2023 AAC transfer portal rankings

MrAlien · January 25, 2023

The speed at which some of these transfers are happening tells me that there is absolutely tampering and negotiations going on behind the scenes.

DentonStang · January 25, 2023

6 hours ago, dodgefan said:

Not being sarcastic, but SMU's defense was terrible last year. Was that a recruiting failure by Sonny Dykes and the previous staff?

Yes. The timing of the change killed a recruiting class, and then the first season of transfers under Lashlee consisted of defending our key players from TCU theft (there's your blatant tempering). With injuries, graduation, we had no depth. Really bad, especially later in the season.

Edited January 25, 2023 by DentonStang

DentonStang · January 25, 2023

2 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

How is this paying them for Name, Image and Likeness? Looks like a semi-pro team to me.

They all have commitments they must comply with involving their image or likeness in exchange for payments.

El Paso Eagle · January 25, 2023

12 minutes ago, DentonStang said:

They all have commitments they must comply with involving their image or likeness in exchange for payments.

Hopefully a little less blatant than Miami's, where the player is required to do something along the lines of one social media post a week for the Gym 🤑

UNTLifer · January 25, 2023

14 minutes ago, DentonStang said:

They all have commitments they must comply with involving their image or likeness in exchange for payments.

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And who monitors this little arrangement?

DentonStang · January 25, 2023

27 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

And who monitors this little arrangement?

Some questions aren't meant to be asked ....

UNTLifer · January 25, 2023

15 minutes ago, DentonStang said:

Some questions aren't meant to be asked ....

Ahh, the Mustang way.

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GrandGreen · January 26, 2023

9 hours ago, DentonStang said:

They all have commitments they must comply with involving their image or likeness in exchange for payments.

Playing football well is probably the only requirement.

Not a shot at SMU, but any NIL rules are unenforceable. The school they play for should not have anything to do with the player's NIL agreement and thus can't monitor anything.

So, who does the monitoring. It is an agreement between the employer and the player. I assume like contract labor, but where it is going to get real messy is how the IRS handles these agreements.

There will have to a method for reporting and monitoring these agreements and taxes paid. This means that the providers of the NIL compensation are going have to report the amounts, individuals and services provided.

Edited January 26, 2023 by GrandGreen

MrAlien · January 26, 2023

How can it be regulated? Look at Bronny's deal with Nike... Nike will have a say in which school he plays for, who plays with him, how many minutes a game he plays, and likely also what time and what channel the games are on. If the university does not like it, then Nike will move him to another school, or a pro team. The schools no longer really have control.