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Works for Miami, has his hands in NIL @ Florida too.
If this doesn't tell you all you need to know..he rebranded himself as an "NIL Lawyer" after his efforts to become rich off the NFT market went up in flames.
Has somehow got himself involved in NIL policy, representation, and supposed advocacy.
Meanwhile, he's making money from every angle. The sad part is these are the real people that are benefiting more than anyone from pay for play in college sports.
Yeah, it's a weird situation. Like he said, redshirting is part of the game. Typically I would assume it's a two way street between coaching staff and player and that a player, on his own, saying "I'm not playing anymore this season, I'm redshirting," would be unusual even if their name wasn't in the transfer portal. So it's not quite the usual run of business.
That being said, if the NIL/rev share contracts are just contingent on being enrolled or whatever, might be tricky. That also being said, presumably VT has good lawyers. That also being said, the rules/law on this seem to be, lets say, fluid right now.
Mostly your third point though. Being the institution at the center of this round of all of this bullshit is going to be unpleasant.
Oh. Great.
They have already terminated their work relationship with VT.
But it's not a work relationship... that's the problem. There's no workers comp, there's no severance, right to work laws don't apply...
End... sorry. My brain short circuited typing my post. Yes, he was at defensive end. So, basically they have Spencer, Keller, Noah Jenkins, Noah Chambers, Gabe Williams (great story who played some, but needs to get well) and Will Johnson, and Santiago who has not shown much on the roster. Woodson is out, but given his troubles and no indication of what the injury is, I wouldn't be shocked if he is in the queue for the portal.
The billable hours snake saw an opportunity to strike.
Worth noting this lawyer works for Miami, who was recently sued by Wisconsin for tampering with Badger players to convince them to transfer in last year. They're actively testing all the boundaries and making everyone else hold the bag while they do.
Ahh yes. More fallout from the NCAA complete inability to do anything actually in the interest of anyone except their own short term paychecks. Nobody knows what these contracts say, so who knows how this will go. It might go all the way to NCAA athletes being determined as employees. What college football needs is some sort of standardization and bargaining clause. On one hand it is easy to see how the player could be perceived as wanting to have his cake and eat it too. On the other hand it is easy to see how VT is wanting to have their cake and eat it to. While the player could ostensibly redshirt and claim they aren't transferring and then immediately after the last check of the season clears. SO what happens in that situation? Tech just got shafted if they paid out.
Perhaps the player truly doesn't intend to transfer without seeing how things play out. Tough to argue they shouldn't receive their due in that case if they're practicing and on scout team. Who makes these redshirt decisions anyway? Is it truly the coaches or the player? Some sort of mutual agreement? Can the coach redshirt me even if i dont want to take a redshirt? I have no idea. Too much messiness.
Probably time to just end redshirts and give everyone 5 years to play 5 seasons and NIL payments should reflect this.
This is my take as well. If you want to earn with the team you should be, you know, with the team.
But really it is going to come down to the language of whatever contract is in place. From my understanding, universities are permitted, but not required, to share revenue (edit: under the House settlement).
SET THE TONE!
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If they are redshirting but staying with the program the scholarship should be offered. If they have put their name in the portal, they voluntarily ended their relationship with Tech.
Wonder if this is like coaching, where he can bring some donors with him.
I mean these players are choosing to not participate in games so they can preserve an extra year of eligibility while they are looking to transfer out. They have already terminated their work relationship with VT.
My personal take is they can fuck right off. They aren't fulfilling their end of the deal, why should VT be on the hook for paying them out?
Somewhere there is a Cookie Monster meme with my name on it...
My non-lawyer immediate reaction is that "student-athletes" should be able to finish out the semester if they choose to redshirt, but that house payments are contingent on your willingness to participate in practice and games.
My second reaction is that this sounds like an employer/employee relationship.
My third reaction is that I really wish this didn't happen at VT. This stuff needs to be settled, but we have enough going on and don't need this drama
Ah, okay. that's more like it. was hoping we wasn't going to the bargain bin for sone of these positions
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Wait how did he get in at End we have like a million of them
The fact JT is back out for four balls while Xander is off this afternoon is bonkers.
Edit; JT gets the only full point of the afternoon and makes me look like a big ole dummy
Regional ties matter to an extent since you need to get your foot in the door with a recruit. Unless you are overpaying a lot of offers are probably similar.
Do you think that regional ties still matter?
Recruiting wins immediately: Haines' Indiana success drew 4-star defenders from VA/NC
Do you think Indiana got these guys due to NIL? Do you assume that VT will have competitive NIL compared to Indiana?
Financially, VT's $5M+ coaching budget (per recent reports)
Can you share said reports? I've heard $5M is the floor for the new hire (based on other ACC HC salaries).
At 39 years old,
Not to be ageist, but I do think a younger coach will be more likely to work with a GM. I think a lot of existing/experienced head coaches are too stuck in their ways to work with a GM and give up control.
I'm liking this Spuan/Scheffler team to start off the afternoon 4-balls.
I've never heard of this human, thank you for the read!
Get congress to pass an anti-trust exemption. Make them employees and be done with it. Actual contracts, with language on specifically what happens when/if you decide to leave. Would get some of the vultures out of the system who are just trying to grab some of the free floating dollars while they're around.