WWE Announces NIL Program
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And even with this list, Bret Hart was a collegiate amateur wrestler, Orton wrestled in high school, and AJ Styles had a wrestling scholarship in college.
Program is good for what WWE is trying to accomplish with home grown talent and also for the athletes they're signing given not everyone is going to be a pro athlete. Best way to compare it is to Minor League Baseball, where they're stocking the young athletes knowing not everyone can cut it.
CBoz
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The other batch
prophecypro
Hollywood North
So I read the press release on this and Im still not quite sure how this is an NIL programme other than the athletes can still be in college but they'll be getting paid to train at the PC (if even). The benefit of the actual NIL programme is it allows athtetes (those with realistic or unrealstic goals of going pro) to get endorsement deals. Im sure when these guys turn to the main roster WWE will put them in commercials or deals that they approve and they're might be some outside ventures they approve, but by an large WWE hasnt changed their policy on that and are quite strict. On top of that they control their literal Name, Image, Likeness of their character. It says they'll have access to the PC's facilities like the studio but does that mean to produce their own content or for WWE? Thats generous if its for themselves but that would be very different than what VInce and Nick Khan do.
A lot about how they're using this needs to be asked at the next quarterly meeting
A lot about how they're using this needs to be asked at the next quarterly meeting
CBoz
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Pretty sure these people have lawyers and wouldn't be signing these things if it was shady or bad.
Playaz Eyez
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People on Twitter talking about “why are they bringing in all these inexperienced athletes” as if The Rock, Brock, Angle, and Ron Simmons were collegiate athletes 
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prophecypro
Hollywood North
Pretty sure these people have lawyers and wouldn't be signing these things if it was shady or bad.
Not if they accept its not an NIL programme and just see it for a draft into other profession. And I actually dont know if any 19-20 year olds have one on retainer like that.
I mean if WWE is saying come join this and you can do any deals on the outside you want and/or you can use our facilities (which is what it says in the press release but not implicitly saying its for outside use) thats amazing lol.
.....dont know how the main roster would feel since they didnt get that and arent getting that but ok
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Not if they accept its not an NIL programme and just see it for a draft into other profession. And I actually dont know if any 19-20 year olds have one on retainer like that.
Only way a non-celebrity 19-20 year old has a lawyer is if they ask their parents to find one. Even with that, they would have to find someone with sports/entertainment experience to really explain to the college kids what exactly they're signing up for. Pretty normal thing for someone in the entertainment world, especially when starting out, to not see the forest through the trees and be stuck in a contract that isn't favorable.
prophecypro
Hollywood North
That make sense, hope it works out for them
People on Twitter talking about “why are they bringing in all these inexperienced athletes” as of The Rock, Brock, Angle, and Ron Simmons were collegiate athletes
People be doing anything to criticize wwe
