Let'sGoZips94 Posted April 23 Report Posted April 23 3 hours ago, kreed5120 said: The state of Louisiana is looking to pass legislation to raise taxes specifically to fund NIL. They're also seeking to make NIL tax free money. S*** is getting out of hand. https://lailluminator.com/2025/04/21/louisiana-legislators-to-consider-college-athletics-subsidies/ Rumor has it Mardi Gras is going to become a NIL fundraiser. You get beads for donating. 1 Quote
GP1 Posted April 23 Author Report Posted April 23 (edited) On 4/23/2025 at 10:26 AM, kreed5120 said: The state of Louisiana is looking to pass legislation to raise taxes specifically to fund NIL. They're also seeking to make NIL tax free money. S*** is getting out of hand. https://lailluminator.com/2025/04/21/louisiana-legislators-to-consider-college-athletics-subsidies/ So much about this story is disgusting. It's hard to even begin where to discuss it. Edited May 3 by GP1 3 Quote
GP1 Posted April 23 Author Report Posted April 23 1 hour ago, Let'sGoZips94 said: Rumor has it Mardi Gras is going to become a NIL fundraiser. You get beads for donating. That's not what they give out beads for. 1 Quote
GP1 Posted April 30 Author Report Posted April 30 I heard an interesting proposal about the NIL this week on Full Ride. Teams will be allowed to have a maximum of 105 players on their teams. I forget the number, but it would keep over 1,000 players out of college football. I don't care if that many don't get to play. It just ends their playing career a year or two early. If this rule applies to DIII, it will greatly harm many of this schools. Filling teams up with players is a source of revenue these schools will be without. It could put some of them out of business. Schools like Mt Union have around 200 players on the team. Those students may just end up at state schools, which would be great for Akron. It would be a $3.5 million hit for Mt Union. Quote
adzip Posted April 30 Report Posted April 30 200 might be a bit high but GP1 is certainly correct that football is a major source (maybe THE major source) of male freshman enrollment at Mt. Union. I counted 100 freshmen listed on their football roster several years ago. Most will never see the field. They will lose many of them to state schools but their hope is that some will like the school enought to continue there with added loans/family funds even without the football. Those will be largely students who would never have gone to Mt. Union otherwise and therefore worth bringing them in as football players who will never play. 1 Quote
kreed5120 Posted April 30 Report Posted April 30 Texas is estimated to spend $35-$40 million on this years roster... https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/texas-will-spend-35-40-million-on-its-2025-football-roster 2 Quote
GP1 Posted May 3 Author Report Posted May 3 https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/shedeur-sanders-wont-be-doing-it-but-someone-could-try-to-return-to-college-after-the-draft The NFL response would be interesting depending upon how often it happened. There could be an apprehension about picking players with eligibility. There could also be an increase in players declaring for the draft because the risk could be low. The NFL could solve the problem by starting a minor league, which might be awesome for college football by getting people out who don't want to be there, but that would be really expensive. Quote
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