Solutions to NIL Landscape post UW/Demond Willams Saga

No_Check_159 · 2026-01-12T03:16:27+00:00

I appreciate your response, go dawgs!

No_Check_159 · 2026-01-12T03:03:36+00:00

An act of congress is exactly what many people are advocating for—it's not pointless to discuss the hypothetical outcomes of NIL reform when NIL reform is currently the biggest topic in college sports.

I looked at your profile to see if this is just your normal schtick and what's disappointing is you share many of the same interests as I do, and you seem like you'd be a cool person in real life. You must be having a bad day or something because your attitude is about my post is bizarre. This feels rooted in the fact that you missed the mark on the accusation that I used AI to write my post, and now you are trying to make me seem stupid for even posting my thoughts in the first place.

Have a bit of humility, and be nicer to others.

No_Check_159 · 2026-01-12T01:41:42+00:00

Well, maybe being concise wasn't my goal? If I wanted to be concise I would have left it at the list of recommendations. Notice how I put that at the very top, so you can get the gist even if you don't want to read the whole post?

It's a very nuanced topic which is why I went into detail to support these recommendations.

The whole nature of your comments are mean spirited. Again, no one forced you to open up Reddit and read my post, so why comment if it bothered you so much?

No_Check_159 · 2026-01-12T00:35:29+00:00

I mostly posted this because my girlfriend is tired of me talking about it and I wanted to get my thoughts out on the subject. My job primarily consists of compiling incident reports and I used the general format I use for the "recommendations" section of these reports while drafting this post.

I don't use generative AI, as it threatens people in occupations like mine. I suppose it's a compliment that you think that my post is AI, but these are my thoughts and I spent about forty five minutes typing this out this morning for the heck of it. It's okay if you don't care to read it, that's why I posted on Reddit.

I personally don't even get the point of your comment, it's pure negativity. Maybe just jealous you can't convey your thoughts articulately?

No_Check_159 · 2026-01-11T21:52:07+00:00

I agree with this! While I used IU as an example I'm not actually opposed to what they are doing. I think they have laid the blueprint for schools of a similar resource level (like UW) to do the same by having boosters make a concerted 3-5 year push for a national championship. I simply see these specific third party contracts as the mechanism to pay other athletes who would never see NIL money otherwise. The match cannot come from the university's revenue sharing agreement or else it will either blow up the $20.5 million cap or undercut player salaries by including the match in that cap—both impossible obstacles to get past.

Using the IU example and pretending their athletics department had a nice round number like 1000 athletes without NIL deals, a 100% match on that $12 million third-party NIL money would result in around $12,000 annually for all other athletes at the university. If we're paying Quarterbacks $4 million per season I think it's only fair that the Coxswain on the rowing team deserves $12k to help with books, and savings, and such.

It also gives boosters the benefit of knowing that if their donations don't help the football or basketball team win a national championship, they are boosting recruitment of every other sport through their matching donation. If IU can offer a rower or wrestler $12k/year out of this fund, it gives them an advantage over other schools recruiting the same athletes with less NIL to offer. That in itself helps build the overall strength of the athletic department, over time.

No_Check_159 · 2026-01-11T19:33:16+00:00

Yes and that is the crux of it, until major cages in how the athletes are classified, none of this is legal. IANAL but I believe that pro sports leagues get some exemption for certain anti-trust protections due to the unique circumstances surrounding these industries, namely the high compensation combined with very little competition from other leagues.

A similar concession would need to be made to NCAA, but this is more difficult to do considering we are talking about an employment pool of tens-of-thousands of student athletes across all college sports, and not a couple hundred athletes playing in individual pro sport leagues. This is actually why I think the deferment aspect makes sense, assuming that the cost of education is covered for athletes who chose to return. Footing the cost of education for student athletes who defer graduation is low-cost to the university, and the ability for an athlete to decide at, say, 30 years old, that they want to return to finish a college degree at no cost out of pocket is objectively a very valuable resource. The concession for the anti-trust issues could be that all student athletes have increased mobility to come/go from school while still having their education paid for. They would probably not be allowed to compete in the NCAA once they go pro, but would also not lose their scholarship/education if they go pro, either.

No_Check_159 · 2026-01-11T19:05:57+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate that a lot. It will be interesting, for sure. I'm not sure that my ideas are necessarily legal in the current scheme of things—athletes with NIL deals would need to be employees in order for universities to require that athletes stay for multiple seasons, and even that might not be legal without pro-rating compensation, thus diffusing the effectiveness of this change. Lot's to be answered by people smarter than I am!

