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Interesting Press Release By Former Senator and Rutgers Fanatic Ray Lesniak

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Lesniak: NIL Chaos Is Hurting College Sports—Congress Must Pass the SCORE Act TRENTON, NJ – Former New Jersey State Senator Raymond J. Lesniak today called on New Jersey’s congressional delegation to support the SCORE Act, warning that the current name, image, and likeness (NIL) free-for-all is creating chaos that is undermining college athletics—including programs like Rutgers University from competing on the national stage. “Rutgers is investing heavily to compete in the Big Ten the right way—through development, academics, and integrity,” Lesniak said. “But the current NIL system rewards chaos. Athletes are jumping from college to college to college chasing better deals leading to rosters turning over constantly. Programs like Rutgers are forced to compete in an unregulated marketplace with no national rules.” Lesniak said the combination of the transfer portal and unregulated NIL money has effectively turned college sports into a year-round free-agency system, favoring the wealthiest programs and the most aggressive intermediaries—not student-athletes or institutions committed to education. “This isn’t what college sports were supposed to be,” Lesniak said. “When players are encouraged to move every year for the next deal, academic continuity suffers, team chemistry disappears, and the bond between athletes, schools, and fans erodes. The SCORE Act would establish uniform national standards for NIL agreements, promote transparency and protect athletes from exploitation. The goal is to restore stability and competitive balance—while preserving athletes’ right to earn fair compensation. “This is not about rolling back NIL,” Lesniak emphasized. “It’s about bringing order to a system that has spun out of control and ensuring that athletes aren’t treated like disposable assets in a bidding war.” Lesniak urged New Jersey’s U.S. Senators and Representatives to stand up for Rutgers, New Jersey student-athletes, and the future of college sports by publicly supporting the SCORE Act
 
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The free transfer rule is what killed it. At what point do we just allow trades between games like the MLB? Last night a guy plays for Rutgers, tomorrow he plays for Maryland and next Saturday he’ll be on Northwestern. When will it end and someone in law make a judgement that maybe academics should still mean something even diddly squat which would be more than it means now!?
 
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Something needs to be done about the uncertified & unlicensed agents who are lying to kids that if the enter the portal there are bags of money waiting for them, these agents are extorting the players for 20% of these contracts & many players who enter the portal end up without a school or scholarship let alone without the promised bag.
 
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“This isn’t what college sports were supposed to be,” Lesniak said. “When players are encouraged to move every year for the next deal, academic continuity suffers, AND team chemistry disappears, AS WELL AS the bond between athletes AND FANS,
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Minor edits from me in caps but this is the issue for me.
 
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You know many analysts argue from a standpoint of improving the overall quality of the product on tv for basketball and football NIL has been a benefit

guys start more games more time to develop in college less reason to rush to the pros at 19 in basketball or 21 in football

the quality of games is much better in both sports obviously sucks that you don’t see the same guys for 4 years but in some respects as a fan of college and professional sports there is a benefit to both
 
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Mholinko said:
You know many analysts argue from a standpoint of improving the overall quality of the product on tv for basketball and football NIL has been a benefit

guys start more games more time to develop in college less reason to rush to the pros at 19 in basketball or 21 in football

the quality of games is much better in both sports obviously sucks that you don’t see the same guys for 4 years but in some respects as a fan of college and professional sports there is a benefit to both
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I don’t think basketball is better at all with so many new lineups
 
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Ray Lesniak IMO is spot on. Right now the toothless NCAA has stepped back from any responsibility and allowed the Wild West because of potential lawsuits. Lesniak is correct as to Congress. I’m reluctant to say Congress because they’ll find a way to **** this up too.

Still, we need some regulation and a cap rule to make it fair for all schools to compete on a more even playing field. And I want to root for players associated with Rutgers. A player should only get one transfer , period unless their coach is fired. It is absolutely disgusting that a kid can jump from one school to another.

Lastly, getting an education should still be paramount because 99% of these kids will not sniff the NFL, NBA, or MLB.
 
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RU MAN said:
Ray Lesniak IMO is spot on. Right now the toothless NCAA has stepped back from any responsibility and allowed the Wild West because of potential lawsuits. Lesniak is correct as to Congress. I’m reluctant to say Congress because they’ll find a way to **** this up too.

Still, we need some regulation and a cap rule to make it fair for all schools to compete on a more even playing field. And I want to root for players associated with Rutgers. A player should only get one transfer , period unless their coach is fired. It is absolutely disgusting that a kid can jump from one school to another.

Lastly, getting an education should still be paramount because 99% of these kids will not sniff the NFL, NBA, or MLB.
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The US Supreme Court does not care what you want they ruled that schools cannot restrict transfers & there cannot be a cap on players earnings
 
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tru2ru1 said:
The US Supreme Court does not care what you want they ruled that schools cannot restrict transfers & there cannot be a cap on players earnings
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The Supreme Court in the Alston case never brings up transferring or NIL. In a 9-0 decision it was all about antitrust. That’s why Congress needs to get involved (not happy about saying that) and be more concrete with transferring and a cap rule. Supreme Court never addresses that.
 
