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I think the kid is a take no question, I’d like to see him in the class

The key things to look at are first, how many deals are being turned down for not meeting the FMV threshold and second, how many lawsuits are filed regarding deals not accepted. The NCAA has a recent history of caving at the mere mention of lawsuits, given their history of losing so many court cases the past few years. I just checked and the updated stats seem to indicate the agents have figured out ways to make most deals 'legal'. From Associated Press article More than $87 million in NIL deals have been approved in college sports since June (updated Nov 9 so pretty recent): (quote) The College Sports Commission released statistics Thursday saying it has approved 12,175 third-party name, image, likeness deals for athletes worth $87.5 million while rejecting fewer than 400. The latest snapshot, which includes data from June 11 through Nov. 1, also provided an update on turnaround time. It said 53% of deals submitted to NIL Go were resolved within 24 hours and 74% of deals that reached resolution did so within seven days following submission of all required information. Third-party deals, often with organizations with close ties to the schools called collectives, are a way for athletic departments to go beyond the $20.5 million they’re allowed to pay players directly this academic year as part of the court-approved House settlement. ... The overall value of the rejected deals was $10.01 million, with an average of $25,400. Common reasons for rejecting deals include them not fitting the CSC definition of having a “valid business purpose,” a requirement designed to prevent collectives from simply paying athletes to play at the school. Also, a practice called “warehousing” athletes’ NIL rights is against the rules; that happens when a company locks up a player’s NIL rights with no immediate plan to use them. Athletes must also be receiving a fair “range of compensation” for what they’re doing, a metric being determined by Deloitte, the accounting firm hired by the CSC to create NIL Go. The 394 rejected deals does not include deals that were not cleared at first but have been sent back for further review. The CSC said no cases have been sent to arbitration. (/quote) This will be an ongoing story but so far it looks like the 3rd party deals are going through relatively unscathed. Would be nice to know if the really big ones like Felix Ojo's $5 million+ deal are getting approved.

A little bit of a throwback player? I hope he hasn't topped out!!!!

I'll go see him next week. If Texas has a spot for him, yes.

@CJ Vogel you think Walker ends up in the Texas class?

Hard to establish true market value with a small data set and looming lawsuits for denials. It's going to take a few more years to work itself out.

Both are very good shooters. Love to see Vic continue to recruit tough skilled shooters.

Put 15 pounds on him and get a John Riggins diesel.

We need a guy named Jett on the team. I also wanted that guy named Tank.

I was surprised that they had 14 wins in the last three seasons. They have been on hard times for a few years.

No. She is back for her senior year.

....should be another variable of stimulation for our team. Players want respect and it appears we aren't getting any against Georgia. Kirby strikes me as that punk in high school who got away with everything, because his dad was on the School Board. Notice how he walks on the field, and argues with refs. He is treated differently than other coaches.

In all practical terms, isn't NIL now almost totally unregulated? Aren't we truly in the twilight zone? I haven't heard of anyone's NIL being turned down for being outside of "true market value."

Booker will be back next year. The new WNBA deal likely will pay top players several million annually. They are about to get a huge raise.

Just because it wasn’t related to the sideline incident doesn’t mean it’s not related to the root cause. This type of thing smells of alcohol. The hypocrisy at a Baptist school like Baylor knows no bounds. And before anyone says that this is a jump-to-conclusion presumption, isn’t that the point of a thread like this, speculation?

Won't reclassify based on a conversation earlier. Sarkisian stopped by a game last week. Ohio State is the clear leader. TexasA&M a big threat as well.

Expected to stay in 2027. As Jeff pointed out ... the All-Star games have become combo senior/junior due to NIL, not wanting to risk injury, more kids graduating HS in December and passing on the games NIL "agents" are definitely pushing back against their seniors playing more and more

Just heard @Bobby Burton state his concern about them now sneaking Utah in the playoffs. Couple that with anything associated with Arky not liking Texas. We are skating on thin ice with 3 losses if we drop another game. The Big 12 deserves no more than 1 or 2 teams but it wouldn't surprise me a 3rd now. Makes winning out even more important for us and OU.

I can only assume that you are a younger man than I. Let me bring you up to speed. When Duffy Daugherty was head football coach, MSU football adopted the Nascar Philosophy......"if you ain't cheatin, you ain"t tryin". Lo and behold, football played for a Natty. The entire athletic department then embraced the concept. Here you can insert football, basketball, gymnastics, et. al. It is now cultural. Probably a 3 hour credit course. UM, on the other hand, stayed with low level, under the table stuff. You know, the standard way of doing business in college athletics up until NIL. Just small stuff kept under the table. One final thought: MSU, or course, isn't the only culprit. There are others, but the Spartans seem to be solid in their long-term commitment. Bros?: If you rearrange the initials, you get SMU.................is that weird, or what?

Would relish Clemson losing tonight on the way to missing a bowl

Baptists don’t drink. So no, just no.

She's a junior, on the women's side, the pro league money is not like it is on the men's side (Caitlin Clark's league salary is 70k), I think for most superstar athletes in college with NIL will make more than they do in the pros. Unless she's got a major endorsement deal that would require her to go pro in order to get it, it's likely she'll stay for her senior year. Throw in that if the WNBA goes on lockout because a deal can't be reached and it makes a ton of sense for her to stay for her senior year. Maybe even do graduate school like Harmon. Separately, my guess is that Harmon wasn't going to go very high in the draft, if drafted at all, in which case she'd make more money with NIL than going pro last year and thus returned. To answer your question though, eventually, most likely Crump will take Booker's place as main scorer, though Booker has elite scorer traits so it likely won't be a one for one.

Just pace back and forth. Better for your health & soul.

Agreed. We may have to self medicate during the game.