His dad was also a solid player at the University of Richmond in the late 80s/early 90s.
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Also a key member of some good Patrick Henry Roanoke teams.
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Yep. The biggest “name” on those PH teams was George Lynch (UNC), but I think most (if not all) of the starting lineup from Curtis Blair’s senior year went on to play college basketball at some level.
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Those guys are right up there with PH legend @JoeBoxley
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Absolutely torched Orange County for 6 points in '16. They had no answer for a 6’2" center
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What was your NET that night Joe B?
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Smoke is he wanted to commit to Texas Tech from the getgo but his crew said no cause they wanted to go to a school with $$$ (hence the LSU commit/since he’s international prospect I think there is a law saying he cant do NIL). Now his camp is guiding him towards Auburn, even though he still wants Texas Tech personally.
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Mr. True’s spy work scrounging message boards is seriously impressive.
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People on F-1 visas (student visas) don’t have work authorization in the US and can’t legally work for money.
Obviously that means they can’t work a W-2 job and I’d guess they can’t earn 1099 money, but I have no idea how that interacts with NIL, especially for online activities. I’d guess NIL is normally a 1099 thing, but for a foreign person, could they take a 1099 subject to withholding tax as if the payment was made offshore?
I’m 20 years out from working on immigration law, so I’m talking out of my ass, but this at least sounds like it makes sense under tax law.
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I have no idea how it works under immigration law / tax law but Tshiebwe and his immigration lawyer and the UK compliance department made a big to-do about how they made it work, and figured a path for him to get NIL $$. Tshiebwe is from Africa. Maybe Congolese?
There’s a couple cases involving foreign golfers earning endorsement money from US sponsors that provide some tax guidance.
The argument that I’d make for Oscar is that the income is 100% based on his notoriety as a basketball player, so it is all royalty income and therefore location of personal services does not make him a US taxpayer. Further, since he’s not compensated for his basketball services by Kentucky, an allocation of his NIL money pro rata to his basketball income would still leave 0 in the US. So if all his income is foreign source royalty, he’s not earning money in the US and therefore not in violation of his visa either.
Edit: personally, I wouldn’t be that comfortable advancing that theory in Tax or Immigration court, but in the end, it’s the player’s problem, not the school’s. Kentucky doesn’t face any consequences if they get the legal analysis wrong.
https://www.accountingweb.com/tax/irs/sergio-garcia-and-retief-goosen-tax-cases-double-bogey-for-irs
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Old news on the commitment and no surprise the Tik Tok star committed to Duke. But tweets like this man… like I 1000000% support NIL but man tweets like this feel weird
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Best I can tell, one of On3’s differentiators from 247/Rivals is the NIL valuation tool they use, so this tweet from him is not surprising…
The tool’s accuracy itself is very questionable though.
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100K for a soul.
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Fifty after taxes
I really hate this thing On3 is doing. Just feels stupid.
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It’s also just wildly inaccurate. Kid already has over a million followers just on tik tok, he can (and probably already is) make a lot more than 400k.
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Man I hate people like that. Why get involved with teenagers and young adults if you are going to look out for your own interests over theirs? People are shameless.
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Kenny Payne about to assemble the greatest Louisville team ever to get swept by UVA and flame out in the round of 32
https://twitter.com/KyleTucker_ATH/status/1506628281596100608
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