re: Jacoby Mathews and his father were asked if any NIL deals were involved in his decision

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This isnt good for the kids, the schools, or the NCAA.

They need to fix this yesterday.

some thoughts...
NIL eligibility does not begin until your second year in a program.
NIL eligibility paused on year one post-transfer.
NIL violations in these years will result in a recruiting violation.

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The problem [with what you are suggesting] is that due to the SCOTUS ruling neither the school or NCAA can not regulate a player's (because he/she is a private individual with rights and not an employee) ability to earn money off their own name, image, and/or likeness.

The NCAA didn't cause this, nor can they "fix" anything with the NIL specifically.

It is a legal and legislative problem. So to implement that above, the state legislature would have to amend or pass laws to do so. And then, following the laws of unintended but obvious consequences, no other state in their right mind would restrict their schools in the same manner which would put us at a competitive disadvantage.

Now, the NCAA can indirectly affect the NIL by restricting the portal in some shape, form, or fashion. That doesn't remove the NIL from recruiting high schoolers though.

This genie is out of the bottle. Get with it, or get run over. Any solutions only gives our genie-wishes to schools in other states while harming our own schools which means less revenue, which means more subsidizing from state funds when the dust settles.

And that's the secret to all this the state legislators need to realize. Every dollar used by a booster to pull a recruit will multiply through the process and reduce the burden on the taxpayers. By how much no one knows (yet). Does $1 turn into $1.25? How about $5.00? We don't know. But when that $1 adds to bringing a Perkins, who brings wins, which then brings merc and ticket sales along with SEC TV money, and then donations to athletics go up, and then excess gets sent back to the academic side... along the way it multiplies.

I agree. Saban bitching about it may be the only way this shite gets regulated.

None of the “remaining” 3 schools?

They bought him. period.


Before NIL, did LSU EVER lose a Louisiana kid we really wanted to A&M? Especially a defensive back?

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So he’s a liar and a worm

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No. LSU bid against A&M for his services. All three parties were breaking the rules. He was going to lie no matter who he signed with, otherwise he would be admitting to a violation. Harold Perkins was bought as well. Ask him if NIL was involved; he will say, “No.”

Jacoby said his decision was based on pure development. He thinks he can be developed better at A&M instead of LSU. L O fricking L.

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I listened to “after further review” on this and the comment that implies Mathews “comes from a family that does not have tremendous means” basically saying the family is poor is bad info. I know the father and he works hard and has a very good job. Probably a better job than most people reading this have. They went with what was best for them. These talk shows need to quit assuming everyone is poor that plays football

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Caleb Douglas literally announced “I’m signing my NIL with the University of Florida.”

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He probably meant to say "NLI" which is National Letter of Intent.