For some reason, my bullshit detector is going off.
Yes, Sankey’s problem with the current state of NIL affairs is based on his concern for the families of recruits. If you’re buying that, please reach out to me about that tasty oceanfront tract in Hahira I can let you have at a very attractive price.
Get The Picture 
OK, I’ll give you that Sankey’s motives ain’t exactly Lily-white, but what’s wrong with an “enforceable national standard?”
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What’s wrong with letting the market sort things out?
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If this is going to be a true market ala NFL-ish the it should be al fresco as well. Caps and guard rails. Like BB I don’t think Sankey is completely clean, I think this comment has some merit. Simplify this for the parents who don’t speak legalese; a lot of these kids come from pretty poor and uneducated families. And yes, put a some sort of national regulation on the now legal bagmen.
Ain’t gonna lie, I don’t like the NIL “as is.” It needs some tweaking. Just mu .02 And that’s what it’s worth .02
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This. What he is really saying is that we need a Nationwide Cap. He can’t Cap the SEC, because it would put them at a disadvantage. But everybody wants to Cap this because the cost is becoming astronomical. And a certain amount of control comes back into place. Right now – it’s the Will Wild West.
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Cost astronomical? Nationwide Cap? Why? We have been doing that for just over one year. Why not let the shake out and see where is lands? The invisible hand should take care of things. If boosters what to pay a recruit $1 million before they have even practiced, it’s their money. We’ve seen some pretty big money go into players that haven’t played a down yet, not be worth it. The market will regulate itself.
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All things being equal, nothing. But that ‘s not the case. Bad actors , as usual fuck things up for most everyone else. Therein lies the rub.
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“Bad actors” = boosters paying kids money
“Good actors” = boosters paying schools money
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Yeah…and?
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I think the problem is that a “fan” (i.e. booster with deep pockets) shouldn’t have a huge chunk of direct control over where a player goes to play football.
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Throwing shade on Hahira? Cold
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Ain’t nothing cold about Hahira
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I don’t think it is throwing shade on Hahira. At 225 feet above sea level, it’s only a matter of time before your investment pays off.
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Yep. I used to live there. A selling point for my house was that it might someday be a beachfront home!
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So the onus for compliance is entirely on the player, not the folks writing the checks or the school benefiting from the players talents.
I have a feeling said NIL payer or school will be happy to assist with compliance if the player winds up facing any kind of suspension that might affect playing time.
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He’s absolutely right! Families SHOULDN’T be forced to sort through all that stuff. Their agents should be doing the sorting for them.
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I lived in Hahira for about a year, and I don’t know why people pick on it so badly. 😆
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Listen, I spent a month in Topeka one weekend. Oy!!
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The Hahira Pick In was a great bluegrass festival.
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First, how can they impose caps? Didn’t SCOTUS scare them away from anti-trust issues? Next, what are the proposed caps on coaching and AD compensation? Concerned children would like to know.
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Bs it is. In one breath, he touts expanding SEC as still regional, contiguous “superleague”, he created by tearing a hole in the national landscape. And in another breath, he’s touting consistent national standards for all conferences. Trying to look like the thought leader, but without the thought.
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Auburn bag men and the REC are praying for “national caps” so they can get back to the environment they were used to operating…none of this out in the open stuff
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