DenverAggie said:@94chem, it's easier than that. The market will decide all that.94chem said:
No, but I do think the players should have to pay rent for the free platform they have. Research professors have to pay about 51% of their funds to A&M in overhead costs. For athletes, this overhead is the cost of their education, i.e. total attendance. If they want to make money off NIL, they should pay for their free platform first.
That's about as conservative as it gets. It's called "pay your debts before you get paid."
Play this out with me: t.u. and A&M are recruiting the #1 QB. A&M's contract says we're offering $5M but we're making the player pay for all that stuff you think they should pay for. t.u.'s contract is $5M. Who does the recruit choose?
Which market is that? The one where heavily government-subsidized universities use public funding to drive up the costs of attendance, while at the same time giving free room, board, and tuition to select students who can then market themselves using the heavily subsided and overpriced platform without paying anything themselves? Is that the market you mean? Is that your idea of a free market?
94chem,
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough