NCAA to allow NIL?

[Pakuni]

 Brett McMurphy @Brett_McMurphy

NCAA Board of Governors voted unanimously to permit students participating in athletics the opportunity to benefit from the use of their name, image & likeness in a manner consistent with the collegiate model


(Sorry, didn't want to bury this significant news in a related thread that's gone far off topic)

[Pakuni]

And now from the NCAA website. Funny how quickly they folded on this one.

http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/board-governors-starts-process-enhance-name-image-and-likeness-opportunities


Board of Governors starts process to enhance name, image and likeness opportunities
Each NCAA division directed to immediately consider modernization of bylaws and policies
October 29, 2019 1:08pm

In the Association's continuing efforts to support college athletes, the NCAA's top governing board voted unanimously to permit students participating in athletics the opportunity to benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness in a manner consistent with the collegiate model.

The Board of Governors' action directs each of the NCAA's three divisions to immediately consider updates to relevant bylaws and policies for the 21st century, said Michael V. Drake, chair of the board and president of The Ohio State University.

"We must embrace change to provide the best possible experience for college athletes," Drake said. "Additional flexibility in this area can and must continue to support college sports as a part of higher education. This modernization for the future is a natural extension of the numerous steps NCAA members have taken in recent years to improve support for student-athletes, including full cost of attendance and guaranteed scholarships."

Specifically, the board said modernization should occur within the following principles and guidelines: 

    Assure student-athletes are treated similarly to non-athlete students unless a compelling reason exists to differentiate.
    Maintain the priorities of education and the collegiate experience to provide opportunities for student-athlete success.
    Ensure rules are transparent, focused and enforceable and facilitate fair and balanced competition.
    Make clear the distinction between collegiate and professional opportunities.
    Make clear that compensation for athletics performance or participation is impermissible.
    Reaffirm that student-athletes are students first and not employees of the university.
    Enhance principles of diversity, inclusion and gender equity.
    Protect the recruiting environment and prohibit inducements to select, remain at, or transfer to a specific institution.

The board's action was based on comprehensive recommendations from the NCAA Board of Governors Federal and State Legislation Working Group, which includes presidents, commissioners, athletics directors, administrators and student-athletes. The group gathered input over the past several months from numerous stakeholders, including current and former student-athletes, coaches, presidents, faculty and commissioners across all three divisions. The board also directed continued and productive engagement with legislators.

The working group will continue to gather feedback through April on how best to respond to the state and federal legislative environment and to refine its recommendations on the principles and regulatory framework. The board asked each division to create any new rules beginning immediately, but no later than January 2021.

"As a national governing body, the NCAA is uniquely positioned to modify its rules to ensure fairness and a level playing field for student-athletes," NCAA President Mark Emmert said. "The board's action today creates a path to enhance opportunities for student-athletes while ensuring they compete against students and not professionals."

[Uncle Rico]

And now from the NCAA website. Funny how quickly they folded on this one.

http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/board-governors-starts-process-enhance-name-image-and-likeness-opportunities


Board of Governors starts process to enhance name, image and likeness opportunities
Each NCAA division directed to immediately consider modernization of bylaws and policies
October 29, 2019 1:08pm

In the Association's continuing efforts to support college athletes, the NCAA's top governing board voted unanimously to permit students participating in athletics the opportunity to benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness in a manner consistent with the collegiate model.

The Board of Governors' action directs each of the NCAA's three divisions to immediately consider updates to relevant bylaws and policies for the 21st century, said Michael V. Drake, chair of the board and president of The Ohio State University.

"We must embrace change to provide the best possible experience for college athletes," Drake said. "Additional flexibility in this area can and must continue to support college sports as a part of higher education. This modernization for the future is a natural extension of the numerous steps NCAA members have taken in recent years to improve support for student-athletes, including full cost of attendance and guaranteed scholarships."

Specifically, the board said modernization should occur within the following principles and guidelines: 

    Assure student-athletes are treated similarly to non-athlete students unless a compelling reason exists to differentiate.
    Maintain the priorities of education and the collegiate experience to provide opportunities for student-athlete success.
    Ensure rules are transparent, focused and enforceable and facilitate fair and balanced competition.
    Make clear the distinction between collegiate and professional opportunities.
    Make clear that compensation for athletics performance or participation is impermissible.
    Reaffirm that student-athletes are students first and not employees of the university.
    Enhance principles of diversity, inclusion and gender equity.
    Protect the recruiting environment and prohibit inducements to select, remain at, or transfer to a specific institution.

The board's action was based on comprehensive recommendations from the NCAA Board of Governors Federal and State Legislation Working Group, which includes presidents, commissioners, athletics directors, administrators and student-athletes. The group gathered input over the past several months from numerous stakeholders, including current and former student-athletes, coaches, presidents, faculty and commissioners across all three divisions. The board also directed continued and productive engagement with legislators.

The working group will continue to gather feedback through April on how best to respond to the state and federal legislative environment and to refine its recommendations on the principles and regulatory framework. The board asked each division to create any new rules beginning immediately, but no later than January 2021.

