Airing of Grievances: NIL/Portal

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The players have no intrinsic value. If there was a team with Nunge, Freemantle, Boum, Kunkle, Macura (you pick the five) that had no affiliations playing against a similarly staffed team, again with no affiliations, would you go to watch them play? Would you PAY to watch them play? Their value is only derived from the name on the front of the jersey. Now, having said that, clearly once they don the jersey they do add value to the equation. But how do you determine the value; what’s fair? I suspect that Jerome Hunter has gained significantly more by the name on the front of his jersey than Xavier has realized by having Hunter’s name on the back of theirs.

This is an easy one. What's considered "fair" in a legal sense is whatever a school or sponsor is willing to pay them in order to play there. What's considered "not fair" in a legal sense are rules that limit or restrict what that amount may be.