While supporting true NIL, we have to avoid a state-by-state patchwork of pay-to-play and revenue sharing mandates. Forces beyond our control are gathering strength and whatever we do in the future, we need to avoid employee status and unionization, because I believe it'll be disastrous.
"College athletics has never been about paid athletes, although benefits are plentiful and remain that way. He sees paying players as an existential challenge and it seems to be where everything is headed, whether we like it or not. Otherwise, NIL is paying to entice recruits and paying current roster players, regardless of their true NIL value."
Perhaps we can put some restrictions on them down the road, basically to ensure that NIL is rooted in a rational, fair market value system. We'll have to see how the collectives that have been set up play out. "NIL is here to stay and it wouldn't be an issue if, in fact, it really was NIL, but it's not at the current time. He recognized there might be skeptics when it comes to said approach and it may seem like an oxymoron at this point to place something like college sports in the hands of legislative officials, but he believes it's possible to find a coordinated approach. I believe we can work together nationally to stabilize the currently unsettled situation."Īresco noted they may need help from Congress in this feat.
But, at the other end of the spectrum is fewer NFL style professionals, is that what we want? Is there a reasonable middle ground that retains the student-athlete experience and does not make our student athletes employees or union members? I believe so. "What will college sports look like in the future and what do we want it to look like? The amateur model we've embraced for decades is gone and we can't pretend it still exists.
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