ESPN analyst predicts how SEC coaches will respond to California's image, likeness bill
Eventually, schools and states that have programs in the SEC will have to face the politics that come from the California bill now signed into law to allow college athletes to profit off of endorsement deals.
While South Carolina is the only reported state with an SEC team to have legislation prepared, but Colorado and New York, for example, are also set to follow in California’s footsteps. But ESPN recruiting analyst Tom Luginbill said coaches from the SEC won’t stand idle as the law, which will go into place in 2023, changes the landscape of college athletics and, most notably, recruiting.
“Kids are going to go where the money is,” Luginbill said in a story by the Wall Street Journal. “Yes, there are a select group of programs that can recruit solely to the development of an NFL player, but it doesn’t solve any financial problems, at least not during college.”
The report noted that it’s precisely why Luginbill believes that one way or another, schools from the rest of the country will end up being able to offer athletes the same rules for off-the-field earning ability. Competing coaches will demand it.
“No way Nick Saban is going to go out on the recruiting trail and feel like they’re at a disadvantage,” Luginbill said.
This bill is complete trash. What a way to wreck college football?
Wreck it for who?? The viewer? This isn’t about you.
^This seems to be a common oversight
Maybe this will even out the recruiting system that is naturally flawed, and we can get a change of pace in the CFP.
Do you really believe that? It might just widen the gap for wealthier schools. Maybe Universities in CA are tired of being an after thought so they’re willing to make the first move in order to gain an advantage on the recruiting trail. Who know’s how this ends up because by the current rules the NCAA could rule CA schools ineligible but I doubt they do.
This doesn’t go into effect until 2023 trust there will be far more bills proposed. As I type one was already proposed in FL today.
How in the world do you suppose it will even things out? This does nothing more than shift the power in an even more unbalanced way. We’re moving from winning schools having the power to rich schools having the power. Eventually those schools will start winning and we will be stuck with winning and money from the same schools dominating. This is the problem with today’s society, so eager to “fix” everything that they rarely bother looking at the consequences to realize how much worse the fix is than the current problem.
We live in a capitalistic society and you’re arguing against capitalism. Make it make sense. So we leave problems problems because the viewers are unhappy. Please, this isn’t about you.
Even capitalism has to be regulated to some extent, or are you in favor of monopolies as well? Nobody said to leave problems, but you don’t fix one problem by replacing it with an even bigger problem.
How is it a bigger problem? And who said it won’t be regulated. There is a reason this bill doesn’t go into effect for another 3 years. Common sense.
You’re kind of missing the point here. Currently there is no regulation written into the bill. People are acting like the NCAA are evil here for saying this can’t simply be done by any state without there being more thought put into it. California is claiming NCAA was taking too long to do something, but how long have people really been asking for this? It’s not something that can happen over night the way California is doing and expect it to work without causing major problems. Since you support this bill, surely you have already thought of the best way to regulate it right? I mean surely you don’t simply want to put something into action without knowing how it will be enforced and the consequences of the action right?
Thats precisely the reason the bill doesn’t go into effect for 3 years. So that colleges and universities can develop a system of regulation. Common sense is free!
What the heck is with this awaiting moderation nonsense? There were literally zero questionable words in my comment. What is this, a nanny state??
This law creates a whole bunch of problems, but does the current system not have more problems. Sure, it might lead to some boosters agreeing to pay elite recruits, but that’s an easier pill to swallow than these young men and their families being under the poverty line despite the fact that they are some of the most recognizable and skilled people around.
Most of those kids are eligible for grants even with a full scholarship and the NCAA passed unlimited meals for student athletes a few years ago. It’s not the university’s responsiblity to help the family and with everything those athletic scholarships offer they do take care of the student athletes. I wonder how other kids on scholarship for different sports will feel about this too.
The NCAA should allow student-athletes to work though if they want to
Sounds good until the unscrupulous booster paying elite athletes 100k a year to not show up for work at their car lot is discovered.
