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Subject: Re: I'd Rather Stay Out of The Cesspool For Now


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IvySportsJunkie
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Date Posted: 14:18:55 03/27/24 Wed
In reply to: An Observer 's message, "I'd Rather Stay Out of The Cesspool For Now" on 16:44:10 03/26/24 Tue

In terms of not trying to keep up with how the other Big Boy leagues are adapting to NIL and the transfer portal, I think we have significant historical precedent in how our conference is managed. Over the past several decades, the Ivy League has consistently taken a path increasingly different from the Power Five Conferences. This has resulted in fewer 5 and 4 star football and basketball recruits selecting the Ivy League.

Yet, during this same period, our admissions applicant pools and our endowments have skyrocketed. Thus, I do not see a scenario where the Ivy League Presidents will seek to change our position on student athletes.

That said, my guess is that the Ivy League administrators will eventually be forced to provide from of NIL compensation opportunities due to a forthcoming legal challenge and ruling.

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An Observer
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Date Posted: 15:56:50 03/27/24 Wed

I agree with IvySportsJunkie that, if the Ivy presidents took action to prohibit or manage NIL collectives, it would only take one knucklehead, like the basketball player at Dartmouth, to challenge and, in this case, probably win his case. NILs and collectives are legal, unfortunately.

On the other hand, the eight athletic departments could agree informally not to take any action to initiate a collective on their school's platform. That's a tricky area legally, I presume, but if no attempt is made to prevent others from doing so, it might draw less attention.

Then we would wait until some grown-up knucklehead like Tom Stemberg says, "You know what? It's really important to me that my alma mater win in a sport where we've struggled historically. I'm going to donate millions and upset decades of precedent to make it happen."

Then we'll be off to the races.
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Lurker
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Date Posted: 17:35:10 03/27/24 Wed

Am i wrong here? I thought NIL was permitted so long as the university was not involved directly. I always thought that meant the relationships between programs and collectives were like political campaigns and Super-PACs

If my understanding is indeed correct, there is absolutely nothing stopping a certain nfl team owner from offering every member of the Col squad $100k (can we all wish that into reality?)


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