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100k people paying hundreds of dollars to watch a football game every Saturday and you didn’t think star players would be worth a nice chunk of money?

I agree with you, as far as this being the obvious direction NIL would go. But what is it that makes these star kids "worth a nice chunk of money"? Not for the schools but for the "advertisers" that are supposedly paying for their name, image, and likeness. A pro athlete gets commercials and such because they are well known stars that might actually influence weak-minded consumer's choices. Why exactly is an athlete coming straight out of high school, who most fans don't know anything about until their school recruits them, worth a lot of money to advertisers?

That's the whole problem with NIL. It has nothing to do with name, image, & likeness and everything to do with a loophole for bagmen "the advertisers". And the fact that every state has its own laws regarding it.

Not saying schools are wrong for using the loophole, I wish we would do better at it, I just think it's funny to say these "kids" are worth it.

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Posted by Razorback Reverend

Member since Dec 2013

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Posted on 11/27/23 at 8:59 pm to PineyWoodsHog

It needs some form of governance.

If not, it will always be the wealthier universities of the world out paying all of the middle class, and slightly above of the world.

It has changed for the worse in my opinion. I agree that it is the way it is, and we much compete or get left behind. But we will get left behind anyways with the current set up.

TAMU will always outbid others for talent... so will TX, and others. There should be a team limit period...

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