Ye Olde Green Wave Forum

I say:
If they're gonna be professionals, let the teams be organized and funded as professional. Stop the charade that they are representing academic institutions. Create a minor league of NFL affiliates, just as mlb did. Let the schools stick to academics and forget about the whole "school spirit" baloney.

At Tulane, a scholarship represents a rather impressive salary for an 18-year old.

I say:
If they're gonna be professionals, let the teams be organized and funded as professional. Stop the charade that they are representing academic institutions. Create a minor league of NFL affiliates, just as mlb did. Let the schools stick to academics and forget about the whole "school spirit" baloney.

At Tulane, a scholarship represents a rather impressive salary for an 18-year old.

I say:
If they're gonna be professionals, let the teams be organized and funded as professional. Stop the charade that they are representing academic institutions. Create a minor league of NFL affiliates, just as mlb did. Let the schools stick to academics and forget about the whole "school spirit" baloney.

At Tulane, a scholarship represents a rather impressive salary for an 18-year old.

I don't see why it will hurt

Because an athlete who might consider going to Tulane or other G5 school now has to consider that even playing for South Carolina or Indiana, say, will afford them more opportunity for his name/mug to be on national broadcasts when those teams play Bama or OSU, and therefore a greater opportunity to cash in on the rule change on earnings from their likeness.

It will force Tulane and other similar schools to eventually drop their sports programs or turn to Division 3 because the costs will become so high that they will never be able to compete with other major programs with large alumnus and donor bases.

You can go to Tulane and start a YouTube channel (and even talk about something interesting) and have 1000 followers and not make a cent. Or you can go to {insert name of any decently large P5 school} and start a YouTube channel where you do nothing but say "what's up" every day and have hundreds of thousands of followers and probably make a lot of money just because you are a player on that team.

In other words, the unfairness is already baked into the scheme. The schools that have been good and have large, rabid fan-bases can literally sell their recruits on how many followers they'll get on social media and how much money that translates into. Think about Notre Dame. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions. BYU... if that's allowed (I don't know). Bama, Ohio State, Texas. The rich will get richer without the school spending a cent. This is a P5 school dream.

Of course, there's also the possibility of players trying to get internet famous (and having a bigger audience from the start) and doing something really dumb to get attention. I just can't wait for the weekly "best social media post" segment during the game I'm watching.

You can go to Tulane and start a YouTube channel (and even talk about something interesting) and have 1000 followers and not make a cent. Or you can go to {insert name of any decently large P5 school} and start a YouTube channel where you do nothing but say "what's up" every day and have hundreds of thousands of followers and probably make a lot of money just because you are a player on that team.

In other words, the unfairness is already baked into the scheme. The schools that have been good and have large, rabid fanbases can literally sell their recruits on how many followers they'll get on social media and how much money that translates into. Think about Notre Dame. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions. BYU... if that's allowed (I don't know). Bama, Ohio State, Texas. The rich will get richer without the school spending a cent. This is a P5 school dream.

Of course, there's also the possibility of players trying to get internet famous (and having a bigger audience from the start) and doing something really dumb to get attention. I just can't wait for the weekly "best social media post" segment during the game I'm watching.

You can go to Tulane and start a YouTube channel (and even talk about something interesting) and have 1000 followers and not make a cent. Or you can go to {insert name of any decently large P5 school} and start a YouTube channel where you do nothing but say "what's up" every day and have hundreds of thousands of followers and probably make a lot of money just because you are a player on that team.

In other words, the unfairness is already baked into the scheme. The schools that have been good and have large, rabid fanbases can literally sell their recruits on how many followers they'll get on social media and how much money that translates into. Think about Notre Dame. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions. BYU... if that's allowed (I don't know). Bama, Ohio State, Texas. The rich will get richer without the school spending a cent. This is a P5 school dream.

Of course, there's also the possibility of players trying to get internet famous (and having a bigger audience from the start) and doing something really dumb to get attention. I just can't wait for the weekly "best social media post" segment during the game I'm watching.

Seems like the consensus is that this will be the death of programs like Tulane. I presume this could be a very quick process. Great, lots to look forward to.

Seems like the consensus is that this will be the death of programs like Tulane. I presume this could be a very quick process. Great, lots to look forward to.

I don't see how this gives a bigger recruiting advantage than they already have. I worry it may make a big difference in the transfer market. How so? Say a red-shirt Junior at a G5 school is all-conference. He might be more likely to grad transfer to a school where he can make money off of his likeness more easily. I do think there is a negative side to this as well. You touched on it a little. This can expose the players to more ways to be negatively impacted. I also think it may divide the locker room some in places where teams are not doing so well. It certainly incentivizes the self promotion aspect. I think that will be the biggest change for fans. Now many players will be worried about their "brand." That will take some getting used to.

Is this being stopped now?