With so many of our girls hitting the portal this year, could this possibly be the reason? She did recruit Hardaway and some of the others that are leaving. Tez Dumars, who was on her staff at UNT is going to GCU as well.
Lawyers would argue that they have "NIL agents" not Professional agents, lol.
Schools and players seem to be challenging all the rules now (about income), and courts are sympathetic. So, perhaps there will be a time soon when a school or player tests the re-signing of an athlete back to college in the same sport.
They could argue he was trying to earn a career, but it didn't happen yet, and while waiting for another chance wants to continue his college sport eligibility. Some court would probably side with the athlete.
If it makes y'all feel any better, I work with a Baylor and Alabama grad who both refuse to donate to NIL. Obviously both schools have more than enough donors to make-up for the few who won't but there are fans of big programs who are over the NIL stuff, especially donating when they already paid their tuition to said schools.
Forfeiture of Eligibility:
Once a player is considered a professional in a specific sport, they lose their eligibility to compete in that sport at the college level.
Here's the thing, the NCAA considers a player a professional once they receive money for their athletic abilities. Once NIL moves in house, this summer I believe, it'll be hard for the NCAA to win the argument that a school isn't paying a player for their athletic abilities. I believe there's enough as is for somebody to win that argument in court since NIL collectives are school specific and they're even signing contracts now. Once somebody takes it to court and wins, pro players will be coming back to college to collect on NIL deals greater than their pro deals.
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