In the ongoing "Wild West" where the NCAA seems powerless to regulate and NIL is changing the landscape, it seems a new tactic has begun. "Collectives" associated with a school are gathering money and then contacting players asking them to transfer. The "collective" is not officially part of the school, and there are no "guardrails" (i.e., NCAA rules) on NIL prohibiting it. No information noted on if the coaches are encouraging it or had a say in who, exactly, to contact, but there has to be SOMETHING connected there. I doubt any "collective" is just going off on their own encouraging players.
The most recent story is from Pat Forde, who details how a realUSC "collective" called a Utah player and offered him around $1M in NIL deals if he would transfer. The Utah AD called the realUSC AD, and both were frustrated.
From Utah HC Kyle Whittingham: “There’s going to come a time in the very, very near future where the Top 25 NIL pots of money are going to mirror exactly the Top 25 teams in the country. That’s just how it is. That’s where it’s heading and there’s no debate about it, unless they change the rules. I don’t think they can backpedal now with the can of worms that they’ve opened.”
The most recent story is from Pat Forde, who details how a realUSC "collective" called a Utah player and offered him around $1M in NIL deals if he would transfer. The Utah AD called the realUSC AD, and both were frustrated.
From Utah HC Kyle Whittingham: “There’s going to come a time in the very, very near future where the Top 25 NIL pots of money are going to mirror exactly the Top 25 teams in the country. That’s just how it is. That’s where it’s heading and there’s no debate about it, unless they change the rules. I don’t think they can backpedal now with the can of worms that they’ve opened.”
