Skull Session: The NCAA plans to crack down on NIL collectives, Quinn Ewers discusses Ohio State, Gene Smith says FBS football needs its own rules separate from the NCAA, and more.
The current NIL situation has become so much of an unmitigated disaster that the NCAA has actually decided to do something about it – or at least try.
The guidelines, still in draft form, outline that booster-backed collectives should be prohibited from associating with high school prospects and college transfers, potentially opening the door for contentious legal challenges between the association and booster groups.“We let things get out of hand,” says one official with knowledge of the guidelines. “We have to get [the boosters] out of contacting recruits and bartering with them.
And now that I’m writing this Players’ Tribune article, I know y’all have questions. The biggest one probably being:… Can I be honest with y’all? It’s hard to make life-changing decisions when you’re only 17 or 18 years old. But this time I really just tried to block out all the noise, and focus on what I wanted for myself. It took a lot of prayer, but I’m confident in the choice I made.
I guess at the end of the day, the most important parts are"I enjoyed my time at Ohio State" and"I'm grateful for the experience." Past that, I'm not sure what you can really expect him to say.Media folks and fans have been talking about it online for years, but now Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith is finally saying it openly and on the record from a position of power – FBS football actually doesn't need the NCAA.
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