Some universities aren’t eager to engage in a recruiting world driven by donor collectives.
As it wades across the most turbulent era in the history of college athletics, the Pac-12 is drifting ever closer to an existential crisis.
Should the schools become immersed in aspects of NIL that contradict the spirit of amateurism still alive in Ivory Towers across the conference? A split into divisions based on donor support for NIL was one of several possible outcomes, but hardly the most extreme, offered to the Hotline by conference sources and NIL experts. Because after eight months of NIL, the so-called donor collectives have emerged as the prime movers in the marketplace — the fundamental drivers of recruiting.
Or consider Miami, where John Ruiz, a local businessman, is paying 10 Hurricane players between $30,000 and $50,000 to promote his company, Life Wallet. Within the Pac-12, USC quarterback Caleb Williams has the highest-profile NIL deal; he signed with Beats By Dre for an undisclosed amount.
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