NCAA finally waves white flag on NIL

Who cares? They cheer for numbers

 

The big boys were always poaching from the little guys. Now, they are being poached. Bama and Georgia and tOSU are less well off in the current system.

 

Even if they were rooting for numbers, couldn't the absolute recognition of how it is would turn people off? Fans have some connection to a college football team. If they figure out their rooting for a company more than any concept of a college.

 

They’re kids. Or indentured servants. Who cares what old Milwaukee thinks.

 

I am Team GetPaid, but at some point those players do have a vested interest in keeping the goose laying golden eggs alive.

 

I would be interested in how someone trained in these things would envision players getting together. You have a group of people turning over every 4 years. Different players have different earnings, play for different periods. Deal with that while figuring out Title IX.

 

The golden egg? That’s what the University’s have had for a 100 years.

 

These are wild times.
Three years ago, who would have envisioned the Big 12 being more stable and powerful than the Pac 12?

 

Free transfers are not directly tied to NIL compensation, but because both hit around the same time (along with “Covid years” and 4-game redshirts and the rise of mega conferences) they get conflated. If you could get the transfer piece back into balance a little, the money part wouldn’t be as big of a deal.

 

They are students, why can’t they transfer?

 

If I’m king for a week, I’d say every transfer means sitting out a year, but you don’t lose a year of eligibility even if you’ve used a redshirt. In fact, I’d make it like Division II and say you have four years of eligibility to spread across however many years it takes.

And if you recall from upthread, I’m the one saying bring them under collective bargaining and make sure they get paid above board.

 

Both things are right. In reality college coaches are much happier hoarding players and having some level of control over the numbers in their program. They also, however, want carte blanche to drop them whenever they decide.

What the NIL and the transfer portal market has done together is change the economics of the game. The big boys can certainly fill that hole through the portal, but there's a finite number of available players that are worth spending that money on. If the top G5 receiver hits the portal, Ohio State and Alabama (and Georgia and Texas and whoever else) are basically in a bidding war, whereas in high school recruiting, there's a No. 1 receiver prospect in the country, but there's also a No. 2 receiver prospect in the country and the difference between them probably isn't much at all. But those prospects don't have the experience in the college game or the film to back it up, Even the best ones, like Marvin Harrison Jr., have to be developed to some extent. 99.5% of true freshmen aren't plug and play.