College Watch Thread Belichick and Lombardi Investigated by CSC for UNC NIL

[goheels22002]

UNC football NIL investigation, explained: What to know about College Sports Commission's probe into Tar Heels

UNC's football program is facing more controversy as the College Sports Commission begins an investigation.

sports.yahoo.com

The "College Sports Commission" created by Congress in 2025 is already on the trail of Bill Belichick and Mike Lombardi who was put on administrative leave yesterday. The CSC oversees the NIL money and reporting and has named Lombardi as "person of interest." Belichick's girlfriend, his daughter-in-law's recent arrest warrant, a losing first season, and wholesale departures by 56 players from his first season as HC of UNC made it look like things couldn't get worse. Stay tuned.

 

[Rob0729]

I thought in today's college sports it is nearly impossible to do anything wrong with NIL money. I take that back. I thought there isn't a way to abuse using NIL money that everyone won't look the other way.

 

[XLIX]

Considering there are no rules in today's wild west of NIL, I am very interested in what they are accused of doing. It is not like there is a salary cap, or even individual player limits, you need to circumvent.

Maybe the University is trying to save themselves some money by stabbing him in the back.

 

[upstater1]

UNC football NIL investigation, explained: What to know about College Sports Commission's probe into Tar Heels

UNC's football program is facing more controversy as the College Sports Commission begins an investigation.

sports.yahoo.com

The "College Sports Commission" created by Congress in 2025 is already on the trail of Bill Belichick and Mike Lombardi who was put on administrative leave yesterday. The CSC oversees the NIL money and reporting and has named Lombardi as "person of interest." Belichick's girlfriend, his daughter-in-law's recent arrest warrant, a losing first season, and wholesale departures by 56 players from his first season as HC of UNC made it look like things couldn't get worse. Stay tuned.

I mean, this is a joke. NIL is a joke. There is no way you can possibly run afoul of it, and that commission has already been gelded

 

[sieglo]

Belichick seems to have somehow developed an almost uncanny talent for self-destruction.

 

[BennyBledsoe]

Lombardi sounds like he is delusional. He wouldn't let Patriots scout UNC players.... and then none of them got drafted. Yeah, sounds like the rest of the league was just beating down the doors for all that talent, big man.

 

[JoeSixPat]

Lombardi sounds like he is delusional. He wouldn't let Patriots scout UNC players.... and then none of them got drafted. Yeah, sounds like the rest of the league was just beating down the doors for all that talent, big man.

Banning Patriots' access wasn't just self-defeating in what should have been their efforts to get SOMEONE drafted from the team

It was also probably unconstitutional and at the very least misuse of their state-paid positions, but just for the overall impact to future UNC players hoping to be drafted, I had a feeling that episode might not go away

Maybe that and the potential for misuse of NIL funds (and who knows how the "HR" component may fit into this) seems like the NCAA has a lot to look at

Bill Belichick's Patriots ban could get North Carolina sued

The juicy feud between Belichick and his former team could still get juicier.

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[Tunescribe]

 

[BUSTAMOVE]

I wish BB and Brady went off in the sunset. They both are becoming a horse and pony show

 

[Tunescribe]

I wish BB and Brady went off in the sunset. They both are becoming a horse and pony show

Yup. It's like they became different people en route to getting positively cringeworthy.

 

[BUSTAMOVE]

Yup. It's like they became different people en route to getting positively cringeworthy.

Sybil and Sybil (the sequel)

 

[BennyBledsoe]

I wish BB and Brady went off in the sunset. They both are becoming a horse and pony show

Historic coach and historic QB... now historically imploding their own reputations. It's really quite sad to see.

 

[neuronet]

Why the hell are people dragging Brady into this thread

 

[ViperGTS]

Why the hell are people dragging Brady into this thread

The similarities are somewhat obvious. They are both tied at the hip for good or bad and neither is really covering themselves in glory right now.

 

[upstater1]

Belichick seems to have somehow developed an almost uncanny talent for self-destruction.

Do you guys follow college ball?

This is a big nothing.

The Commission has gone after dozens of big programs and they've always gotten egg on their face. In fact, their enforcement wing has been sued and lost countless times already.

It's the wild west for college football right now.

 

[Bill Lee]

UNC football NIL investigation, explained: What to know about College Sports Commission's probe into Tar Heels

UNC's football program is facing more controversy as the College Sports Commission begins an investigation.

sports.yahoo.com

The "College Sports Commission" created by Congress in 2025 is already on the trail of Bill Belichick and Mike Lombardi who was put on administrative leave yesterday. The CSC oversees the NIL money and reporting and has named Lombardi as "person of interest." Belichick's girlfriend, his daughter-in-law's recent arrest warrant, a losing first season, and wholesale departures by 56 players from his first season as HC of UNC made it look like things couldn't get worse. Stay tuned.

This will fire up the "cheaters" crowd for sure.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

Historic coach and historic QB... now historically imploding their own reputations. It's really quite sad to see.

Gulliani syndrome. Not getting political but it's someone who had a stellar reputation who " jumped the shark" and crashed and burned.
If it turns out that TB was the "inside source" who get Seattle info, I'll be even more po'd.

 

[rkarp1]

there is so much smoke around Lombo. always has been.
was always fired, yet was able to hang around as a friend of Bill
the haters are all coming out, and none are too complimentary of Lombo.

 

[Triumph]

The sky is falling.

Of the 56 players gone from last season, 23 were Seniors. So, 33 players up and left from a 4 win team.

 

[goheels22002]

I mean, this is a joke. NIL is a joke. There is no way you can possibly run afoul of it, and that commission has already been gelded

The early word is that UNC football concealed NIL payments which is the core of the "College Sports Commission" oversight role. The CSC does not have subpoena power which makes reporting voluntary at worst unless the Commission can bring down a hammer that genuinely affects the revenue from college sports. Knowing what we all know about Mike Lombardi, he probably saw an opportunity to mess around in the gray areas of the NIL and CSC in the first year of the attempt to put some guardrails on the mess that NIL has become. There are no signs that the other revenue sports skirted the rules at UNC.