Paying players with school money

[mongoo99]

Anyone know how or if this affects FCS. And does this mean the end of NIL?

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/sto ... -here-next

[AFCAT]

Anyone know how or if this affects FCS. And does this mean the end of NIL?

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/sto ... -here-next

From the article.

"Athletes are also still allowed to make money from selling the rights to their name, image and likeness (NIL) to other parties. The settlement creates a new set of rules and a brand-new organization called the College Sports Commission that will try to stop boosters from using NIL deals as additional salary payments, a practice that became commonplace in the past several years.

However, many teams are already working in concert with booster collectives to find creative ways to pad their payrolls with third-party NIL deals that fit within the new rules. Industry experts say football and basketball teams will likely have to find ways to provide several million dollars beyond the salary cap limits if they want to field a team that can compete for championships."

[MSU01]

Anyone know how or if this affects FCS. And does this mean the end of NIL?

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/sto ... -here-next

It affects the FCS teams that opted in to the settlement, of which MSU is one. Part of that is the new roster limit of 105 players for football, which MSU will now have to adhere to. As AFCAT said, this is an additional source of compensation for athletes and doesn't affect the existence of NIL money from boosters and other outside parties.

[AFCAT]

This part of the settlement for some PWO players cut from the roster is interesting.


"Wilken asked for a solution and, after weeks, the parties decided to let anyone cut from a roster — now termed a “Designated Student-Athlete” — return to their old school or play for a new one without counting against the new limit."