A couple of interesting thinks from the latest Kerry Eggers column: https://www.kerryeggers.com/stories/with-scott-barnes-on-the-state-of-d-i-athletics-we-need-to-bring-some-order-to-this-chaos
On attempts to put a limit on NIL and the evil influence of Swoosh U:
Barnes believes there needs to be a cap to NIL spending.
A proposal in the Oregon House of Representatives — HB 3694 — would erase any cap that would be instituted for NIL funding. It would supersede any federal legislation imposing limits.
“There are no limits on NIL as it exists,” Bjornstad says. “So (the bill) is like a preemptive strike in case they put limits on it. We will see what happens. I don’t see anything changing now, but at some point the NCAA or some other body will probably come in and cap NIL funding.”
Not surprisingly, the University of Oregon and Nike — with perhaps the deepest pockets in college athletics — fully endorse the HB 3694. Not surprisingly, Barnes and Oregon State are strongly against it. “We need to bring some common sense to the marketplace,” he says. “We should implement as many measures as we can to control the expenses in a way that makes sense.”
On attempts to put a limit on NIL and the evil influence of Swoosh U:
Barnes believes there needs to be a cap to NIL spending.
A proposal in the Oregon House of Representatives — HB 3694 — would erase any cap that would be instituted for NIL funding. It would supersede any federal legislation imposing limits.
“There are no limits on NIL as it exists,” Bjornstad says. “So (the bill) is like a preemptive strike in case they put limits on it. We will see what happens. I don’t see anything changing now, but at some point the NCAA or some other body will probably come in and cap NIL funding.”
Not surprisingly, the University of Oregon and Nike — with perhaps the deepest pockets in college athletics — fully endorse the HB 3694. Not surprisingly, Barnes and Oregon State are strongly against it. “We need to bring some common sense to the marketplace,” he says. “We should implement as many measures as we can to control the expenses in a way that makes sense.”
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