In Reply to: Four years into NIL, coaches, agents reveal heartache and frustra posted by mh on June 01, 2025 at 12:49:31
Coaches are quitting because they can no longer influence their players on the floor or in practice. Players, just out of high school, having never seen money like they have now, are blowing their newfound wealth such that they're broke and in debt to the IRS. It's chaotic and destructive.
Some kind of regularity has to be imposed here, but what? The House settlement (I think that's the one) is supposed to implement a kind of salary cap on school payments to players. Will that be enough to impose a little order? NIL outside of the schools' direct influences will be unaffected (as I understand it). Will that be disruptive.
At the risk of appearing authoritarian or something, I think order must be imposed or the system can't function for very long. It seems to me that some kind of players' organization has to be instituted so that there can be a collective bargaining agreement. A practical pay scale has to be established. Player movement has to be restricted some. Every pro-league does that. It's only practical.
Those are the only ideas I have right now, and I haven't thought them out.