superunknown said:

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If i was a billionaire i would totally fund a NIL campaign large enough to buy literally any recruit. All i ask in return is the pimp cane and for me to take over social media when people complain so i can just post "damn, yall smell like poverty"

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This is why you'll never be a billionaire

Sparkie said:

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Is there anything stopping a player from signing then go directly into the portal?

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No

Transfers need to sit for a year, or have 2 years between transfers.

This transfer every season is stupidity free agency.

If players are getting paid there needs to be contracts like the NFL.

These high school kids have more leverage than NFL athletes. It's absurd.

A-A Ron said:

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Insert gif "sorry, I'm poor". Poor bama...boo hook just like Saban's whining that started the fight with Jimbo.

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The most ironic thing of all this crap to me is remember a couple of years ago when Saban accused Jimbo of buying that recruiting class? Jimbo had to defend himself and deny it ? Now it's all out in the open and everyone is doing it and it's widely accepted that that is what NIL really is. Why was it such a bad thing when Jimbo did it??yet it's ok for Oregon, Texas, Michigan, bama, etc?

How bad could it be? Looks like they just beat us for the Miami WR.

TAM85 said:

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How bad could it be? Looks like they just beat us for the Miami WR.

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They've gotten some nice players, but it's chaps my ass that when Jimbo was in front of this, the nation was appalled. Two years later, Michigan is paying a qb 12 million dollars and people say nothing.

The factors that separated ou and bama from the rest were their willingness/ability to cheat and history.

LB12Diamond said:

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Bill Superman said:

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Is this news still?

It's why Saban retired, remember.

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Nope

Bama's AD is just crying bc he's going to have to pay his Freshman WR a lot more than they were expecting.


A couple of years ago Bama tried to steal a TE from Utah by contacting him with an offer. And they are now upset others are doing the same to their WR. It's always the guilty that hate when others do on to them what they do to others.

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I corrected it for you. Go back and edit yours.

For the life of me, I can't figure out why anyone would spend their hard earned money to pay players after all the money the school sucks out of them before they even get in to the stadium.

Ragnar Danneskjoldd said:

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what the ROI for the donors? What do they get out of it? Surely its not tax deductible, is it?

I cant imagine writing huge checks for a team in which I have 0 vested interest lose 4-5 games every year. God bless them.

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Depends.

Donations to the 12th Man above and beyond seat license and tickets are tax deductible. Charitable 501c3. TMF funds are not used for NIL. TMF revenues are used for ships and facilities. There are deduction limits on charitable donations

Amplify is a match making service to make direct NIL payments to athletes. These payments are 100% deductible as ad expense. Of course you need a proprietorship, LLC, S-Corp, etc to expense them. Any expected true ROI, could be measured by increased business revenue. Wink, wink...

TxAgs United donations are not tax deductible in any way. ROI is increased content, swag, access to athletes and autographs, etc. These might assuage or amplify BAS.

I have wondered how NIL payments and collective donations are affecting Booster Club donations collectively. You could look at their financials and tell if it is hurting revenues. With increased scholarship limits for all sports, Booster Club revenues will be needed. W/ the current system, most of these revenues are gonna come from increased seat license and ticket fees.

IMHO, direct NIL payments offer the best ROI opportunity. But, beware.

I'm not ever buying a Dr Pepper again, shopping at Dicks, or staying at a Marriott...

Sea Speed said:

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For the life of me, I can't figure out why anyone would spend their hard earned money to pay players after all the money the school sucks out of them before they even get in to the stadium.

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I can.....

We need to get Khalid Al-Falih more interested in football

We need NIL salary caps.

45-70Ag said:

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Alabama fans,
 
Over the past few years, there have been drastic changes in college athletics. We have been careful during this transitional period to protect our position at the top of college athletics while being mindful to listen, engage and learn from our generous…

— Greg Byrne (@Greg_Byrne) December 18, 2024

While nice to see Alabama struggle, this will be every school at some point down the road. The current system is going to ruin athletic departments.

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Well we know that athletic departments can swallow a $76 million dollar coach buyout so I'd say the ceiling is pretty high before "ruin" happens. It's pretty rich tha Bama the school that built a war chest in the old system is crying about the new system.

Cromagnum said:

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We need NIL salary caps.

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Let's make it fair and require coaches to coach for free for 120 years…