I see your point. If that were the case the booster would risk not only being disassociated & heavy sanctions against their university but they could lose a lot more than one business if caught. It could happen but thats a little different than paying a kid or his family behind the scenes
Student athletes are allowed to work. They just have to do it for a fair wage.
Student athletes are allowed to work during the summer, the ncaa doesnt put a barrier on how much they earn while working. Bamarox’s example is pretty much what happened when rhett bomar lost his scholarship @ OU back in ’06
But if we like something how it is now, then current problems are inherently better than future problems due to change! /s
Under the poverty line?? If they are good enough to benefit from this new rule, then they are already on full scholarship. This means they spend a few years with everything paid for getting an education and likely a spot in the NFL when it’s over. I’m sure their families are fine with a few more years of low income while their son works hard like every other college student and then having that son land a 6+ figure income. This nonsense about “these poor kids not getting paid” is ridiculous. Sorry, but a 60k+ scholarship is considerably more than their fellow students are making working fastfood counters to get through school with a much smaller payload at the end.
What?? Make it make sense. This isn’t about you.
That answer doesn’t make any more sense now than it did in your first response to me.
Unless you are a student athlete all your assumptions about what they can get or what their families can handle don’t hold weight. So like I said this isn’t about you.
Again, that makes no sense. I’m not a student athlete, but I was, and I work with them now so you’re kind of backing up my point here. See what happens when you make assumptions?
No, you working with student-athletes and understanding thir current plights and assuming all their families will be just fine waiting is a privilege. So no you being an athlete in the past has what to do with being one today??? lol
I don’t know, you tell me since you’re the one that brought it up as some sort of criteria. I didn’t assume anything, I simply spoke from experience. How is any of this a “privilege”? You’re making even less sense than usual here.
Say it again for the people in the back @brainesman
If I’m an elite athlete playing for Bama I wonder if I can market my likeness for profit in California and still play for Nick? So many questions, so many lawyers!
Here’s my problem among others with this bill. You have a flashy QB and he gets sponsorship in the tune of 250000, but the blindside guard doesn’t make crap, and he is extremely imp to the success of the flashy qb. What about the guy on the practice squad who doesn’t have a scholarship and gets beat up week in and out for the team. how long before they say screw it. It’s going to do wonders for team morale. At least in the pros, they get paid something because the union says so. then there’s that, there’s lawsuits and unions.
But isn’t everyone saying all the players are already getting paid? Or is the argument here that everyone in an organization should get paid the same?
I mean I could go and on about how bad this for college sports but yeah if they have a scholarship they’re being paid and everybody on scholarship is on the same salary. Problem comes with “bonus” based on the players appeal and talent, that’s going to cause problems. How long before agents get involved ” trying to protect the kid” from evil colleges who won’t give the endorsements the family thinks they’re owed.
This a true cluster f$!# to college sports
Please if pro leagues have figured it out then I’m sure they can on the college level. Stop acting as you care about these kids. You sound like the NCAA
Comparing the NCAA to the NFL on same terms is as ridiculous as comparing the US to Sweden when arguing that banning guns works. The NCAA has a completely different set of obstacles than the NFL does.
Thats kind of the point
You’re really backing yourself into a corner here. You literally just claimed if the NFL can figure it out, we should be able to figure it out at the college level. By agreeing with my comment you are arguing against your own point.
How?? Let me help you, meaning there are plenty of intelligent people that can come up with a plan.
You’re talking in circles. None of what you said is even remotely close to “they have plenty of intelligent people”. Even when you deflect after saying something wrong, you still manage to say something wrong again.
Boosters are going to throw a lot of money at recruits. This could impact fundraising and transfers. The implications of this are far reaching and not all possible outcomes are positive. The NCAA really needs to get out in front of this by tackling recruiting issues, transfer issues, and pay issues.
Clearly the NCAA has been sitting on this. They are concerned about their bottom line not what is the best interest of the athlete. if you think that is the case well you haven’t been paying attention.
What “bottom line” is this going to effect for the NCAA? In your own words… make sense.