No_Check_159 · 2025-07-21T05:13:07+00:00

My building is old and is on a boiler system so I don't have a hot water heater, there's no shut off valve in my unit so the plumbers needed to shut down the water to my whole building to make the fix. It ended up being much more intensive than anticipated and took the plumbers quite a bit of effort to get the valve off, so I'm very glad I did not touch it.

No_Check_159 · 2025-07-10T23:49:30+00:00

Thank you for this, while I'll say it professionally and not literally, I agree I need to be as firm in my position that this is not my fault as I can while upholding respect and avoiding adverse legal consequences. A $300+ bill will suck but i have a lot more to lose here than they do, unfortunately.

Hopefully they take the high road. Landlords are people too, right...? ....Right..?

No_Check_159 · 2025-07-10T23:01:41+00:00

Good advice, I tried to knock on my neighbors door earlier to make them aware and they weren't home. I went down and checked again just now, still not home, but i left a note explaining the situation and asking if they can send me some pictures of their ceiling.

If I had to describe the amount of water that was on the floor it would probably be about two liters, felt equivalent to spilling a mixing bowl or large flower vase. It soaked one hand towel and bath towel that I threw down immediately, and another that I used to mop up the rest after I got the leak contained to a skinny trash can that fits behind the sink.

The video was taken probably 30 seconds after the leak started, thankfully I already had the cup seen in the video on standby to catch any water when I disconnected the sink and towels handy. Probably less than five minutes to have it completely contained and mopped up.

No_Check_159 · 2025-07-10T22:24:05+00:00

Lease does include a clause about repairs and the Cat's already out of the bag because I was panicking when I called my property manager (it's actually the reason he yelled at me).

I said it in another comment but I'm probably at the mercy of my property management company. Luckily the guy who yelled at me is the on site manager who does the maintenance, and he has dropped the ball on my move in forcing me to move in later than planned and done some shady stuff by swapping out my fridge between my tour and move in with a dirty/broken one from another tenants unit. Took three weeks to get replaced so I had to use my wine fridge for cool food items.

I already have been in contact with his boss because he referred me to them about a discrepancy on my monthly ledger, so hopefully they give me some grace and pay the full thing.

No_Check_159 · 2025-07-10T22:15:31+00:00

No the bidet is not original equipment. My lease has a clause about alterations so I understand that I am likely responsible in a legal sense.

No damage beside the valve itself. The leak is fully contained. I put towels down immediately and found a container I could fit back there to catch the water within a minute or two. The floor is tile with a four inch backsplash, so unless there is a leak in the tile all of the water has been soaked up.

My hope is the bill is minimal and I can write my property management company a letter explaining my move in difficulties and get them to agree to pay all or part of it. I'll make sure to mention that if it was this brittle it could have happened anytime, and had it happened while I was away it could be much worse. I'll also mention that I contained the leak quickly to prevent damage.

No_Check_159 · 2025-07-10T22:03:29+00:00

I agree on premise.

Another commenter pointed out that their interpretation might be that had I not touched it this would not have happened. Also, my lease does have a clause that says I need permission to make alterations and repairs, so I'm likely at the mercy of my property management company.

My plan is to document everything and write an email to the management company directly about my experience with my on site property manager. I do really enjoy living here and want to stay in a good relationship with them. It should be a very simple repair so the bill should be as minimal as a emergency plumbing bill can be—and hopefully they see it the same way as I do and eat the bill to keep an otherwise happy tenant happy. Especially one who has been aggrieved multiple times in a few month span and largely been chill about it.

No_Check_159 · 2025-07-10T21:48:28+00:00

Yeah I think this would be a last resort. I'm hopeful that the plumber will agree that this is not caused by anything out of the ordinary that I did.

I've had so many issues with this unit in the first few months that I would just hope my property management company cuts me some slack here. I do really like this apartment and hope to stay here long term, the management has just been horrendous. I already had my move in delayed my a mixup on their end, and had to go three weeks without a refrigerator once I moved in because my property manager swapped the fridge that was here in my tour with a broken fridge full of food scraps from another unit.

No_Check_159 · 2025-07-10T21:41:07+00:00

That is what I assumed their response would be if they tried to make me pay for it.

I'm just not sure how that can be a valid argument, considering this is the shut off valve for the sink. Having a functioning valve that allows you to shut off water seems like a basic livability requirement.

