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Bruinblitz's avatar

Great article! When I heard what Chip said, I was so disappointed in him. The athletes work so hard year round, they deserve some way to make some extra cash. I like that the Department of Compliance will be involved. I still remember Donnie Edwards being punished for something that wasn’t his fault. So many of our student athletes come to UCLA without the resources that others have. Instead of making their lives more difficult, we should do all that is possible to help them earn extra money. I think we can all agree that it isn’t cheap living in Westwood!

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paulieg896's avatar

I agree with Chip completely. We are better than that to "pay" players to come to UCLA. Players should be coming here to rep the UCLA brand and play for UCLA (in basketball or football or other sports), not for the NIL deals that they can get.

If those things are working together, great. But we should not be "weaponizing" NIL opportunities in recruiting. That can be for other schools to do.

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