Time will tell though. It's a radically different world in college athletics than it was even two years ago. That playing field in many ways leveled out and in many ways the rich will rise way above.
College Football has become nothing more than Free Agency . You are seeing Elite Players hoping from team to team ring shopping and trying to money grab as much NIL money as possible. IMHO it is ruining college football and if its not fixed in the next couple of years we are not going to see great athletic programs we see today. At some point these universities are going to cry uncle and not want to give up as big of a piece of the pie they are giving out. You are going to start seeing the entire programs suffer from stadiums to facilities on down to coaching staffs because the money is just NOT going to be allocated.
Nick Saban said his wife, Terry, came to him before his retirement and told him,
"Why are we doing this?" She told him that the players now only care about how much money they are making.
While NIL looked good on the surface for players and I agreed I think players SHOULD be compensated to some sort of degree for their NIL and be able to get some sort of those endorsement deals its absurd the sort of deals these kids are getting. It makes the carrot dangling of NFL deals pale in comparison. Why should they make a plan of beating their bodies up over the next 10-12 years in the NFL when they can make that gravy train in just 4-5 years???
On a recent interview between Paul Finebaum and Nick Saban Paul Finebaum replied. "You (Nick Saban)need to be the czar of college football. If you agree to that right now, we can solve a lot of problems." I totally agree with that. There is no one else in the world of college football to lead this charge and make those changes.