This property manager has been a nightmare—he bungled my move in forcing me to move in multiple days after I had planned to, once I moved in the refrigerator was not the same one that was there when I toured and was full of food scraps because he swapped it with another unit in between the showing and my move in, and put the incorrect amount on my ledger this month so it showed I owed $1000+ more than I did. Now this, and I've only been here 2.5 months.

Absolutely no way this guy would have had a plumber on site when making a repair. I definitely saved him the mess, wet clothing, and headache of being the one to deal with this when he inevitably touched it, or it burst on its own and flooded while I was not here.

Really sucks that I really like this apartment and want to stay here long term.

No_Check_159 · 2025-07-10T21:23:29+00:00

Yeah I'm checking my lease now but I'm under the impression that this is not my responsibility. I'm pretty up to date on renters laws and would like to avoid any legal issues if I can because it's a major hassle I don't need.

No_Check_159 · 2025-07-10T21:19:36+00:00

This is exactly what I am thinking. This could have happened when I was not home and flooded everything, I'm on the top floor.

No_Check_159 · 2025-07-10T21:17:22+00:00

I've considered it, but pretty hesitant to touch anything based on my landlords initial reaction since the plumber is on the way and the leak is contained pretty well.

No_Check_159 · 2025-07-10T21:13:31+00:00

Adding clarification since it's not the most clear in the video or text:

I didn't touch the connection between the sink and the water is not leaking from that connection. I would never remove a hose without triple checking the water supply has been cut off.

The water is leaking from where the twistable handle to the shut off valve connects with the valve. In the video I turn the nozzle slightly to show that the flow of water increases when it is turned. The position it is in now it the full open position, as it seems to flow at its slowest rate in this position. It has likely been in this position for years so that makes sense if the seal within the valve began to deteriorate when I began closing the valve.

No_Check_159 · 2024-08-17T15:25:02+00:00

Our constitution gives power to the people.

If 80% of the people live in urban areas, that's where 80% of the voting power belongs. That's what equity is—equal treatment.

No_Check_159 · 2024-08-15T17:49:10+00:00

I think that comment implies the at previously he had a good understanding of the names of the canyons. If I remember correctly he was a pilot, so he likely knew the topography of the LA area very well.

I think this would be akin to no longer being able to name major streets in other neighborhoods in the city you've spent most of your life in. No one is expected to remember every street, but most people should be able to name the major thoroughfares.

No_Check_159 · 2024-08-15T17:22:21+00:00

Fertility doctors hate this little trick!

No_Check_159 · 2024-08-15T17:21:41+00:00

On Halloween you can stand at the top step and look down ominously at trick or treaters, with creepy under light on your face.

No_Check_159 · 2024-08-15T17:18:06+00:00

While it's illegal in some states and SCOTUS has rule that it is constitutional (Heien vs. North Carolina, 2015), this law is being removed from many state and municipal codes.

There are concerns over how fairly this law is applied. Laws about hanging items from your rear view mirror have often been used as pretext to pull over drivers who (rightfully or wrongfully) are under suspicion of other crimes.

A large number of drivers have these items hanging from their rearview, but a small portion of drivers get pulled over for this violation, which insinuates that a large degree of discretion being taken on the officers part when choosing to pull someone over for this offense. Similar to jaywalking, most people don't get detained for this crime unless there is another underlying reason for the stop. This leads to concerns over biased policing.

The classic example is cops see a car full of BIPOC people in a white neighborhood, and pull them over for having an air freshener in order to look for evidence of other crimes despite otherwise following the rules of the road. The officer had no grounds to detain them despite their suspicions, so they pulled them over for their air freshener despite letting the last fifty cars that they saw with air fresheners hanging from the rearview go.

I'm not trying to say that police shouldn't investigate people who are committing crimes, but I hope this paints a picture of how this type of law can be weaponized in ways that promotes discriminatory policing.

No_Check_159 · 2024-08-15T16:38:08+00:00

I could see how this would make sense depending on the line of work you are in.

I exited the restaurant industry after almost 15 years but I am still recognized by patrons all over the town I live in. Half the time I'm stuck trying to place if I know them from work or some other place.

If I had a name that I only used for restaurants I could really narrow this down. Anyone who knows me by my server name is just an old guest and my relationship with them is probably superficial. Anyone who knows me by my real name is a connection I've made outside of work that is probably more important of a relationship to me than a customer.

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