(10-30-2019 09:53 AM)niu79 Wrote:  It will be definitely interesting. Other than the top names, can't see much of a legitimate market for 99.9% of college athletes. The demand just doesn't exist. However, as mentioned earlier in this thread, watch for the creative uses that arise for boosters to pay athletes under the guise of using their "names and likenesses".

I can. Teams that are successful year after year after year cannot be carried by one or two stars. They need the guys in the trenches, and the better they are, the better the stars shine. Quite a few P5 schools have alumni with plenty of cash who, as I said earlier, could easily "sponsor" a player with a "magic endorsement."

Here's an idea: a gazillionaire backer of Big Name U. buys a local hot dog stand, and then "hires" 15 top hs graduates to "endorse" it, the 15 also coincidentally being on the coach's gotta-get list. Or the booster just tells the coach "hand out 15 endorsements."

Their incentive in college is to have a chance to move onto the NFL and retire by 30-35 with millions in the bank, and receive free schooling at top universities in the process. This whole "its for the players" argument is garbage, its fueled by greed. Schools just see it as a way to lure better players. I see it as a degradation of the recruiting process, because instead of trying to sell the school, its academics, culture, the team, coaches, etc. its just going to be: "here's how much money you can earn from these potential deals and advertisements here."

I can just picture how much money is going to be wasted on deals to try and bring players in that are "hyped" up only for them to be a bust either with their performance on the field or off it.

(10-29-2019 09:46 PM)HuskieManiac Wrote:  

(10-29-2019 08:01 PM)uiniu57 Wrote:  

(10-29-2019 07:09 PM)HuskieManiac Wrote:  If anything this is better for g5 schools more than it hurts them, they’ll get recruits they never would of landed before.
Think big fish in a small pond kind of thing, recruits that would be just another guy in the line up could be a star at NIU and therefore might get sponsors they wouldn’t of acquired other wise.

Nice try but that won't happen.
No. 1, the P5s will set their own rules and if anything that will include expanding roster slots or red-shirt rules.
No. 2, what "sponsors" are going to opt to promote someone from a G5 program over spending their money on a P5? Seriously, how many companies are debating spending dollars on G5 schools instead of a P5 athlete?
No. 3, recruits right now don't choose to be big fish in a small pond. Recruits now are willing to sit the bench at a P5 rather than take the chance to be a star with a G5.
No. 4, IF, and that's a huge if, a G5 player is successful enough to draw sponsors that kid will start thinking "gee, I could make even more at a P5 program" not to mention P5 programs will use that same pitch to poach kids.

I’d have to disagree.
Because this allows college athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness, it may help G5 programs; a good player on a P5 team may get more publicity at a G5 program hence the big fish in a smaller pond type of deal....the top G5 guys will get paid. A guy like Sutton or Lynch would have gotten paid. You may find high 3 star/low 4 star guys realize their best endorsement opportunity is absolutely crushing it with huge stats at a good G5 and not languishing on the bench at a good P5.

And I'll disagree again.
The top G5 guys -- IF they get paid -- will make peanuts and will be convinced they can make more at a P5, and the P5s will use that mentality to poach them. As mentioned previously, we can't find someone willing to buy naming rights, advertising became harder to come by and what passes for a game program now pales in comparison to the Huskie Illustrated Korcek and his staff used to produce. The rich will get richer. Greed is not good for G5s. Money is tighter than ever except at the P5 level.