Just wait until agents become involved, and call themselves

Will be players realizing how little their "image" is worth. Sure, we all think Trevor Lawrence, Tua Tulapatalova and Jalen Hurts are big celebrities, but I'd bet about 95% of the population have no idea what those guys even look like. If Jake Fromm was standing in my kitchen right now I'd have no idea who he was. To be honest, outside of Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers, I couldn't name another NFL player who has a big time endorsement deal. I have no idea what products Cam Newton endorces, maybe Ann Taylor?

And if you think the shady car-dealer boosters are going to start paying players for endorcements and put it on the books, you're crazy. They ain't gonna mail out 1099s to these kids. Why give a cut to Uncle Sam when all you gotta do is make a "donation" to the player's dad/uncle's "church"?

There might be some deals from the Nikes and Addidas for basketball players, which is really just what they've been doing all along but now it's legal ( probably a CYA for the NCAA from the FBI investigation), but really I don't see there being a lot of money in football. Jersey sales revenues are still going to the university, players might get some money off t-shirts and autographs, but that's about it. The superstars are only on a College team for a couple years, I don't see any legit good football player deciding to play for Texas over Clemson because he can get a few thousand dollars more in t-shirt sales.

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Re: I think it will impact recuriting.

Oct 30, 2019, 9:16 AM [ in reply to I think it will impact recuriting. ]

bretfsu said:

Billy Bob Booster tells a HS kid, "Sign with Big Tech U and I'll pay you 100K to let me sit on the stage with you when you announce if you will autograph a picture of that moment for me."

Basketball players will be given shoe contracts by Nike, Adidas, New Balance, etc. for signing with the university the shoe company tells them to sign with. (For players like Zion, he will get his multi-million dollar deal the moment he signs his LOI, not the moment he declares for the NBA draft.

As for star athletes in college, like Tua and TL, It could become something like, "If you sign an exclusive deal with me and agree not to endorse any of my competitors (car company, local bank, - whatever company the moneybags booster works for) I'll pay you $100K per year."

1. This is already happening in college basketball, and most college basketball fans never left. Maybe fringe fans, but not die-hards.

2. No one college football player moves the needle that much where there will be an influx of people offering them $100,000 + to go to one school. Maybe a generational QB, but not likely. How many Clemson QBs that we have had do you think would make a decision on going to a school based on that? Certainly not Watson, Lawrence, or DJU. If a player can be bought that easily, do we even really want them? Rumor has it that we stopped recruiting Zach Evans once he had "handlers" involved. The rumor now is he hasn't committed anywhere because his camp is waiting on the highest bid. Is any RB worth that?

3. In an interview with Bomani Jones, Booger McFarland says that players exaggerate greatly what amounts of money, if any, was ever offered to them to up their clout. States while at LSU, he was never offered more than a few hundred dollars under the table. There is no way someone offered Rashan Gary $300,000 to go to a school. A player like that might be worth 1 more win a year.

4. We all need to wait until we see how rules are implemented before jumping to conclusions on how this is going to ruin college football. Players that will be offered thousands of dollars, are probably already getting it.

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