Think of NIL as "Pay for Play"

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EDGEMAN

Although it was approved to be actual NIL, certain schools blew right through even attempting to do the right thing with NIL, and went straight to "pay for play." Everyone had to follow suit, or be left in the dust. Everyone does P4P these days.

Posted: 01/21/2026 at 11:48 AM ET

(In response to this post by reconhokie)

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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