Our guys are getting sponsors already

[AuburnEagle79 2,171]

1 hour ago, Mikey said:

It doesn't have to be that complicated. Just have every player who doesn't get a cushy deal leave each game with a signed photograph. A booster meets him/her and pays $250 for the photo. This could be done after games, or in weekly meetings at Toomer's over lemonade.

There's a great recruiting pitch in there as well. "Here, Mr./Ms. hotshot recruit meet your future fan while you are on this visit. This booster guarantees that he/she will buy one signed photo of you every week that you're here for $250. Wait, you say UGA is offering the same deal, except for $300 a week? No problem, our fan will pay $400 every week."

The times, they have a'changed.

I don't resent the players getting money but this has turned college athletics into a bidding war. We can win the wars against many schools, but the ones we really need to beat have more big money boosters than we do.

Pretty sure what you just described has been happening forever.

[abw0004 10,140]

2 hours ago, Zeek said:

Bama fans supposedly boycotting Milo's lol so it begins

Perfect.  Now maybe Milo's will stop being sold out at my Publix.

[AUGoo 2,671]

19 minutes ago, AuburnEagle79 said:

Pretty sure what you just described has been happening forever.

You think it has been THAT bad?

I guess I've enjoyed my head in the sand long enough.  Sure would like for it to go back.

[AUBourne 425]

1 hour ago, Mikey said:

It's a free for all. There's nothing to stop any player from making any deal he can make.

There will be no fairness, it's now become a bidding war. First place this will be noticed is in recruiting.

The NCAA has no control, the Supreme Court is in charge.

 

The whole reason the NCAA exists is to insure fairness. So something has to change. In 10 years college sports will look nothing like it does today. Maybe Auburn gets to restart their rivalries with Tulane and Suwanee and we can finally stop worrying about Alabama. 

[AUGoo 2,671]

3 minutes ago, AUBourne said:

The whole reason the NCAA exists is to insure fairness. So something has to change. In 10 years college sports will look nothing like it does today. Maybe Auburn gets to restart their rivalries with Tulane and Suwanee and we can finally stop worrying about Alabama. 

I'm afraid that is where this is going as well.  AU is going to have an enormous decision to make when the two obvious paths diverge.

[DAG 34,113]

7 minutes ago, AUBourne said:

The whole reason the NCAA exists is to insure fairness

[WFE12 9,192]

Welp it's time

 

[WFE12 9,192]

 

[DAG 34,113]

1 minute ago, WFE12 said:

 

Mentioned him on the other thread...he deserved it.

[DAG 34,113]

14 minutes ago, WFE12 said:

Welp it's time

 

Also mentioned him for this very reason. But how accurate is it?

Edited July 1, 2021 by DAG

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3 hours ago, WFE12 said:

That's Worm btw

worm could sell fishing supplies. tank could get an endorsement with our national defense. i want the first player and the first auburn player that reps like WILLIES RESERVE pot strain which i was lucky enough to snag some and willie knows his pot for sure. it could be other brands of pot. here is how i imagine the audio would sound like..........." hey guys! When playing hardcore football in the SEC and you GET trucked and the pain still lingers try aubies apocalypse for those aches and pains. we smash the competition while giving you a nice high. what about the guy worm trucked? he can say something like.."lose your helmet in a game by a player half your size and still cannot walk without trembling knee's? Try aubies apocalyapse! we cannot do anything about those 8' by 10's fixing to hit the market but we can bong that pain right out of existence. yes fam aubes has skills and i am available for marketing jobs........

[api1957 1,783]

5 hours ago, gr82be said:

How cool would it be if the Fresno women's BBall twins Hanna and Haley have a deal with Twix?

You remember the Double Mint gum ads?

[aubiefifty 17,487]

2 hours ago, WFE12 said:

Welp it's time

 

i say the hell with dabo. let him eat fish heads..........he got his.

[steeleagle 2,945]

4 hours ago, Zeek said:

Eric Reed Jr.

JJ Evans 

Dre Butler

Jaylin Simpson

Ja'Varrius Johnson

Marquis Burks

Have all also joined YOKE gaming through NIL deals

I believe I read where YOKE and other games will ink over 5,000 college athletes, so they must be banking on future earnings if they hit the jackpot with a few of these. 

[CoffeeTiger 5,381]

53 minutes ago, AUGoo said:

You think it has been THAT bad?

I guess I've enjoyed my head in the sand long enough.  Sure would like for it to go back.

I mean it's been bad. Alabama and Clemson have pretty much controlled the playoffs since it started, and it's the same 5-6 teams that get their pick of all the top talent every single year. A lot of teams have hopes of making the playoffs every year, but there's usually only a small handful of teams in the nation that realistically have a shot at winning the title. 

 

Edited July 1, 2021 by CoffeeTiger

[AUApostle 7,663]

2 hours ago, Mikey said:

It's a free for all. There's nothing to stop any player from making any deal he can make.

There will be no fairness, it's now become a bidding war. First place this will be noticed is in recruiting.

The NCAA has no control, the Supreme Court is in charge.

 

Free market capitalism is a good thing right?  This will open up a lot of problems; but it also closes the chapter on a lot of cheating problems.  Think of it like prohibition.

