The most salient point of this to me is the numerical fact that there are only X number of elite high school players, and there are Y number of elite college programs who get who they want. Y is greater than X. So I don't have any hope or even desire for Cal to become a Clemson or Bama. I'm perfectly happy to have us get great Cal guys who beat up on UW, Oregon and $C every year. I'm happy to see Cal getting out in front of the NIL issue, and Cal is in a better position than the poor Beavers, Cougars or AZ schools as far as money in community. If this helps Cal legally compete with player pay, and therefore attract a few more top guys, then fine. At the end of the day, it's only two words: Go Bears!
When do we learn the Fall Schedule? Where is the wormhole that takes me to the first game?
The top 5 schools (Bama,Georgia,Ohio State,Clemson,LSU) got 56% over the prior 5 years, 62% over the prior 2 years, when this was written in December 2020..
Great article and it points out many of the issues with NIL. Mostly I'm curious about how NIL will pan out at Cal, who gets endorsement deals, and so on.
Athletes in the Olympic sports should see a benefit. We don’t have many marketable athletes in the revenue sports. DeSean, Marshawn...they’d a done ok...
I had the same reaction...hard to believe that this does not come out in this hyper vigilant world where so many programs would benefit from outing the Bama's of the world if this were true.
Yeah, I don't get how that is much less of an infractions gamble as having that money come from the head coach even, much less how this type of system wouldn't have been exposed by now if this is so commonplace. We know things happen on the edges, but mainly coaches working through outside boosters, who actually pony up their own $, resources and services
The most salient point of this to me is the numerical fact that there are only X number of elite high school players, and there are Y number of elite college programs who get who they want. Y is greater than X. So I don't have any hope or even desire for Cal to become a Clemson or Bama. I'm perfectly happy to have us get great Cal guys who beat up on UW, Oregon and $C every year. I'm happy to see Cal getting out in front of the NIL issue, and Cal is in a better position than the poor Beavers, Cougars or AZ schools as far as money in community. If this helps Cal legally compete with player pay, and therefore attract a few more top guys, then fine. At the end of the day, it's only two words: Go Bears!
When do we learn the Fall Schedule? Where is the wormhole that takes me to the first game?
The top 5 schools (Bama,Georgia,Ohio State,Clemson,LSU) got 56% over the prior 5 years, 62% over the prior 2 years, when this was written in December 2020..
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/national-signing-day-schools-five-star-talent-early-signing-period/mz71u2g3s0bj1us8y0p8nyu7c
Great article and it points out many of the issues with NIL. Mostly I'm curious about how NIL will pan out at Cal, who gets endorsement deals, and so on.
Athletes in the Olympic sports should see a benefit. We don’t have many marketable athletes in the revenue sports. DeSean, Marshawn...they’d a done ok...
We are going to get DeSean, Marshawn, Jahvid, Keenan, Jared, Aaron in due time. (I hope)
“If this practice is so prevalent, why aren't MANY schools being caught and penalized for doing this?”
Because the NCAA’s enforcement arm is toothless and nobody is going to snitch on anybody else when they are doing the same thing themselves.
I had the same reaction...hard to believe that this does not come out in this hyper vigilant world where so many programs would benefit from outing the Bama's of the world if this were true.
Yeah, I don't get how that is much less of an infractions gamble as having that money come from the head coach even, much less how this type of system wouldn't have been exposed by now if this is so commonplace. We know things happen on the edges, but mainly coaches working through outside boosters, who actually pony up their own $, resources and services
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