Exactly. The NCAA that is regulated by no one, is a nonprofit but makes billions off the players and the players are struggling. The point is for it to hurt the NCAA. Does it make sense now.
What???? Aside from the fact that the NCAA absolutely does not “make billions off the players”, how is the point of this to hurt the NCAA??? Literally nothing in this bill hurts the NCAA in any way.
NCAA is a nonprofit, therefore by definition it doesn’t profit off of anything. The large majority of the revenue it collects is distributed to member colleges. Almost all schools’ athletic programs are partly or entirely unable to fund themselves. The NCAA may or may not have the athletes’ best interest at heart, but 1) specifically hurting the NCAA runs the risk of impacting scholarship funding for all student athletes of all sports; 2) the overwhelming majority of Div I-III student athletes are likely not going to get paying endorsements gigs in which they profit off their likeness, so an entire system is jeopardized for the benefit of a few; and 3) throwing money at a problem is absolutely not guaranteed to generate a net positive long term result, either for the athletes or for intercollegiate sports. Allowing teenagers to get paid too much too quickly can and will damage those involved. The real and plain distorting power from the kind of money thrown at sports coupled with the unscrupulous desire for fanatics to see their program win will claim many futures.
Also, scholarship athletes already receive tuition, lodging, and food that can total many hundreds of thousands of dollars, to say nothing of the foregone accumulated interest on the loans that would otherwise be necessary to pay for all that.
Ummm the NCAA made 1.1 billion last year. Actually, it does but okay who does it hurt then?? What will the NCAA need to do if there are multiple states, conferences that start passing bills? How will they maintain their power? Kick everybody out? Or start paying the players from the billions in profits that they make. Sometimes you have to think ahead and understand cause and effect. I see you missed that lesson lovindagame.. lol
Yea Boxster355 you haven’t been paying attention. Everyone loves the NCAA because they are so giving lol
“billions in profits that they make.”
Again: the NCAA is a nonprofit.
You can’t attribute me having a different opinion than you to me “not paying attention”. That’s not only intellectually lazy (you’re conflating staying abreast on a topic you have strong opinions about with actually understanding the issues at play) but also inaccurate. At this point I’m not sure you understand the difference between revenue and profit. Look, I’m not calling the NCAA generous or even a good institution (please try to pay attention). But it is a cold hard fact that they donate hundreds of millions to scholarship funds.
The NCAA, for all its many many faults, provides the framework for college sports to be what it is. If you take that away tens of thousands of athletes who get free education every year because of their ability to play sports, will be jeopardized on account of a small percentage wanting to get paid. And, news flash, they already get paid. Also, this jeopardizes the tax exempt status of the scholarships and benefits received by all athletes. Since you likely don’t understand what that means, let me break it down for you: the free tuition, room & board, food, tutors, clothing, and monthly stipends they receive will be considered taxable income. That alone would thrust many of them into a high tax bracket leaving them owing thousands or tends of thousands each year. To boil this down to “money = good” means in all likelihood it’s you who haven’t really been paying attention to the number of issues impacted by this.
Just to clarify, I’m not arguing student athletes shouldn’t get paid or that the NCAA has their best interests at heart. I’m arguing against student athlete’s making millions in endorsements in an unregulated manner. In my personal opinion, pay should be equal for all athletes and put into escrow until they graduate or meet certain criteria. Pay should not be used as a recruiting tactic and teenagers do not need access to obscene amounts of money.
It’s no use boxster. It’s clear Crmsontide doesn’t really care about facts. He just keeps deflecting when proven wrong to something even more nonsensical.
Combine me me me with money money money, and what do you have?
The final ruination of what was once upon a time college football.
People said the same thing about rock n roll. People far smarter will clearly figure out a formula. Calm down. God forbid your entertainment is interrupted while these players families struggle & they put their lives on the line
You are truly a wonder, by all means please tell us one person that ever claimed combining money with me would ruin rock n roll.
What?? That analogy went over your head. lol…. I am screaming lol
There was no analogy, or if there was one relating rock and roll to anything ante said, it was a grossly inadequate analogy and completely irrelevant to the topic.