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well i wouldn't over simplify it like that. current reports say that he was promised 100k for relocation(NIL) to unlv. he has received only 3k and the school/collective is refusing to pay him the rest of what he is owed. now if that is true unlv is wrong and the kid should sit out. these schools have to stop lying to kids. if you promise a kid something as a school they should come through, whether that's playing time, NIL, whatever.
look at it like this...the kid keeps playing...lets say unlv goes to the cfp...head coach leaves gets a $3mil raise...kid was promised 100k only gets 3k...he is a grad transfer has zero yrs of eligibility left and he isn't a draft prospect, so for him this money is the only big pay day he's getting. That school and the coaches screwed him over. that isn't fair to him and to chalk it up to that's part of sports....no it USED to be part of sports, now you have to come through or kids will leave
now on the flip side, if the school has paid them everything they said they would he is dead wrong for what he is doing. I totally agree on that part but to assume the kid is just chasing money i feel is the wrong way to approach this. we still don't know which story is the actual truth and until then I will not pass judgement on the kid nor the school.
As far as I know, schools are not allowed to be involved in any NIL money. That all must be privately funded through boosters, corporate sponsorships, etc.
All the school can give is room, board, books, tuition, and a FCOA stipend of a few thousand bucks per year. So UNLV is likely being honest when they say they have fulfilled their financial obligation, as that wouldn't include NIL.
And as someone that has played D1 ball and know the ins and outs of collegiate football, I say hogwash. Those coaches made a promise to that kid and didn't come through. It's a cop out. Schools aren't allowed to be involved with NIL money but they CAN pay players. So if I was a coach and the NIL people welched on their money I would go to the school and get that kid the money because I know that he came because we said that he would get that money. If you think that the coaches/schools don't know about the money the kids are being offered you are sadly mistaken. These coaches know what the kids are being offered and are a part of making sure that they are offered that money because they want to get them. Now due to rules they don't "get involved" but they are fully involved, just like they were involved back in the day when they were paying kids under the table. These coaches have eyes and ears everywhere and they know everything that's going on, its their job to know everything.
I'm sure you're right that the coaches and recruiters made NIL promises, no doubt about that. But the money isn't coming from the school itself. The university itself doesn't owe the kid any more than the things I mentioned above. The NIL collective might owe him but the school does not.
So it has now come out that the OC offered him 100k, he committed, got here only got 3K. They said they would pay him before the season, then told him they would pay him in game checks, then when the dad called and talked to the head coach he told them the OC doesn't have the power make that offer and if it didn't come from him it isn't valid. UNLV is screwing the kid and the kid is doing right so that he can get paid now, as he was promised, and play for a team that will keep their word.
He's a 23/24 year old college graduate. He should know a) the school offering money is non-binding, as it's actually an NCAA violation to pay athletes and b) anything to do with compensation in that high a dollar amount NEEDS TO BE IN WRITING. I'm not saying an assistant coach DIDN'T MAKE the promise, but at that point he should have said, have your collective send over the paperwork. Even when NIL was very new, prior to the 2nd football season it was made legal, MSU student-athletes were given... CONTRACTS (link below). Typically, these contracts involve specific performance, such as appearing in commercials, showing up to events, etc., not playing football. In fact, paying for play is STILL not allowed by the NCAA amateur rules. They are literally being compensated for use of their Name, Image, and Likeness. It was an expensive, unnecessary lesson but one that Sluka will learn from nonetheless.
https://www.kulr8.com/sports/montana-st ... 6a681.html
I'm curious if anyone will even bring him on. I don't think there's many P4 teams that utilize a run-first QB offense and his passing stats against bottom-half competition leave a ton to be desired, completing 21 of 48 (43.75%) for 318 yards (that's over 3 games, not 1). P4 schools don't recruit stud WRs to bring in a QB that runs the ball 13x per game by himself.
1. you are incorrect schools can pay players. Schools haven't figured out how they are going to do that or what it looks like but has been approved that schools can in fact pay players to pay for them.
