re: This is why our NIL is behind.

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Lady Scone, who I rarely agree with, suggested on his show this week that the only way we can fund LSU's collective is with a couple of dollar tax on each ticket sale.

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I heard him make this suggestion, and I’m not convinced it would even be legal.

State law says that neither “a postsecondary institution” (i.e. LSU) nor “an entity whose purpose includes supporting or benefiting such institution or its intercollegiate athletic programs” (i.e. TAF) can compensate an athlete for NIL.

I’m not sure there’s any distinction between LSU/TAF compensating athletes directly vs. paying an NIL collective that then compensates the athletes.

I’m also not convinced you can reasonably argue that the ticket holders are the ones actually paying the NIL collective if the athletic department/TAF are the ones implementing and collecting the fee.

I’m not saying it would 100% be illegal, but at that point you’re really opening yourself up to potential problems (keeping in mind that currently, the NCAA uses individual state laws as the barometer for what is/is not permissible).

I can certainly see the argument for taking a “consequences be damned” approach and calling the NCAA’s bluff. I guess it comes down to whether you think they’ll eventually make an example of someone.