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RUBob75 said:
Lesniak: NIL Chaos Is Hurting College Sports—Congress Must Pass the SCORE Act TRENTON, NJ – Former New Jersey State Senator Raymond J. Lesniak today called on New Jersey’s congressional delegation to support the SCORE Act, warning that the current name, image, and likeness (NIL) free-for-all is creating chaos that is undermining college athletics—including programs like Rutgers University from competing on the national stage. “Rutgers is investing heavily to compete in the Big Ten the right way—through development, academics, and integrity,” Lesniak said. “But the current NIL system rewards chaos. Athletes are jumping from college to college to college chasing better deals leading to rosters turning over constantly. Programs like Rutgers are forced to compete in an unregulated marketplace with no national rules.” Lesniak said the combination of the transfer portal and unregulated NIL money has effectively turned college sports into a year-round free-agency system, favoring the wealthiest programs and the most aggressive intermediaries—not student-athletes or institutions committed to education. “This isn’t what college sports were supposed to be,” Lesniak said. “When players are encouraged to move every year for the next deal, academic continuity suffers, team chemistry disappears, and the bond between athletes, schools, and fans erodes. The SCORE Act would establish uniform national standards for NIL agreements, promote transparency and protect athletes from exploitation. The goal is to restore stability and competitive balance—while preserving athletes’ right to earn fair compensation. “This is not about rolling back NIL,” Lesniak emphasized. “It’s about bringing order to a system that has spun out of control and ensuring that athletes aren’t treated like disposable assets in a bidding war.” Lesniak urged New Jersey’s U.S. Senators and Representatives to stand up for Rutgers, New Jersey student-athletes, and the future of college sports by publicly supporting the SCORE Act
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What, exactly were college sports "supposed to be?"
 
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Congress should stay out of it. NIL and free agency are certainly disruptive, and may prove to be ruinous to college sports as we know it, but Congress shouldn’t stick its nose into this. This is for the NCAA, the conferences and the schools to fix on their own. Just because they haven’t shown they can do it doesn’t mean Congress has to do the job.
 
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Congress should stay out of it. NIL and free agency are certainly disruptive, and may prove to be ruinous to college sports as we know it, but Congress shouldn’t stick its nose into this. This is for the NCAA, the conferences and the schools to fix on their own. Just because they haven’t shown they can do it doesn’t mean Congress has to do the job.
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The NCAA is spineless and therefore worthless. Conferences and individual schools will mostly look out for themselves and will therefore be useless to figure out anything equitable for everyone. This issue only gets changed one of two ways, the system implodes or a higher intervention changes this nonsense. Otherwise, the rich will be the Haves and the rest will be the Have Nots...ergo status quo.
 
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CollegeSenior said:
Congress should stay out of it. NIL and free agency are certainly disruptive, and may prove to be ruinous to college sports as we know it, but Congress shouldn’t stick its nose into this. This is for the NCAA, the conferences and the schools to fix on their own. Just because they haven’t shown they can do it doesn’t mean Congress has to do the job.
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Congress hasn't exactly proven it can get things done either. The NCAA is kicking the can down the road hoping for an antitrust exemption. The conferences and the schools call for government intervention instead of dealing with the issues.
 
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What, exactly were college sports "supposed to be?"
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People will say one thing but then ignore what college sports has actually been forever.
It's an amazing act of amnesia.

The underlying basic #1 bedrock premise of college atheltics - agreed upon by ADs, coaches, fans, players literally everyone:

Entities should be allowed to fully exploit their specific financial advantages to achieve atheltic success.

It's just amusing that everyone cheers for conferences exploiting financial advantages. But then when individual teams are allowed to exploit financial advantage it's nothing but crocodile tears.
 
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The best is that the Rev Share Cap is based upon only the P4 revenues.
The other conferences have less overall revenue? Oh nobody cares.

Wait until the NIL "cap" is set.

Let me guess - everyone thinks it should be conveniently set right at the level Rutgers is at?

What if its set at $20m/year total per team?
Or $5m per player?
Is everyone suddenly go to cheer about how great it is?

What if it's lower?
$1m/year/team total?
Bring us down to the UMass level.
 
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NickRU714 said:
People will say one thing but then ignore what college sports has actually been forever.
It's an amazing act of amnesia.

The underlying basic #1 bedrock premise of college atheltics - agreed upon by ADs, coaches, fans, players literally everyone:

Entities should be allowed to fully exploit their specific financial advantages to achieve atheltic success.

It's just amusing that everyone cheers for conferences exploiting financial advantages. But then when individual teams are allowed to exploit financial advantage it's nothing but crocodile tears.
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The house of cards has collapsed and no one knows what to do.
 
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NickRU714

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Actually.
Set the NIL cap at $0.

That was so successful for Rutgers.
We were competing with OSU for B1G ten and national championships.
Get back to those days.
 
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NickRU714 said:
People will say one thing but then ignore what college sports has actually been forever.
It's an amazing act of amnesia.

The underlying basic #1 bedrock premise of college atheltics - agreed upon by ADs, coaches, fans, players literally everyone:

Entities should be allowed to fully exploit their specific financial advantages to achieve atheltic success.

It's just amusing that everyone cheers for conferences exploiting financial advantages. But then when individual teams are allowed to exploit financial advantage it's nothing but crocodile tears.
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It's all about who is benefitting. When the "wrong" parties benefit, it's a problem.
 
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All NIL money goes through NCAA and each team has a modest cap, different amounts of Div 1,2 etc. Caps that adjust each year to shave off the upper 50% of programs. Lower 50% can get to their level, if they can.
 
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NickRU714 said:
Actually.
Set the NIL cap at $0.

That was so successful for Rutgers.
We were competing with OSU for B1G ten and national championships.
Get back to those days.
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Well, we’re on the MBB forum and before NIL we sure as hell were competitive with the national powers when I was a student and afterwards, whenever we had the right coaches. Football was always a different story.
 
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