2. it's wild that you are saying that a kid, regardless of his age, is at fault for believing coaches and are basically shifting the blame all to the kid. You are not holding the grown men accountable for flat out lying but rather saying that a 23/24y/o should have "known better". Please remember that it has been scientifically proven that males do not fully develop mentally until 25 or later. So you are looking at fully developed men and holding them to a lower standard than a person who isn't fully developed yet(as proven by scientific research). That is wild that you are placing all the onus on the player and none on the people that lied to him. But see you can think through all of that because........yup you are a fully develop adult male(I'm guessing)....while we may say he should have known obviously he didn't....and even if you didn't what about the simple morality of the adults involved? You don't feel they should be held accountable?
4. His ability isn't in question nor is the opportunity to go to another team. you say that he won't go to a P4 team....UNLV isn't a P4 team(well they are as of Tuesday...but they weren't when he decided to go there). Him being a top level qb or not isn't in question....it's the morality of the coaches and them not fulfilling promises that were made to him. Who cares how good he is or isn't.......keep your word. The didn't so he isn't playing. It's a shame that the young man has to hold old men accountable to just being good people.
Look at it like this......if you get recruited to a job....they promise you opportunities to advance....you get there and they don't allow you to advance are you going to keep working there or are you going to find a job somewhere else? Same thing here.....
1) I'm starting to understand why you are siding so strongly with Sluka. You are 100% incorrect that a school can pay the student directly for playing for them.
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NCAA rules still prevent schools from paying players directly. This means that college coaches cannot offer money as an incentive for high school athletes to come play at their school, nor can athletes receive compensation directly from their university based upon their athletic achievements. Because the NCAA still intends to maintain its amateur sports status, paying athletes for their play on the field isn’t possible."
https://iconsource.com/everything-about-nil/
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NCAA rules still forbid schools from paying their athletes. However that may change as the result of a May 2024 court settlement."
https://www.investopedia.com/nil-and-th ... 20athletes.
The May 2024 settlement reference has not been approved by the judge overseeing the case (Judge Wilkin) expressed concern over the settlement just yesterday. "Wilken is unpersuaded that this new system could realistically distinguish, as the judge put it, “real NIL” versus “pay-for-play.”
https://www.sportico.com/law/analysis/2 ... 234796270/
As it stands now, and was in effect during his recruitment, a school CANNOT pay an athlete to play for them. It has to be thru a 3rd party (governed by state laws, if enacted) and be for the commercial use of their name, image, and likeness (wink, wink) which is where the term NIL came from.
2) Maybe I'm smarter than you average bear, but well before I was Sluka's age, if someone said they'd give me $100k for doing XYZ, I would have said, "Let's see it in writing". So even if he wasn't aware that the school COULD NOT guarantee him any money, he should have been smart enough to get a signed contract. Fully developed male or not. I mean, he's like 1 year short of that by your scientific definition (I don't think that definition is meant to be applied to whether a young male can understand contracts, by the way. Jebus)
3...or 4 since you skipped #3... IMO, morality is in doubt in this he-said-he-said case. Sluka said he was promised $100k, UNLV denies it. So our options are: a) Sluka is monumentally stupid and didn't get a $100k agreement in writing AND UNLV was violating NCAA rules OR b) Sluka was never promised $100k and he felt he could squeeze UNLV after obtaining an agent once the team was winning. His "agent" is not even registered as an agent in Nevada.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... in-nevada/
The whole thing stinks of money grab to me. I'm inclined to believe the school, you can believe the player, but to do that you're saying he's monumentally stupid and UNLV is back to breaking NCAA rules.
Also... your hypothetical at the end of your post is a false equivalence. He wasn't promised the opportunity to advance; he's already the starting QB FFS. A better example, which I absolutely did after graduating college, would be a prospective employer offered me a job after college offering me a certain salary, benefits and moving expenses. When I found the terms satisfactory (what they call a "meeting of the minds" in contract law), you know what they did??? Sent me a f***ing contract!