Good read, and the linked WRAL article is good also.
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/20...d-as-nil-driven-spending-guts-olympic-sports/
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/20...d-as-nil-driven-spending-guts-olympic-sports/
The NIL Damage Is Starting To Show
- Thread starter BMan
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Wooden Arrow
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NIL is a horrible solution to an old problem. colleges desperate to win have ALWAYS crossed whatever lines were drawn in the sand. there will ALWAYS be "boosters" that cannot get rid of their spare cash fast enough, nor a shortage of kids/parents that "don't see the harm" in taking it. 
They're already talking about salary caps 
Iroquois
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Its going be like the MLB. Revenue sharing is the only way these smaller schools with less money can compete in buying players.
PillsburyDoughboy
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The Lane Kiffin Rule being discussed ..LOL
https://www.newschannel5.com/politi...u6ZMeq_vn3_4W8r-tM_aem_a2cYnUXtwkTgWr3LixSq0g
https://www.newschannel5.com/politi...u6ZMeq_vn3_4W8r-tM_aem_a2cYnUXtwkTgWr3LixSq0g
It is devastating to smaller schools too. For example, if UTC gets a good player, they can be swept away by a slightly bigger program easily. Also, everyone focuses on Football, but the NIL touches every sport equally.
I'm indifferent to college football anymore. It usta be important and I followed it closely, now…just not interesting anymore.
I think it's one of the best things to happen to college football. How many players spend their entire lives working toward the NFL, only to have their careers end because of an injury in college? At least now they can make some money along the way.
It also keeps some players in school an extra year instead of declaring for the draft as soon as possible just to chase a paycheck. And while people complain about NIL, some schools have always paid when it came to attracting talent. Now that everyone can compete in that space, the playing field has leveled out quite a bit. You can see it in the results—schools that used to be nothing more than tune-up games are now actually able to compete.
It also keeps some players in school an extra year instead of declaring for the draft as soon as possible just to chase a paycheck. And while people complain about NIL, some schools have always paid when it came to attracting talent. Now that everyone can compete in that space, the playing field has leveled out quite a bit. You can see it in the results—schools that used to be nothing more than tune-up games are now actually able to compete.
That's not how it works. They hop from school to school looking for a little more money. It creates all kinds of havoc for them academically as well because they run into issues with credit transfers that impact their degree progress, many times causing them to change majors. That extra year was due to Covid, and it is going away. Remember, a fraction of these athletes ever go pro, and NIL is not only in football.
poorhunter
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Overall I think NIL is ok, but they need to cap the ability to move schools to once per athlete, unless your coach moves on, then you get one more move. It's a bit early to make a judgement with certainty.
Wrangler95
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I hate it so bad that it's causing so many of us fans that have watched College football all these years that it's just not the same.I liked it when a team got a commitment from a player that would be there four years.Used to get so excited when the fax machines started coming in with the players commitment.
PillsburyDoughboy
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Its certainly taking away from the game. Imagine if a Joe Nameth Bo Jackson were to have flipped year after year? And yes I used two schools that hate each other just to prove a point that I'm not showing favoritism.
