re: Miami hurricane’s Isaiah wong: I will transfer if my NIL compensation isn’t increased

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He has an agent, too? How can he possibly be eligible to play, then?

Ah, I can still hear those all-knowing posters who said "it's only name and likeness". They didn't believe that name and likeness would not be limited to autographs and jerseys with their names on it. They were sure that this was going to solve everything.

It is literally the end of college sports, unless they put an end to this garbage. They go to college, but this is now professional minor leagues.

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A player...any person...should ABSOULTELY be able to be compensated for another's use of his/her name, image or likeness. The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled as much.

The issue is not necessarily NIL as it is NIL in connection with the "one free transfer" rule. What the Miami basketball player is doing is not anything different than what several players have done since NIL was made "legal" along with implementation of the transfer rules. He's just the first to publicly state he is leveraging his position for a greater NIL deal.

Players were getting paid by boosters LONG before NIL. They just didn't transfer as much because the rules made it very prohibitive to do so (sit out one year; couldn't transfer in conference or to schools on a coach's list). Now, all a player has to do is enter his name in the portal, even without the coach's knowledge, and any school can contact him to recruit him.

NIL was obviously a game changer. But that, coupled with the transfer rules, gives players almost all of the leverage.