This is what I'm kind of referring to. The school is USC but the all this talk about money and no talk about what they actually should be going to college for. Maybe the NFL and UFL can work something out. But too much of this is not good for college football.

And for the record, coaches make too damn much money too.

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All these months later, one parent of a player on USC’s defense wishes he’d asked the finite questions up front.

When will my son be paid?

How much is he going to be paid?

How frequently is he going to be paid?

When they visited USC, the parent said, they’d had a meeting with USC general manager Dave Emerick, and were offered an NIL valuation through House of Victory – lower than what other programs were offering. But they chose USC in the end, ultimately, because of the chance to play for Riley, and the comfort pitched to them: an apartment for the player, a car, and the still-robust number offered.

But what House of Victory offered once the player arrived was half of what they’d originally discussed on their visit, the parent said. And that contract was broken down into a combination of passive and active income they didn’t expect. According to a screenshot of the contract provided to the Southern California News Group, the player would be paid a monthly sum for House of Victory to use his name, image and likeness; an additional payment in the contract hinged on a certain amount of promotional deliverables being met, such as the completion of a post on social media or a “Physical Event appearance.”

And quickly, the apartment became more a burden than a comfort – the player forced to pay rent of his own accord off his salary from House of Victory. Both recurring usage-rights and completed-deliverable payments came inconsistent, not on a first-of-the-month or biweekly basis, according to a screenshot of the parent’s bank-account alerts.

Eventually, the player was dinged enough for late fees on rent that the parent reached out several times to USC to express frustration – “wasn’t pretty conversations,” to try to reach a solution of consistent pay. They ended up receiving the full value of the contract. But the memory of a larger valuation still lingers.

“It’s just confusing,” the parent said. “I don’t really know. Like, at the end of the day, it just feels like – just got duped.”