NCAA has finally relented on Name, Image, Likeness

[FQDawg]

I know a lot of people are in favor of this but I'm not sure I'm one of them. There are likely to be some major unintended consequences. And I think it makes it that much harder for a school like us, without a cadre of deep-pocketed boosters that can "hire" players, to maintain any hope of ever challenging the big boys. It's been hard enough as it is but I think this decision will make it all but impossible.

https://sports.yahoo.com/finally-nc...s-to-make-money-on-their-names-142306697.html

 

[IPMdawg]

Businesses owned by State fans will now have to advertise using the players rather than give that money to the university for ads or as personal donations. It’s the right thing, but we’ll have to find a way to get more money back to the university or cut some costs. Maybe this will push coaching salaries down.

 

[57stratdawg]

I don’t think this helps MSU.

 

[patdog]

Pandora's box has been opened.

 

[jethreauxdawg]

I think this will make things worse for college athletes. Yes they will get paid for their likeness, and I understand their side of the argument, but a lot will change. College athletes already have it pretty good. The people worth paying are already getting paid.
The people benefiting most from this will be lawyers/agents.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

From a personal freedom perspective, I like it. I mean it is their name, image and likeness! Agree that it will change college athletics. Impact of intended and unintended consequences is TBD. Not sure that it hurts MSU in any disproportionate way.

 

[paindonthurt_]

Correct and in the long run it will hurt the student athlete or the people pretending to be student athletes.

 

[My Bru]

From a personal freedom perspective, I like it. I mean it is their name, image and likeness! Agree that it will change college athletics. Impact of intended and unintended consequences is TBD. Not sure that it hurts MSU in any disproportionate way.

Agree, it'll be the same as it was before. We have way too many chicken littles on this board, as COVID has proven.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

**checks join date**. Yep, you haven’t been on this board very long.

 

[Shmuley]

Gotta be goat.

 

[EagleDawg97]

USC with its Silicon Valley alums is about to become a powerhouse again! No way MSU can compete with the money some of these schools will line up for their players.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

USC with its Silicon Valley alums is about to become a powerhouse again! No way MSU can compete with the money some of these schools will line up for their players.

^^^^this. It may be several years, but eventually Bama fans will start giving advertising deals to the left guard that no one's ever heard of. That high 3* who would normally sign with state and be a contributor may be more inclined to risk riding the pine at Bama. Scholarships need to be cut back to offset the all the talent clustering at just a few schools. The elites need mid tier programs like MSU and Ole Miss to remain strong.

 

[Duke Humphrey]

I think what the NCAA proposed today is only a starting point, as there are many, many more questions to be answered and details to work out. Congress is going to have to act in order for there to be one set of standards across the country, instead of a state by state piecemeal approach. I think what was presented today is starting point, but by no means the final product.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

There is certainly potential for that, I just think that powerful alums have been mostly in charge of CFB recruiting for so long that I don't think that this will change the competitive landscape substantially with regards to pecking order. Wherever MSU rates with regards to rich alum influence today will be about the same going forward. The methods for providing the payments will just change. Maybe, some alums are out there who really wanted to participate before but just weren't willing to get take the risk of doing something wrong will now step up and do it the right way, but again, I can't really say that MSU would have more/fewer of those in comparison to other schools.

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

There is certainly potential for that, I just think that powerful alums have been mostly in charge of CFB recruiting for so long that I don't think that this will change the competitive landscape substantially with regards to pecking order. Wherever MSU rates with regards to rich alum influence today will be about the same going forward. The methods for providing the payments will just change. Maybe, some alums are out there who really wanted to participate before but just weren't willing to get take the risk of doing something wrong will now step up and do it the right way, but again, I can't really say that MSU would have more/fewer of those in comparison to other schools.

I get what you are writing, but most MSU/Ole Miss/USCe/Missouri/etc., supporters have some type of close connection to the university, whereas Bama/LSU/etc., has vast numbers of supporters who have no connection to the university or even the state. They have a lot more fans who are more willing to pay for an autographed poster of the backup center than mid tier programs. Without limiting scholarships, this could get out of hand quickly.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Didn’t think about that. You’re probably right. Goat version 748

 

[patdog]

The scale of players being paid and the amounts they're going to be paid just skyrocketed. It's certainly not going to help us begin to close the gap on the big 7 SEC schools. But it will put even more distance between us and the mid-majors.

 

[My Bru]

Didn’t think about that. You’re probably right. Goat version 748

You're so perceptive.

 

[horshack.sixpack]

True. Sidewalk fan impact could be a huge for some schools. Imagine Saban presenting Alabama jersey sales vs Auburn in some recruit's home with pie charts and such.

 

[johnson86-1]

A few thoughts:

- First, this will be good for the stars and bad for the guys just getting a scholarship. There's good and bad to that.
- This is an unalloyed bad for the universities. Instead of their players getting paid like the minor league athletes they are, they will start capturing a disproportionate amount of the value created by college athletics. Which is not necessarily terrible; right now coaches, admin, and non-revenue athletes capture a disproportionate share of the value created, and a lot of it is "wasted" on an arms race in facilities.
- IT's going to be interesting to see the "guard rails" put up to keep boosters out of it. That's just going to be unworkable. Basically everybody that will want to give money to athletes will be a booster or a company controlled by a booster.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

And you’re so persistent.

 

[DAWG61]

Johnny Football gonna be pissed