$20mil seems like a good enough number for now and will level the playing field to a degree.

It should make these NIL numbers more reasonable too. Wonder if sip can still pay Ewers and them eleventy billion or whatever they claimed.

ahh man , i guess you miss read my post? I have family Aggies. I respect the school. You just seem mad for some reason. Have a whiskey and breath.

as we've discussed before...

schools will have to choose which sports they want to be great in

$20 MM does not go very far if a school wants to be great in more than 3 or 4 sports

and of course...

does Title IX apply to this $20 MM ?

I the ncaa's gravy train is over. What purpose do they serve now? Except for the title games they do very little.

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I the ncaa's gravy train is over. What purpose do they serve now? Except for the title games they do very little.

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So $20 million out of almost $200 in good years before the cfp kicks in will destroy the ncaa? Me thinks that's ludicrous…

Haven't we been saying for a while that the NCAA needs a restart from the ground up? Won't this help accomplish that?

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So, just like now?

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So the new way to cheat is to just secretly spend more than the $20 million cap?

They've solved nothing

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Yeah, seems like it just brings back the old problem. Only really makes sense if that is the school's portion but NIL still exists outside that. Not sure how you could prevent guys from making money from being in commercials or signing autographs.

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you can't, and this settlement allows for it.

highlights from Ross Dellinger twitter:


Revenue Share
- How much: ~$20-22M annually (fluid; will escalate based on school rev figures)
- From: Schools
- To: Athletes
- Distribution: School discretion (Title IX applies)
- Implementation: Summer/Fall 2025
- Exceptions: $5M of Alston/new scholarships can count toward cap


Cap Enforcement
- Court oversight/audits
- Athlete reporting mechanism of 3rd party NIL
- Must be "true NIL" based on developed "fair market value" data
- Enforced thru NCAA/outside entity w/Court backing
- Burden on school/athlete to prove "true NIL"
- No pay-4-play/booster pay


Roster Change
- Eliminates scholarship caps
- Implements new roster limits (not finalized)
- Ability to provide scholarships to entire roster
- Potential football roster reduction to as few as 85 roster spots (on-going discussions)
- Title IX applies

Governance/other
- Potential new DI subdivision for increased power conference rule-making
- Flexibility for leagues to set some own rules
- Rev-share model could be extended beyond 10 yrs
- Plaintiffs agreed to lobby on behalf of NCAA's effort seeking Congressional protections


story here:

https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa-power-five-conferences-vote-to-approve-28b-settlement-in-house-hubbard-and-carter-cases-001736810.html

I dont like that there's a cap limit.

Money is one advantage A&M has always and will always have on most schools and now that's capped…

I hope we're one of those

you are going to see a lot more "real" NIL with commercials, billboards, social media posts, etc. from athletes.

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I dont like that there's a cap limit.

Money is one advantage A&M has always and will always have on most schools and now that's capped…

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Maybe, maybe not. Doesn't seemed to have helped over the last few years anyways

The settlement is dumb. All the big schools will cheat on it. How can one decide if nil money is real or not, when they attach token promotional crap to the player?

Nothing has changed.

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- Court oversight/audits
- Athlete reporting mechanism of 3rd party NIL
- Must be "true NIL" based on developed "fair market value" data
- Enforced thru NCAA/outside entity w/Court backing
- Burden on school/athlete to prove "true NIL"
- No pay-4-play/booster pay

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Allow me to translate for the NCAA:

"We're gonna super-seriously get NIL to work exactly how we wish it would work this time. Yes, we know that there are not really any structural reasons that it won't devolve exactly the same way as before, but you can totally trust that we will stop it this time."

true about the NCAA, but their days are numbered


there will be a new congressionally-backed group heading this up. will they be as feckless as NCAA? my guess is for the P2, probably so.

but i think you see more enforcement on everyone else.

I'm interested in the NFL side of this. Probably going to see a lot more elite players stick past their junior year. And why shouldn't they if they are getting paid big contract $$$, as a pro would, but also get to play against weaker competition?

NFL owners will throw their weight around this at some point, I'm sure. They'll have to give more concessions on rookie deals to pull prospects out of college.

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how much money do you think the football players on going to be getting from the school?

for the elite players, its still less than they will get in NFL and every year they wait to go pro is one year more they have to wait for the big second contract.

I think what this does it allow for mid-range players to stay in college longer.

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I could see the owners wanting that, but good luck getting the players union to agree.

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I'm interested in the NFL side of this. Probably going to see a lot more elite players stick past their junior year. And why shouldn't they if they are getting paid big contract $$$

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how much money do you think the football players on going to be getting from the school?

for the elite players, its still less than they will get in NFL and every year they wait to go pro is one year more they have to wait for the big second contract.

I think what this does it allow for mid-range players to stay in college longer.

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Contract + NIL versus 5 year rookie deal?

Who knows man.

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NewEra2023 said:

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I dont like that there's a cap limit.

Money is one advantage A&M has always and will always have on most schools and now that's capped…

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Maybe, maybe not. Doesn't seemed to have helped over the last few years anyways

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But it has. It's helped get top players. Which you need to win titles. We didn't have coaching or management.

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I dont like that there's a cap limit.

Money is one advantage A&M has always and will always have on most schools and now that's capped…

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I hear what you are saying but there will be work arounds and other "solutions." Programs such as ours, and tu and Ohio State to name a few aren't going to let the rules hamper their decades long advantages.

There are salary caps in all the major sports leagues, save for the MLB. Makes sense there is a cap. And its not like all of A&M's spending has won us anything in the revenue generating sports....