New NCAA NIL guidance...recruiting "rules"

[18IsTheMan]

As it stands, schools can use 3rd party cooperatives to pool NIL money that may be distributed to current athletes or given to recruits as a financial promise as an incentive to sign. BUT boosters can't be involved in recruiting. AND the release from the NCAA said "the board expects all Division I institutions to follow our recruiting rules". What a total joke. So, 3rd party cooperatives can pay recruits to sign BUT boosters can't be involved. Yeah, good luck enforcing that one. And what recruiting rules are there to follow? Once you can openly pay recruits to sign, what other rule is there? That's the only one that has ever mattered.

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

The NIL just put it out in the open. We already know boosters were paying recruits under the table to sign, which was one of the worst kept secrets in CFB.
With Alabama being the most aggressive of them all.
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/alabama's-long-history-unpunished-ncaa-violations-under-nick-saban

 

[18IsTheMan]

The NIL just put it out in the open. We already know boosters were paying recruits under the table to sign, which was one of the worst kept secrets in CFB.
With Alabama being the most aggressive of them all.
https://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/alabama's-long-history-unpunished-ncaa-violations-under-nick-saban

Right. It's just funny to hear the NCAA talk about recruiting rules. Now that it's acceptable to openly pay recruits to sign, the only important recruiting rule has been obliterated. What other recruiting rule really matters?

 

[ToddFlanders]

I don't give the NCAA much grace, but I feel like in this situation they are forced to figure it out as they go (and it's going to be a bumpy road). The lawmakers and courts thrust this on the NCAA, and they were wholly unprepared - and I don't really blame them since it was never really a possibility in most people's minds.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I don't give the NCAA much grace, but I feel like in this situation they are forced to figure it out as they go (and it's going to be a bumpy road). The lawmakers and courts thrust this on the NCAA, and they were wholly unprepared - and I don't really blame them since it was never really a possibility in most people's minds.

All true. But the notion of having recruiting rules goes out the window when you can openly pay players to sign. And, why even bother trying to enforce keeping boosters uninvolved? Why does it matter if a 3rd party cooperative pays a recruit to sign or a booster pays a recruit to sign?

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

I don't give the NCAA much grace, but I feel like in this situation they are forced to figure it out as they go (and it's going to be a bumpy road). The lawmakers and courts thrust this on the NCAA, and they were wholly unprepared - and I don't really blame them since it was never really a possibility in most people's minds.

Exactly. The NCAA fought this all the way up to SCOTUS. SCOTUS ruled 9-0 in favor of NIL, so anyone blaming the NCAA for this scenario is simply uninformed.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Exactly. The NCAA fought this all the way up to SCOTUS. SCOTUS ruled 9-0 in favor of NIL, so anyone blaming the NCAA for this scenario is simply uninformed.

NCAA is not to blame for NIL, but why keep up the pretense of not allowing boosters to pay recruits?

 

[DrMickeySC]

Exactly. The NCAA fought this all the way up to SCOTUS. SCOTUS ruled 9-0 in favor of NIL, so anyone blaming the NCAA for this scenario is simply uninformed.

Certainly, the NCAA should have had enough time to work up a plan for how to live with NIL. They act surprised.

 

[KingWard]

There is no plan. There will be no plan. There can be no plan. It's carte blanche on the NIL. The transfer portal can be regulated - if there's the will.

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

There is no plan. There will be no plan. There can be no plan. It's carte blanche on the NIL. The transfer portal can be regulated - if there's the will.

Initial discussions are being held within the NCAA to limit the portal to 2 windows. Right after the end of the regular season, and right after spring scrimmages.
I am not certain as to the time of the proposed windows, it may not be ideal, but at least it's a start.

 

[18IsTheMan]

It's like having the portal but not allowing tampering. Of course there's going to be tampering. Certainly it would all take place through back channels, but it's impossible to have the portal without their being tampering. It cannot be done, so why pretend that it can? Why pretend there are recruiting rules when there are not?

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

It's like having the portal but not allowing tampering. Of course there's going to be tampering. Certainly it would all take place through back channels, but it's impossible to have the portal without their being tampering. It cannot be done, so why pretend that it can? Why pretend there are recruiting rules when there are not?

 

[18IsTheMan]

Definitely not the same as it ever was. Not even remotely close. Players have not always been able to transfer FBS to FBS with immediate eligibility.

Was there tampering prior to the portal and the ruling that players don't have to sit out a year? To some extent, but nothing even close to what it is now.

 

[Harvard Gamecock]

Players have not always been able to transfer FBS to FBS with immediate eligibility.

My post was in response to your comment(s) concerning recruiting rules. See highlighted text.

 

[18IsTheMan]

My post was in response to your comment(s) concerning recruiting rules. See highlighted text.

Oh, ok. Gotcha. My bad.

Well, yes, I agree recruits have always been paid to some degree through back channels. But they weren't supposed to so the NCAA could at least talk about recruiting rules. Now that players can be openly paid, to talk about recruiting rules now just seems so silly. And I don't see any basis for not allowing Boosters to pay recruits to come to a school but a 3rd party cooperative can. How does that make any sense?