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the dollar figures small or large don't bother me - they've been around forever

it's the free agency and players moving enuff that you don't build that connection/bond

this hurt my relationship with MLB baseball first

I hear these contracts are non-binding .....that seems clear.  HA

Can non compete clauses be inserted into these NIL deals to restrict movement?  Would that hold up legally?

Non-competes are illegal and unenforceable in some states, so those states would retain a natural advantage over states where non-competes are legal.  I don't think any school would want to put itself at a disadvantage by including those types of clauses, the athletes would just go elsewhere to a more attractive legal setting.

Non-competes are illegal and unenforceable in some states, so those states would retain a natural advantage over states where non-competes are legal.  I don't think any school would want to put itself at a disadvantage by including those types of clauses, the athletes would just go elsewhere to a more attractive legal setting.

There is some internet chatter that Arkansas, and maybe Tennessee will go after the Iamaleava family for repayment of some of their NIL money for not fulfilling their contracts.

Are they just pissing in the wind?  I figure they are, but would love to see the schools win in this case.

There is some internet chatter that Arkansas, and maybe Tennessee will go after the Iamaleava family for repayment of some of their NIL money for not fulfilling their contracts.

Are they just pissing in the wind?  I figure they are, but would love to see the schools win in this case.

Well true NIL isn't-- and legally can't-- be tied directly to the schools.  But if it was fake NIL money from booster collectives, which a lot of it is, then I suppose those boosters could go after them for non-performance.  But the NIL deals explicitly can't be pay-for-play so the player would have to be breaking some OTHER part of the contract, like a requirement for live appearances for promotional purposes that were mandated in the contract and not fulfilled by the player.

I could see that happening.  You'd have to be really careful that the contract didn't have some other language that could potentially open up the boosters, or worse the school, to some unwanted legal exposure.

There is some internet chatter that Arkansas, and maybe Tennessee will go after the Iamaleava family for repayment of some of their NIL money for not fulfilling their contracts.

Are they just pissing in the wind?  I figure they are, but would love to see the schools win in this case.

The Badgers have not been successful in recovering any money so far.

Ostensibly, any NIL contract would be separate from the university, I understand, so it would be up to the car dealer or whoever to enforce any contract.

Real NIL money from an actual company seeking to use an athlete's name, image, and likeness for actual promotional purposes, wouldn't be tied to the university at all, and in the case of big-time sponsors, would likely travel with the athlete from school to school.  For example Quinn Ewers signed several NIL deals with various companies to promote their products, when he went to Ohio State.  When he made the move from Ohio State to Texas, he retained those sponsors.  Local brands wouldn't necessarily decide to re-up or follow an athlete, but national brands can do, and have done.

But much of the NIL money (and I'd opine, MOST of the NIL money) is coming from collectives that aren't officially tied to the university, but in reality, of course they are.  A Tennessee NIL collective will have no interest in paying a player headed to UCLA, for obvious reasons.  Most of the current deals are written as 1-year contracts and many of them have specific requirements for appearances or other deliverables, to hold the athlete accountable to the intended purpose of that collective's contract, which is to bind them to the school (but without openly admitting that, of course).

So there probably aren't too many cases of a "real" NIL sponsor using NIL for real purposes of promotion, experiencing an athlete breaching the contract.  Maybe a few local car dealerships or restaurants or bail bond services or whatever.

But the major money is either coming from huge national brands like Uber signing Arch Manning, or the university-specific NIL collectives.  The former wouldn't have much need to ever attempt to recover damages because there's no reason Uber wouldn't want to follow Arch Manning if he transferred from Texas to Ohio State, but the latter group of wealthy donors definitely would have a desire to pursue collecting damages, in the case of a breach of contract, when an athlete leaves your university early without fulfilling the deliverables in the contract.

No conference is going to make a rule that cripples itself vis a vis other conferences.

The Big Ten has done it for years, playing 9 conference games.