My understanding at first was college athletes could use their name,image, and likeness to generate income. Cool, nothing wrong with that.
But everything I'm seeing with the portal sounds like it is pay to play, like paying a free agent. Burks for example, did he literally just get a bag for going to OU, or does he need to do anything (commercials, promotions, jump out of a few cakes)?
Can the athlete sign directly with someone like Nike, or do they have to go through the Boilermaker Alliance for example?
I'm just trying to understand how this all works exactly. Thanks
But everything I'm seeing with the portal sounds like it is pay to play, like paying a free agent. Burks for example, did he literally just get a bag for going to OU, or does he need to do anything (commercials, promotions, jump out of a few cakes)?
Can the athlete sign directly with someone like Nike, or do they have to go through the Boilermaker Alliance for example?
I'm just trying to understand how this all works exactly. Thanks