few of those names.

That exists in MLB right now. Look at teams like the Yankees & Dodgers plus a few others. Then look at the Rays & A's. For the most part your're correct but a team such as the Rays "can" compete but it takes the entire franchise from top to bottom.

 

[volfan4evr]

If I'm not mistaken, a school can only have 85 scholarship players and 105 total.

Think about this. You load up on as many great transfers as you can get on your initial 25.
Then how many over the 25 you want to take with high school kids you make them preferred walkons. The NIL deal they signed pays for school and gives them a salary. You can take as 35-40 per year and still be under the 85 with all of the walkons. The school isn’t paying the scholarship their NIL is.

 

[hUTch2002]

I wonder about schools like Chattanooga. I think they will just be like a minor league system for the big schools.
There are (I think) about a 100 division 1 schools that no longer have football programs. I imagine more will be tempted to join their ranks.
I know the Lady Vols have gotten a couple nice commitments recently. I wonder if NIL was a factor.

That depends. Look at the recruits being pulled in at Jacksonville State.

 

[OrangeAllDay]

Don't count on it. It’s not the MLB, I doubt most companies will invest in athletes that get so little exposure compared to football and basketball.

Idk. You can watch everysingle sec baseball game now through the espn app. It’s not like back in the day where you’d barley have games on. College baseball exposure is on the rise. Look at the investment in college baseball (mainly in the SEC) over the last 3-4 years, It’s kinda insane. You start getting the studs that would normally be in the minors, in college ball, things could change. I mean they’re already changing. Just because things are a certain way, doesn’t mean they’ll always stay the same. College ball is already in a better place than it was ten years ago, where will it be in another 10?

 

[The Original Fade]

Idk. You can watch everysingle sec baseball game now through the espn app. It’s not like back in the day where you’d barley have games on. College baseball exposure is on the rise. Look at the investment in college baseball (mainly in the SEC) over the last 3-4 years, It’s kinda insane. You start getting the studs that would normally be in the minors, in college ball, things could change. I mean they’re already changing. Just because things are a certain way, doesn’t mean they’ll always stay the same. College ball is already in a better place than it was ten years ago, where will it be in another 10?

Joyce might be the only player worth an NIL deal in college baseball because what he is doing is so unique. I could see him pimping torches, space heaters, natural gas, etc.