NYT article on NIL dangers

[HallX2]

This woman is making more than a million a year in endorsements . And I think it’s clear why. Sorry as I know it’s behind a paywall.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/...ytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

 

[afghan whigs]

Free here:

MSN

www.msn.com

 

[LeftCoastPirates]

She apparently has over 6.4 mm followers on Tik Tok and 2.2 mm followers on Instagram.

We all know the reasons why and you don’t have to like it. But this is in line with what NIL was intended for. She has a significant audience that follows her, why should she not profit off of it through sponsorship deals that want to take advantage of that base of viewers to market to?

This is not a collective or a booster creating “pay for play” for her to do gymnastics at LSU.

Here is another article not behind a pay wall.

https://www.thetealmango.com/entert...e-lsu-gymnast-who-became-a-millionaire-at-18/

 

[JTSHU]

Yea shes become famous and not because of gymnastics but wheres the return on investment for a gymnast. And if a gymnast can get that much, whats a bb or football player going to ask for.

 

[LeftCoastPirates]

Yea shes become famous and not because of gymnastics but wheres the return on investment for a gymnast. And if a gymnast can get that much, whats a bb or football player going to ask for.

But she isn’t being paid by her endorsement deals because she is a gymnast.

It’s obvious she is getting paid more along the lines for modeling based on images shared on social media.

what NIL allows her to do is to get paid for her name / image / likeness and still participate in collegiate athletics without being ineligible.

how is a collective paying a basketball player $50,000, or a bogus endorsement deal at the local car dealership (say the same $50,000) to pay a player the same as this?

 

[Fishjam]

She's paid by companies for being an Influencer. She would be paid the same whether she was a college gymnast or not.

This is definitely what the original NIL lawsuits were referring to. Why should college athletes be unable to make money from social media like anyone else in the world can?

Fans/boosters paying athletes was NEVER the intent of NIL however, when you make NIL legal with no guardrails from the NCAA and no consistency from state governments , it is very easy to see where it would go. Fans/boosters can use the NIL law to pay players strictly to play for their school.

 

[Mbrantfan88]

Read the article twice to make sure that I didn't miss anything. Only thing I missed was the alleged dangers.

Pretty people have been making money on their looks for a LONG time. Pretty people have been going a lot further than their skills dictate (we can name tons of actors, politicians, etc that fit this bill).

Good for them. Get your money.

 

[TheHall87]

Yea shes become famous and not because of gymnastics but wheres the return on investment for a gymnast. And if a gymnast can get that much, whats a bb or football player going to ask for.

Being a gymnast is literally besides the point as has been pointed out above. If you can't understand that, I can't help you.

Nadia Comaneci, Mary Lou Retton, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Bart Conner and countless other gymnasts who have parlayed their career into lucrative endorsements, along with their sponsors, might want a word.

 

[BA10151]

It’s funny that this is a “danger” when it is literally what NIL is meant for. Also extra points that Livvy is a NJ native