College Football- NIL

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Make scholarships guaranteed based on grades and create a salary cap that includes the NIL money.  Give the student athlete a promise based on GPA.   make coaching contracts more iron clad so when a university poaches a coach from another school they have to surrender nil cap money.  If the kids want to be payed like pro players, then it's time to treat the programs like pro teams.  This really isn't that tough,  parity was achieved in the pros,  treat the minor league like the  pros and it will fix itself. 

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@dadevike said:

@supafreak84 said:
...or the NIL deal where the freshman QB from North Carolina was offered "millions" to transfer to a more popular/prestigious football program. Now boosters dictate the landscape of college football. Jethro will pay you to be in their used car lot commercials if you come play football at Alabama. Any integrity college football had left is now gone with the implantation of the NIL. Impulsive kids (and that's what they are) can now jump from program to program with no repercussions. It makes an almost impossible job for college coaches that much harder.

College coaches get paid. The big boys get paid a lot. And they are free to leave for more money 1) whenever their contract comes up or 2) so  long as the new employer will pay the buyout price. And they don't have to sit a year before they can do their job. And they can recruit kids to come play for them and then leave at any time. Until recently, a kid playing football in college risked injury and was not paid; he made money for the school, but not for himself. If he got hurt, the school could decline to renew the scholarship and send him packing. And if he were to transfer, he would have to sit a year. Were those the days of integrity in college football? Is that what we ae bemoaning?

Whose interests should we be protecting here: the schools? the coaches? the fans? the alumni? the NFL? the networks and ESPN? How about the players, the 18-22 year olds?  I'll go with the players. Most of them will never play professional football or baseball or basketball. Let them make money playing their sport while major institutions are making money from them playing their sport.

This.