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🏅Finder's Fees, Freshman, and the Future of Football
SDSU's head coach wants smaller schools to be compensated for player development...
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Saturdays are for kicking back with college football and NIL Wire. Let’s get you caught up on everything that’s happened this week.
SDSU’s Sean Lewis offered up an interesting idea that could help small schools secure football funding; UCLA basketball is committing heavily to the transfer portal – they’re not expecting to take in any freshman next season. Oh, and the Big 12 and ACC are scheduled to listen in on potential business model solutions for college football… solutions that the SEC and Big 10 have no interest in hearing.
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A College Football “Finder’s Fee”…?
San Diego State’s head football coach Sean Lewis just pitched an interesting idea for the NIL era: A “finder’s fee” of sorts that would reward teams for developing players. Here’s how it would work, in Lewis’ own words:
“If there is a better opportunity (at another school), in some form or fashion, there is a finder’s fee, if you will, for finding that player, for having developed them,” he explained, “At least if that great player leaves… we would at least be compensated… so that you could then replace that really good player that you just lost.”
Helps smaller schools get NIL funding? Check. Incentivizes their developing young players? Check. It would be impossible to implement right now, but consider me a fan of Lewis’ idea. (More)
UCLA Basketball is out on Freshman
In the past few years, NIL has substantially changed the way teams build their basketball rosters. For a while, upperclassmen reigned supreme. Then we entered the one-and-done era, where highly touted freshman led the way. But UCLA is embracing a new philosophy entirely: Build entirely through the transfer portal.
For the first time in 25 years, UCLA basketball is not expected to bring in a single freshmen next season. Head coach Mick Cronin explained how recent recruiting changes led to this decision.
“There’s really only one rule: You can transfer every year,” he said, “You sign early now, it used to be binding, now it’s just an aid thing. If a guy wants to change, he can sign with you and if he decides to change his mind, they’re going to let him out [of his scholarship].” (More)
Big 12, ACC to Hear College Football Proposals
Remember when we told y’all about two proposals to change how college football operates – Project Rudy and the College Student Football League? Well, reports say that those two proposals are being floated to leaders at both the Big 12 and ACC sometime in the near future. This comes after Baylor’s President called for a summit on the future of college sports.
Before you ask, no, Big Ten and SEC representatives won’t be in attendance for these presentations. According to CBS Sports, “their commissioners have shown public disdain for both postseason models.”
Why? Probably because, after consolidating multiple top-tier brands within their ranks, both the SEC and Big 10 are trying to figure out the future of college sports without the other conferences. They’ve been in discussions about this topic for nearly a year now. (More)
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ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT
Flaujae Johnson
School: LSU
Position: Guard
Sport: Basketball
Class: Junior
Accolades:
2024 Second Team All-SEC
2024 Albany 2 All-Region Team
2023 SEC Freshman of the Year
2023 SEC All-Freshman Team
2023 SEC Freshman of the Week (11/15/22, 11/22/22, 1/2/23)
2022 Goombay Splash All-Tournament Team
NIL: Flaujae has secured NIL deals with big names like Apple Cash, Boozoka, MVP Miami, Mercedes Benz, Tinder, and The NIL Store.
NIL BLITZ
♦️ Saban hated home games at Alabama because of the additional recruiting duties
♦️ Mack Brown tells his coaches to “stay off social media and don’t worry about what’s happening in the lawsuits and revenue sharing.”
♦️ Michigan and Ohio State are teaming up to raise NIL money
♦️ Learfield was just named one of the SBJ’s best places to work in 2024
♦️ A-10 Presidents affirmed their commitment to basketball success at a recent Council meeting
♦️ Miami’s Cam Ward just gifted custom chains to his O-line thanks to NIL
♦️ Mississippi College cuts their football program, but it’s not NIL’s fault
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Today’s Poll Question:
Would you be in favor of a college football "finder's fee" for players? |
Last Edition’s Poll Results:
Will the division of power between coaches and NIL GMs help programs or hurt programs?
Help: Coaches can focus on coaching now, and not who's on the team - 44%
Hurt: Coaching philosophies may not align with the GM, and that's a disaster waiting to happen - 56%
“There’s really only one rule: You can transfer every year.”