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<blockquote data-quote="Bbuck21" data-source="post: 1951756" data-attributes="member: 748813"><p>I hate everything about the current NIL environment. Many years ago I felt the NCAA (whoever that is) was makinga huge mistake. Which is no revelation. Their sham attempts at controlling illegal maneauvers, that they would never be able to stop, only impacted the lesser of the participants in violatios. Instead of fixing the problem that even kids on full scholarship may not be able to afford to live likea colleg student. Not permitted to have part ime jobs, but required to give some number of hours each week to the team (IDK, 20-25 hours), which was proably violated as well. The NCAA and Universities should have recognized it was appropriate to compensate these sudent athletes that are helping to generate revenue. They should have been compensated on some short of ubiqitous guideline fair for all. Maybe using minimum wage, class payscale, whatever, to make it easier for these athletes to live in colleg without looking for the handouts. I also think the athletes freedom to change programs should have been easier. It did not need NIL money, just reasonable guidelines.</p><p></p><p>I am not naive enough to think that violations and payments would still occur, and I am also certain they still do. College athletics that I enjoyed with the loyalty to your team and interest in following the indvidual and team progress/regress is long gone. I don't even care any longer to watch recruiting, and certainly not the transfer portal. I don't know how it can be fixed, but maybe most people like this new environment. IDK?</p><p></p><p>I have been an Illini diehard fan since 1976. I recently told some family members in a dscussion about this topic that, "if the Illini had five transfer portal players in the same year, with one year of eleigibility, that went on to win a National Championship, I wouldn't give a !!!!".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bbuck21, post: 1951756, member: 748813"] I hate everything about the current NIL environment. Many years ago I felt the NCAA (whoever that is) was makinga huge mistake. Which is no revelation. Their sham attempts at controlling illegal maneauvers, that they would never be able to stop, only impacted the lesser of the participants in violatios. Instead of fixing the problem that even kids on full scholarship may not be able to afford to live likea colleg student. Not permitted to have part ime jobs, but required to give some number of hours each week to the team (IDK, 20-25 hours), which was proably violated as well. The NCAA and Universities should have recognized it was appropriate to compensate these sudent athletes that are helping to generate revenue. They should have been compensated on some short of ubiqitous guideline fair for all. Maybe using minimum wage, class payscale, whatever, to make it easier for these athletes to live in colleg without looking for the handouts. I also think the athletes freedom to change programs should have been easier. It did not need NIL money, just reasonable guidelines. I am not naive enough to think that violations and payments would still occur, and I am also certain they still do. College athletics that I enjoyed with the loyalty to your team and interest in following the indvidual and team progress/regress is long gone. I don't even care any longer to watch recruiting, and certainly not the transfer portal. I don't know how it can be fixed, but maybe most people like this new environment. IDK? I have been an Illini diehard fan since 1976. I recently told some family members in a dscussion about this topic that, "if the Illini had five transfer portal players in the same year, with one year of eleigibility, that went on to win a National Championship, I wouldn't give a !!!!". [/QUOTE]
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