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@Brown Water, you'll be able to answer this one. I know I promised I'd leave below but this one interested me.

Posted: 01/21/2026 at 11:34 AM ET

(In response to this post by reconhokie)

NIL is dumb -- reconhokie Jan 21, 2026 at 11:19 AM ET

reconhokie • 01/21/26 11:19 AM ET

This could all be fixed by allowing prop bets on portal activity ** -- bigbadbird Jan 21, 2026 at 04:48 PM ET

bigbadbird • 01/21/26 04:48 PM ET

NIL killed the SEC star. (SIR)** -- MikeVT85 Jan 21, 2026 at 03:28 PM ET

MikeVT85 • 01/21/26 03:28 PM ET

What is dumb about a contract? Its the protection a buyer and seller have. -- UTPr0sim Jan 21, 2026 at 01:39 PM ET

UTPr0sim • 01/21/26 01:39 PM ET

I thought NIL agreements were between collectives and the player. How is -- Stork Jan 21, 2026 at 02:42 PM ET

Stork • 01/21/26 02:42 PM ET

Actually that got changed so schools COULD be involved. We are finishing -- UTPr0sim Jan 21, 2026 at 02:45 PM ET

UTPr0sim • 01/21/26 02:45 PM ET

sort of. That $20.5M is from revenue. NIL is still technically separate, -- reestuart Jan 21, 2026 at 03:57 PM ET

reestuart • 01/21/26 03:57 PM ET

Interesting. Thanks** -- Stork Jan 21, 2026 at 02:46 PM ET

Stork • 01/21/26 02:46 PM ET

Here is a video on the latest.** -- UTPr0sim Jan 21, 2026 at 02:51 PM ET

UTPr0sim • 01/21/26 02:51 PM ET

In one respect it seems to have leveled the field a bit -- VT BronzeBacker Jan 21, 2026 at 01:13 PM ET

VT BronzeBacker • 01/21/26 01:13 PM ET

Ergo, won't the money go WITH Mensah, not TO Miami? -- TomTurkey Jan 21, 2026 at 12:53 PM ET

TomTurkey • 01/21/26 12:53 PM ET

NCAA is worthless. No attempt to rein in this chaos -- HokieDan95 Jan 21, 2026 at 12:11 PM ET

HokieDan95 • 01/21/26 12:11 PM ET

It seems like the courts don't think they have any legitimate authority to** -- hucareshokiesrul Jan 21, 2026 at 09:05 PM ET

hucareshokiesrul • 01/21/26 09:05 PM ET

Because the schools don't want to. The schools are the NCAA.** -- reestuart Jan 21, 2026 at 01:43 PM ET

reestuart • 01/21/26 01:43 PM ET

Think of NIL as "Pay for Play" -- EDGEMAN Jan 21, 2026 at 11:48 AM ET

EDGEMAN • 01/21/26 11:48 AM ET

And the pretense will protect the player.** -- TomTurkey Jan 21, 2026 at 12:54 PM ET

TomTurkey • 01/21/26 12:54 PM ET

This is the lounge, I'm more interested in reconhokie's previous name. ◄ -- BG Hokie Jan 21, 2026 at 11:34 AM ET

BG Hokie • 01/21/26 11:34 AM ET