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

[rkarp1]

the issues appear 2-fold
NIL issues, which may be much ado about nothing/SOP in the NIL age....and HR issues with complaints filed by a former front office employee
Bill is going to have to perform some magic to escape a 1-4 start, with TCU, Clemson, ND and Pitt up early

 

[neuronet]

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.

You know what team isn't plagued by scandal?

 

[203Pat]

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

I don’t know which one is more sad at this point. Bill is at some second rate school in the south clinging onto the only crappy job he was able to get. Brady is a huckster who is tying himself to some of the biggest weasels out there. From his crypto nonsense, to being the ringleader of Michael Rubin's nonsense, and then the latest publicity stunt, slapping a YouTuber.

It really is pathetic to see the franchise's two biggest stars out there embarrassing themselves like this.

 

[203Pat]

You know what team isn't plagued by scandal?

 

[upstater1]

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.

My point: this has already happened at numerous schools and the CSC could do nothing about it. There's a $20m cap on athlete payments, but when the CSC has gone after schools for exceeding it, they've been sued and meekly stood down. In fact, there is litigation about their enforcement right now.

As for other revenue sports skirting the rules, it's $20m for the entire athletic department, not for football. I guarantee you the other schools are skirting the rules. Top basketball schools are paying $15m-$20m for their payroll right now.

You're telling me football at UNC gives no money?\

Here's an article backing what I'm saying: College basketball rosters now start at $10 million. And one league is spending 3 times that

$30 million dollar rosters for basketball alone!

You're saying that one of the bluebloods of college basketball 9s deliberately deemphasizing their program?

 

[BUSTAMOVE]

I don’t know which one is more sad at this point. Bill is at some second rate school in the south clinging onto the only crappy job he was able to get. Brady is a huckster who is tying himself to some of the biggest weasels out there. From his crypto nonsense, to being the ringleader of Michael Rubin's nonsense, and then the latest publicity stunt, slapping a YouTuber.

It really is pathetic to see the franchise's two biggest stars out there embarrassing themselves like this.

Next thing is they are both going to wrestle against each other in Wrestlemania. Imagine the outfit Jordan comes up with for Bill and herself

 

[UGAPatsfan]

My point: this has already happened at numerous schools and the CSC could do nothing about it. There's a $20m cap on athlete payments, but when the CSC has gone after schools for exceeding it, they've been sued and meekly stood down. In fact, there is litigation about their enforcement right now.

As for other revenue sports skirting the rules, it's $20m for the entire athletic department, not for football. I guarantee you the other schools are skirting the rules. Top basketball schools are paying $15m-$20m for their payroll right now.

You're telling me football at UNC gives no money?\

Here's an article backing what I'm saying: College basketball rosters now start at $10 million. And one league is spending 3 times that

$30 million dollar rosters for basketball alone!

You're saying that one of the bluebloods of college basketball 9s deliberately deemphasizing their program?

Texas and Texas A&M reportedly both spend double that amount. It’s been a topic as Kirby Smart has taken an oddly firm stance on excessive NIL deals. He prefers to spread the wealth as it were and pay players who have been in the system. Lot of grumbling about that from GA faithful as we seem to lose out on blue chips a lot these days.