Yep, and if you sell a jersey with their name on it, you're going to owe them a royalty. That'll be another confusing wrinkle to iron out. What if TJD wants a bigger percentage than Anthony Leal commands?
good question.
but as i brought up before, i think the bigger question is whether any royalties need be tied to the number of sales at all, or if they can be negotiated on a flat fee basis.
ie, Joe Recruit says he wants $200,000 per yr for said school to sell his jersey with his name, regardless of the quantity of actual jerseys sold with his name.
and what if the school/gear company says they aren't paying Joe that much regardless of if Joe's attending said school is contingent or not.
but coach Archie Hotseat, who makes 3 mil a yr plus perks, thinks the $200,000 number would be worth it to him. (as do his assistants, also making big bucks).
in the end, could it not be just how much is Joe's attending worth to the school itself, but also how much is it worth to the coaching staff making millions a yr.
as to a scenario of, "the rules won't allow the schools or coaches to funnel money through the NIL to Joe", how are you ever going to stop them legally circumventing any such rules?
as i brought up in another thread, with the schools/NCAA going the route of NIL rather than just paying players something, *which they absolutely could afford), they have given up any ability what so ever to police or control this in the slightest as i see it.
thinking they can, would be beyond naive imo.
perhaps i'm all wrong.
the capitalism algorithm and history tell me i'm not.
whatever anyone can think up, will be done.