NCAA eliminates the NLI

[Dell Husker]

 

[LoudHogRider]

Free agency at the CFB level. Outside of cashing the massive checks, I'd hate to be a CFB corch.

And yes, I read the article.

 

[Bootleg11]

Bud Elliott on the Cover 3 Podcast has said for years that a top athlete should never sign an NLI anyways.

If you're a 5 Star why sign one? Why not wait until the spring is over and make sure that your position coach/coordinator is even still at the school you want to go to?

It's different for a kid that maybe isn't a highly sought after. They need to secure and hold a spot. The NLI did that. But that spot is always there for the top recruits.

 

[Fargo Husker]

This seems like the wrong direction to be going.

 

[Samkellers_69]

Meh, "college" football has essentially been minor football for the pasted several years anyway. So this was the way to go.

Amateur sport are pretty much dead. We'll have to go to our local rec center if you want to watch true amateur sports.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Yeah I don't think it really matters at all, but it's just more evidence that the NCAA will do almost anything to avoid working on their actual problems

 

[...TrueColors...]

So coaches have no idea who will actually be on their rosters?

 

[Carm]

This seems like the wrong direction to be going.

The article makes it clear they aren't eliminating the principles underlying the NLI but will instead incorporate them in a standard athletic aid offer. The change is less than the headline implies.

 

[Scott Hall]

We’re NILs even relevant with unlimited transfers with immediate eligibility?

Huge nothing burger

 

[Scott Hall]

Yeah I don't think it really matters at all, but it's just more evidence that the NCAA will do almost anything to avoid working on their actual problems

NCAA has been completely nuetured by the courts and they don’t have the money to continue to fight the lawsuits so what are they supposed to do? They don’t have nearly the amount of money as a lot of people think they do. They make $0 from football. Somewhere around 85-90% of their annual revenue is from selling tv rights for March madness and most of that money goes back to member schools.

 

[doublewing]

I don't even know what's coming. Neither does anyone else. CFB is all gas and no brakes into the unknown.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

NCAA has been completely nuetured by the courts and they don’t have the money to continue to fight the lawsuits so what are they supposed to do? They don’t have nearly the amount of money as a lot of people think they do. They make $0 from football. Somewhere around 85-90% of their annual revenue is from selling tv rights for March madness and most of that money goes back to member schools.

I guess I'd like to see more public pressure to cut down on tampering. As far as I can tell they haven't really said anything despite coaches begging for things to get done in that space

 

[nja13]

The article makes it clear they aren't eliminating the principles underlying the NLI but will instead incorporate them in a standard athletic aid offer. The change is less than the headline implies.

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Agree. This is pretty much a nothing burger.

Under the new, non-NLI, system:

• There will still be two football signing periods, this year on Dec. 4 and Feb. 5. So no change here.
• Players will still sign a document that binds them to a school (and vice versa.) Instead of this document being called a "National Letter of Intent," it is now a "financial aid agreement and revenue share contract."
• A player can only sign paperwork with one school.
• Once a player signs with a school, they cannot be recruited by another school and communicatiosn with other schools must cease.

From what I can tell, it appears nothing has really changed except the document the players are signing to commit themselves to a school. All the framwork and rules we are familiar witih regarding signing an NLI appear to still be in place.

 

[betsch]

What is the history of why the NCAA get rights to sell the TV rights for basketball, but not everything? It seems like it would be an all or nothing type thing.

 

[LoudHogRider]

What is the history of why the NCAA get rights to sell the TV rights for basketball, but not everything? It seems like it would be an all or nothing type thing.

Probably the 1984 lawsuit filed by Oklahoma & Georgia, which broke the "stranglehold" that the NCAA placed on member institutions with respect to their broadcast TV rights. If you haven't heard of it before, you can find the details by searching "NCAA vs. Oklahoma Board of Trustees".

 

[SoCal_Corn]

Agree. This is pretty much a nothing burger.

Under the new, non-NLI, system:

• There will still be two football signing periods, this year on Dec. 4 and Feb. 5. So no change here.
• Players will still sign a document that binds them to a school (and vice versa.) Instead of this document being called a "National Letter of Intent," it is now a "financial aid agreement and revenue share contract."
• A player can only sign paperwork with one school.
• Once a player signs with a school, they cannot be recruited by another school and communicatiosn with other schools must cease.

From what I can tell, it appears nothing has really changed except the document the players are signing to commit themselves to a school. All the framwork and rules we are familiar witih regarding signing an NLI appear to still be in place.

So it's different but the same.

And thanks for the break down!