When will the IRS focus on NIL payments?

It was a Supreme Court case the NCAA lost. I believe the plaintiff was Ed O'Obannon and all ncaa athletes
O'Bannon's lawsuit never made it to the Supreme Court. The case that made the Supreme Court was Alston, but even that decision wasn't about NIL. It was about non-cash payments.

The Kavanaugh opinion on the Alston case gave the impression that future suits brought against the the NCAA regarding player compensation would not go the NCAA's way, but it wasn't legally binding.

The specter of the Kavanaugh opinion certainly factored in, but the primary reasons that the NCAA chose to allow NIL in its current form when they did, were the state laws that were going to take effect that specifically barred the NCAA from punishing athletes for profiting from their NIL rights. Florida's law was set to go into effect on July 1, 2021 and the NCAA announced their new policy the day before.

Could the NCAA have fought those laws? Probably. They could have tried to drag it out, but the writing was on the wall that it was only going to delay the inevitable. And a loss in court might have come with additional restrictions or penalties, which they likely wouldn't have wanted to risk.
 
O'Bannon's lawsuit never made it to the Supreme Court. The case that made the Supreme Court was Alston, but even that decision wasn't about NIL. It was about non-cash payments.

The Kavanaugh opinion on the Alston case gave the impression that future suits brought against the the NCAA regarding player compensation would not go the NCAA's way, but it wasn't legally binding.

The specter of the Kavanaugh opinion certainly factored in, but the primary reasons that the NCAA chose to allow NIL in its current form when they did, were the state laws that were going to take effect that specifically barred the NCAA from punishing athletes for profiting from their NIL rights. Florida's law was set to go into effect on July 1, 2021 and the NCAA announced their new policy the day before.

Could the NCAA have fought those laws? Probably. They could have tried to drag it out, but the writing was on the wall that it was only going to delay the inevitable. And a loss in court might have come with additional restrictions or penalties, which they likely wouldn't have wanted to risk.
Thanks for the clarification. Didn't the O'Bannon case start the process?
 
When will the IRS focus on NIL payments? It was on the day that NIL was legalized.
 
I hope the ginormous media payments to NCAA conferences are taxed appropriately. Way too much money being thrown around disproportionately.
 
I hope the ginormous media payments to NCAA conferences are taxed appropriately. Way too much money being thrown around disproportionately.
They are a deduction for the media players, but I don't think the power five conferences are for profit entities.
 
The IRS is taking the position that donations to NIL collectives are not tax deductible.

Absolutely should crack down on it. Even in the case of paying players to do charity work - that’s called a paid job. Tax exempt should be limited to actual charities or similar services.
 
All these gymnastics to avoid paying players they're worth. What a country.
People and companies should be able to pay players, but they shouldn’t have tax exempt status in doing so. Nike doesn’t get to have a tax exempt wing they use to pay LeBron for endorsements. Pay players, but don’t use a facade of being a charitable entity to do so.
 
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People and companies should be able to pay players, but they shouldn’t have tax exempt status in doing so. Nike doesn’t get to have a tax exempt wing they use to pay LeBron for endorsements. Pay players, but don’t use a facade of being a charitable entity to do so.

Agree and those companies use those payments as Advertising/Marketing expenses.
 
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People and companies should be able to pay players, but they shouldn’t have tax exempt status in doing so. Nike doesn’t get to have a tax exempt wing they use to pay LeBron for endorsements. Pay players, but don’t use a facade of being a charitable entity to do so.
I couldn't care less.
 
I couldn't care less.
Well between all the fake companies that get tax exempt status and the corporate tax evasion schemes, it’s only hurting our education, healthcare, and infrastructure because of a lack of funds. So you should care. Each might not make a big dent on anything, but together it’s hundreds of billions of dollars a year.
 
Easy way around it:

Pay the athletes as employees of the collective and have the collective concentrate on doing charity work/programs.
Wouldn't most collectives want to keep their headcount under 50 employees?
 
Well between all the fake companies that get tax exempt status and the corporate tax evasion schemes, it’s only hurting our education, healthcare, and infrastructure because of a lack of funds. So you should care. Each might not make a big dent on anything, but together it’s hundreds of billions of dollars a year.
Ya let's start with the corporations. Targeting the athletes because they have no unions or representation is dumb as ****.
 
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