The House settlement prevents boosters from paying players - at least that is what the conferences are attempting to do. We can argue about whether the clearinghouse that has to approve NIL deals will be effective in doing so.
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/44579716/house-settlement-nears-finalization-amid-judge-last-concerns
I mean - maybe Texas was the wishy-washy ones? If Texas did not offer him until later and he signed with UNC thinking he was not getting an offer, but then immediately thereafter got the Texas offer, the timing might make sense.
My initial guess is that if an SEC team wanted to sign a player and the player was able to challenge the rule in court, the player would win. However, unlike with most of the NCAA rules that players are challenging, no SEC school is likely to be willing to try to sign a player and piss off the SEC and thus no player has standing to challenge the rule.
It probably depends some on who wins on Monday. If UH wins, the Duke game gets elevated to iconic status and no one will remember the Tech collapse against Florida. If Florida wins, the Duke/UH game will still be remembered, but the comeback against Tech will be discussed a lot as well.
My initial plans are to attend tOSU, Florida, and Georgia this year - but that is assuming I can get approval from the wife for three games this year (the kids are still too young for big games that I have to travel to).
It's a dumb analogy, but if we are going to use it, it's more like divorcing your wife for assaulting you and being arrested for it and then two years later marrying someone that used creative accounting to cheat on their taxes by violating a tax rule that has since been repealed.
Would we? It’s certainly better than Texas has done for a long time, but if you asked me if I would take three elite eights and no final fours, I would probably hold out for the chance at more.
Eh. I thought they had to hire him after the elite eight run even though it was unlikely to work out long-term. Like most people thought, it didn’t work out, and now we are looking for a new coach two years later. If that’s the result of the “absolute worst mistake” the University could make, I guess we’re pretty fortunate.