Forever Saturday

Episode 3: What Michigan Can *Actually* Do With NIL

Episode Summary

Breaking down the NIL landscape: Michigan's state laws compared to other states, UM's NIL policies compared to its rivals, potential openings for Michigan's involvement in deals for its players, and what that will actually mean for the ability to compete with the Texas A&Ms of the world.

Episode Notes

We cover the whole NIL landscape around Michigan including: 

• The NCAA's (borderline nonexistent) NIL regulations
• The Michigan NIL Law
• Whether Michigan's policy imposes additional restrictions on UM Athletes beyond what the law imposes
• How does Michigan's NIL policy stack up next to MSU and OSU?
• MSU's policy might be a little more permissive on alcohol and gambling NIL deals, but otherwise the policies are substantially similar
• MSU and OSU completely ban their staff/coaches from procuring or developing NIL opportunity for their athletes - Michigan's does not. The institutions seem to disagree about whether a university can take on the role of procuring NIL deals for their players. MSU/OSU must think they cannot assist players in procuring NIL deals, or else it makes no sense to impose that type of restriction on your staff. 
• Even if UM could set up an in-house team dedicated to finding NIL deals for its athletes, would that move the needle? Or is the only way forward to go full Texas A&M?