NIL players/Agents

[daboyzfan4life]

Do NCAA players have agents during the NIL process? If so and they declare for the NFL draft, can they backtrack. Just saying, can Shadeur and daddy say he will not sign with anyone except Dallas unless Daddy Deion is hired as HC? Eli and potential Arch Manning in the future.

 

[reddyuta]

to answer your first question the answer is a BIG yes,high school kids have agents now.

 

[Reality]

If a projected top pick says they won't sign with any team except their preferred teams, it still doesn't mean teams won't draft them.

A team could easily draft them and tell other teams the costs are 3 or 4 first round picks or they will simply hold on to them all season.

If the player does not sign their contract, they can re-enter the draft the following year though they will have lost a year of stats, salary, etc. and they may be in less demand the following year.

That said, the same thing could happen to them the next season as well.

The Archie and Eli Manning situation worked out for them because they found a team with a close pick willing to trade and capable of getting their plan B player.

If Shadeur said he would only play for the Cowboys, then 11 other teams would be incentivised to draft Shadeur to extort a lot of draft picks in return from the Cowboys, who have a history as we all know of overpaying in draft picks.

Not to mention, it creates a problem for Shadeur because his predeterminined rookie contract is based on where he is drafted. That would mean a team would have to draft him and then trade him to the Cowboys or else it would end up costing him a lot of money.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Do NCAA players have agents during the NIL process? If so and they declare for the NFL draft, can they backtrack. Just saying, can Shadeur and daddy say he will not sign with anyone except Dallas unless Daddy Deion is hired as HC? Eli and potential Arch Manning in the future.

Yes, NCAA players can use agents/representatives to negotiate their NIL deals for them without fear of losing eligibility.

However, once you declare for the draft and fill out the official paperwork, your eligibility is gone. So, you cant enter the draft, not like who drafted you and decide to go back and play another year of college ball. You cant do that.

Only thing a draft pick can do is refuse to sign with the team that drafted them and sit the year out, then the following year they can reenter the draft again. While this is an option, I have never seen this actually done by any big name athletes.

 

[Mr_437]

Colleges are starting to GMs to build the roster, and make financial decisions regarding players NIL money.

 

[thunderpimp91]

If a projected top pick says they won't sign with any team except their preferred teams, it still doesn't mean teams won't draft them.

A team could easily draft them and tell other teams the costs are 3 or 4 first round picks or they will simply hold on to them all season.

If the player does not sign their contract, they can re-enter the draft the following year though they will have lost a year of stats, salary, etc. and they may be in less demand the following year.

That said, the same thing could happen to them the next season as well.

The Archie and Eli Manning situation worked out for them because they found a team with a close pick willing to trade and capable of getting their plan B player.

If Shadeur said he would only play for the Cowboys, then 11 other teams would be incentivised to draft Shadeur to extort a lot of draft picks in return from the Cowboys, who have a history as we all know of overpaying in draft picks.

Not to mention, it creates a problem for Shadeur because his predeterminined rookie contract is based on where he is drafted. That would mean a team would have to draft him and then trade him to the Cowboys or else it would end up costing him a lot of money.

Its an interesting dynamic for sure. Nothing you said there is wrong, but to play devils advocate hypothetically the Cowboys would be well positioned to play hardball with another franchise as the Sanders family isnt hurting for money, and the Cowboysd already have a QB they can't realistically move for at least another year. I also don't think scouts are viewing Shedeur as an Eli Manning type of prospect either, and he is being projected high more so due to a lack of high end QB prospects rather than him being a coveted player. It could make for a cheaper trade up price than usual.

 

[sunalsorises]

Yes, NCAA players can use agents/representatives to negotiate their NIL deals for them without fear of losing eligibility.

However, once you declare for the draft and fill out the official paperwork, your eligibility is gone. So, you cant enter the draft, not like who drafted you and decide to go back and play another year of college ball. You cant do that.

Only thing a draft pick can do is refuse to sign with the team that drafted them and sit the year out, then the following year they can reenter the draft again. While this is an option, I have never seen this actually done by any big name athletes.

Didn't someone do this back when the original USFL was running? For some reason I think a player didn't like who drafted him and went to the USFL instead. Maybe it was Jim Kelly?

Bo Jackson did it with Tampa but he went to play baseball.

 

[Reality]

Its an interesting dynamic for sure. Nothing you said there is wrong, but to play devils advocate hypothetically the Cowboys would be well positioned to play hardball with another franchise as the Sanders family isnt hurting for money, and the Cowboysd already have a QB they can't realistically move for at least another year. I also don't think scouts are viewing Shedeur as an Eli Manning type of prospect either, and he is being projected high more so due to a lack of high end QB prospects rather than him being a coveted player. It could make for a cheaper trade up price than usual.

True .. you never know how it will play out.

 

[thunderpimp91]

True .. you never know how it will play out.

With tons of pre draft drama lol, which makes me think it could be something Jerry is taking serious.