[WDE_OxPx_2010 5,334]

3 minutes ago, AUDevil said:

Free market capitalism is a good thing right?  This will open up a lot of problems; but it also closes the chapter on a lot of cheating problems.  Think of it like prohibition.

Yep- with everyone making booze again you don't have to go to the speakeasy (Alabama) you can go to the corner market (ole miss) and enjoy it just the same.

Edited July 1, 2021 by WDE_OxPx_2010

[gravejd 3,281]

50 minutes ago, WFE12 said:

Welp it's time

 

Hilarious to me that a guy making millions on the backs of the athletes is so against allowing the athletes to make money. You'd think someone would 

[gravejd 3,281]

sit him down and explain how fighting this is not going to do him any good

[80Tiger 904]

10 minutes ago, WDE_OxPx_2010 said:

Yep- with everyone making booze again you don't have to go to the speakeasy (Alabama) you can go to the corner market (ole miss) and enjoy it just the same.

Great analogy- Alabama is the speakeasy.

[toddc 13,194]

 

[gr82be 14,569]

1 hour ago, api1957 said:

You remember the Double Mint gum ads?

Yes, had forgotten those. 👍

[AUBourne 425]

1 hour ago, DAG said:

You can disagree and say the NCAA is corporation with the only goal of making money or w/e conspiracy are out there . But it is in fact a body financed and ruled on by the vote of the coalition of universities. And the purpose and mission statement is available with a Google. 

“Our mission, or core purpose, is to regulate intercollegiate athletics in a manner that enhances the role of US higher education as a critical national enterprise in a competitive global environment; ensuring that competition is fair, safe, sportsmanlike

[aubiefifty 17,487]

What Auburn players, fans should expect when NIL law begins Thursday

By Tom Green | tgreen@al.com

5-6 minutes

Dec 5, 2020; Auburn AL, USA; Tank Bigsby reacts during the game between Auburn and Texas A&M at Jordan Hare Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Shanna Lockwood/AU Athletics Shanna Lockwood/AU Athletics

A new era of college athletics is on the horizon.

Beginning Thursday, college athletes will be permitted to profit off their name, image and likeness, ushering in a new dynamic across the college sports landscape. As Auburn athletics director Allen Greene put it last month while speaking to the media in Birmingham, it’s time for these athletes to “make some money” come July 1.

It will be the start of something that many believed to be long overdue, as college athletes will have the opportunity to earn fair-market value for their NIL. This seismic shift in the NCAA landscape was years in the making, and it was fast-tracked in the last year or so as many state governments began drafting and passing their own NIL laws, with July 1 the target date for the enactment of several of them. That includes Alabama, which in April passed its version of NIL legislation.

Under the state law, student-athletes will be allowed to profit off their NIL at market value while also being permitted to hire attorneys and agents to represent them for the sole purpose of earning NIL compensation. The law includes its share of stipulations, including restrictions that universities can implement on the types of companies that players sign agreements with—including the likes of tobacco, alcohol, adult entertainment, gambling companies and casinos. Athletes may also be forbidden from inking deals with brand that are in direct conflict with those that their school is already under contract with. At Auburn, that likely means that players won’t be allowed to sign deals with Nike or other major athletics brands, given that the program is sponsored by Under Armour.

As part of the state law, athletes must also disclose all proposed contracts to the school before signing any deals and before receiving any compensation for sponsorships. Administrators, boosters, coaches or school sponsors are also not permitted to compensate players for the use of their NIL, nor is NIL compensation supposed to be used to entice perspective student-athletes, under Alabama’s law.

The NCAA, meanwhile, is expected to adopt its own interim NIL policy on Wednesday, which is designed to be a placeholder until federal NIL legislation can be passed. The interim agreement would allow student-athletes to take advantage of NIL laws within their state, while those in states that have yet to pass NIL legislation can still benefit off their name, image and likeness without violating any NCAA rules. Pay-for-play and dangling benefits in recruiting would still be prohibited under the NCAA’s interim policy. Schools and conferences are also permitted to adopt their own policies.

That’s something Auburn’s athletics department has been planning for and working toward as July 1 approaches. The program last month announced it was launching SPIRIT, a comprehensive NIL program designed to “educate and empower student-athletes and prepare them to optimize upcoming NIL opportunities.” The program is set to include assistance from industry-leading experts when it comes to brand management, social media best practices, time management, financial literacy, financial aid and more.

Parts of that initiative, including the financial literacy program, are also required under the state’s law. Auburn’s athletics department is enlisting the university’s Harbert College of Business to present carefully tailored curriculum to athletes on the subjects of brand management, entrepreneurship, taxes and finance. The department’s goal is to assist its athletes with growing their personal brands and optimized their NIL opportunities while at Auburn “and beyond.” Part of that will include an emphasis within the program to promote athletes’ social media accounts through the Tigers’ own social channels, which boast more than 3 million followers across platforms.

That’s likely where the largest impact from NIL will be seen. While some marquee and more marketable athletes may garner larger sponsorships, it’s likely that the bulk of NIL agreements will come through sponsored posts on athletes’ social media accounts — particularly Twitter and Instagram—both of which should see a flurry of action beginning Thursday, when the clock strikes midnight on the NCAA’s outdated policies.

Tom Green is an Auburn beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Tomas_Verde.

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1 hour ago, DAG said:

.he deserved it.

Absolutely