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

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NIL can't be used for recruiting, we all know it is, so they can't say yes or it's a NCAA violation.

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NIL wasn’t supposed to be used like they did at A&M and other places.

Jimbo told the world how its just pay for play and now that he clearly used it to buy the players and any praised him as just being honest.

Now he’s calling out specifically Saban and others in weird angry tirades because he knows he manipulated the NIL process to a point never done to buy the best recruiting class in the history of recruiting.

That's Saban 'trick'.
He knows nothing ever

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Someone like Mathews says something like this then by summer his entire family will have luxury item shite. Watch.

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How is that a violation?
By then he will be a student and be receiving his NIL money.

That's not illegal.

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So he’s a liar and a worm

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Look we all know what went down but do you really think he’s going to admit to what would be a known recruiting violation???

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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.”

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Too much common sense right here for the emotional idiots in here to comprehend.

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They're also just flat-out playing the bag game at record levels

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Doing the same as everyone else, just better and with more money.

I hope Leah never played "just the tip" with her boyfriends back in high school.

Naivete leads to baby bumps.

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So he’s leaving a state where such is violating the law to another state where he gets paid. Become a Texas citizen and collect away. If he chooses to gift it all away to his family, then there’s no violation. NIL is income, however, and will be taxable.

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What are you babbling about? Educate yourself. Texas NIL Law

The laws in the state where you sign are going to apply to a signee. State residency (there is no such thing as state citizenship) doesn’t apply here. Matthew falls under the Texas law, which makes it clear that the school can’t have anything to do with setting up NIL deals between students and boosters or others. It also specifically prohibits using NIL for recruiting.

While Texas doesn’t have the restrictions on boosters setting up NIL deals with students that LA does, what A&M is reported to have done is still 100% illegal and clearly breaks the Texas NIL law. That’s why I mentioned it.

Jimbo came out swinging yesterday to try and deflect attention from this. He can’t admit to what they are doing. However, I think it backfired on him, because all it did was get the media and more people talking about it.

I think it’s clear ATM’s signees and their families were coached on what to say. If they let slip what was happening, it wouldn’t be an NCAA violation and slap on the wrist. It would be breaking state law. No one’s going to jail over this, but the booster/business, kid and family, or any coach found to be involved could be rung up with a shitload in fines.

ETA- Since Caleb Douglas’ specific mention of NIL during his commitment was raised in an earlier post, it’s important to note just how much these state laws are starting to diverge. Florida started with a strict NIL law like LA’s. The schools pushed for change and it was amended in December. Now the Florida schools can directly assist their students in setting up NIL deals.

Now, it’s likely that Douglas still did speak out of turn, because NIL deals aren’t supposed to be used for recruiting. However, I can understand why UF would be more lax about NIL than LSU or A&M. They are allowed to speak to their players about it and directly assist them.

The point of this is that the LA law needs to be changed to allow this immediately. Then we all need a federal law to govern NIL to a single standard in the long term.

Moscona is a poseur, a turd of a poseur.