I understand that. But what is different for Rutgers than for schools like Alabama, Texas, Ohio (obviously other than history of winning, etc)? Is it a matter of wealthy donors there just not caring about not getting tax benefits?
That’s what I thought too. That’s why I was confused about the tax portion that was mentioned.
The comment that Richie made about donors backing out because of tax reasons doesn’t make sense unless there is some NJ specific reasons that would not apply in other states.
Is there something about the NJ tax code that is the issue? I don’t get what Richie is talking about otherwise. I doubt that donors in places like Alabama are getting tax deductions for NIL spending.
It really is stupid. Not one of these kids (apart from potential 1st rounders) deserves what they are getting paid. And the lack of either 2 years or redshirting is one of the stupidest decisions the NCAA has ever made.
He will likely get to shoot as much as he wants and have meaningless stats for a 7 win team that he can then parlay into a big paycheck with a real team..
This. Rutgers, with little history of success, for 50 years cannot compete. It’s silly to pretend otherwise. Just let PE run this like a business and end the amateur charade.
20/21 year old kids who have no chance to even get a what (600k or so?) 2 way contract are getting paid millions in college. And people literally think the system is not a joke?
If they can’t earn that playing as a pro, how can that possibly be their value?
All 4 are not Fs? I guess having a pulse got you a D+ and doing anything got you a B?
Hayes was useless. We got the wrong Princeton kid. No clue how Acuff was a good scorer even on a lower ranked team. And Dercack was clueless out there - one good play led to 5 stupid ones almost instantly.