"As a national governing body, the NCAA is uniquely positioned to modify its rules to ensure fairness and a level playing field for student-athletes," NCAA President Mark Emmert said. "The board's action today creates a path to enhance opportunities for student-athletes while ensuring they compete against students and not professionals."

wHaT aBoUt THe lAwSuITs

[The Sultan]

Those "principles and guidelines" are going to be used to negate quite a bit of NIL.  "Treated similarly to non-athlete students?"  Cmon...

[Galway Eagle]

Good for them. Hope they find a way to cap it and prevent sponsorships that get into legal issues between a schools equipment sponsor and a players personal deal

[wadesworld]

The only thing I want to know is...

Will we see NCAA Football and (much more importantly) NCAA Basketball 2K back for gaming consoles?

[lawdog77]

Good for them. Hope they find a way to cap it and prevent sponsorships that get into legal issues between a schools equipment sponsor and a players personal deal

the money is in the apparel companies. Therefore, the NCAA will try to keep all of that

[GoldenWarrior11]

The only thing I want to know is...

Will we see NCAA Football and (much more importantly) NCAA Basketball 2K back for gaming consoles?

This and this.  I want my favorite games back, please.

[Johnny B]

The last college hoops and football games they made were fantastic. Come back

[The Lens]

Can we get a re-do on RJ Davis?

What if Hendrick Automotive doesn't want to put him in TV ads but Bergstrom will? 

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Still have 2k8 basketball for my 360.  Unfortunately not compatible with the xbox 1.  Hope i dont need to worry about that.

[GooooMarquette]

This is gonna hurt smaller schools. As time goes by, we will have to somehow convince a guy like Dawson Garcia that MU fans will buy as many Garcia t-shirts as IU fans would. Given the size of their fanbase, that might be a tall order.

Y'all gonna stock up on MU players' shirts to show we can compete with the schools with the huge fanbases?

[Johnny B]

This is gonna hurt smaller schools. As time goes by, we will have to somehow convince a guy like Dawson Garcia that MU fans will buy as many Garcia t-shirts as IU fans would. Given the size of their fanbase, that might be a tall order.

Y'all gonna stock up on MU players' shirts to show we can compete with the schools with the huge fanbases?

yikes. Yeah hell at some point maybe the schools just pay them somthing or players get a take of attendance revenue idk

[The Sultan]

Marquette is a smaller school?

[The Lens]

This is gonna hurt smaller schools. As time goes by, we will have to somehow convince a guy like Dawson Garcia that MU fans will buy as many Garcia t-shirts as IU fans would. Given the size of their fanbase, that might be a tall order.

Y'all gonna stock up on MU players' shirts to show we can compete with the schools with the huge fanbases?

Why am I going to buy a Garcia tee when Gruber gives me one for free?

[Shaka Shart]

https://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/05/18/dabo-says-he-may-quit-college-football-if-players-get-paid/

Well Dabo?

[Cheeks]

Long long long way to go, lots of unintended consequences to tighten up and avoid happening. 

[muguru]

The only thing I want to know is...

Will we see NCAA Football and (much more importantly) NCAA Basketball 2K back for gaming consoles?

And here where you're going to have issues. The maker of the game is going to have to compensate every single one of those athletes in the game. Will they be willing to do that?? That would seriously hinder there profit margin.

[Galway Eagle]

And here where you're going to have issues. The maker of the game is going to have to compensate every single one of those athletes in the game. Will they be willing to do that?? That would seriously hinder there profit margin.

It hasn't stopped them in the pros so yes yes they will.

[Benny B]

This is gonna hurt smaller schools. As time goes by, we will have to somehow convince a guy like Dawson Garcia that MU fans will buy as many Garcia t-shirts as IU fans would. Given the size of their fanbase, that might be a tall order.

Y'all gonna stock up on MU players' shirts to show we can compete with the schools with the huge fanbases?

I don't see this happening.  My guess is that any benefit from NIL must be completely separate from their participation in athletics, and under no circumstances are schools allowed to license their trademarks for NIL. 

So if Markus wants to be a spokesman for Ernie von Schledorn and hawk some used cars, great.  But "Marquette," "Golden Eagles," "NCAA," "Big East," etc. can't be anywhere near that advertising.

It also means that any businesses paying an athlete for NIL cannot be owned/managed by a booster, under I'm sure what will be a soon-to-be-expanded definition of "booster."

[LoudMouth]

Marquette is a smaller school?

Yes. All private catholic schools are smaller schools compared to state schools.

https://blog.prepscholar.com/the-biggest-colleges-in-the-united-states

[The Sultan]

Yes. All private catholic schools are smaller schools compared to state schools.

https://blog.prepscholar.com/the-biggest-colleges-in-the-united-states

It's not the size of the alumni base, but how it is used.

[Galway Eagle]

Yes. All private catholic schools are smaller schools compared to state schools.

https://blog.prepscholar.com/the-biggest-colleges-in-the-united-states

SJU and Depaul are directional state school sized

[Benny B]

It hasn't stopped them in the pros so yes yes they will.

NCAA DI: 350 schools x avg. roster 14 = 4,900

NBA: 30 teams x roster max. 15 = 450

[LoudMouth]

SJU and Depaul are directional state school sized

Which I doubt helps us in the battle to show recruits that they will get paid more NIL at Marquette...maybe DePaul & SJU will stop sucking as much though