re: Tennessee AD Danny White releases statement, goes HAM on NCAA

To me, the question should be:

If the player transfers to a nearby school or quits football entirely, will they still be able to legally complete the contract and be paid.

If the answer to that is "no", the NCAA has the responsibility to punish the school for breaking the "pay to play" rule for NIL. NIL deals are required to be disclosed by the player to the school and the school is required to suspend a player who signs a NIL deal in violation of NCAA rules (and suspend them if they are found to have entered a deal they did not disclose).

If the school fails to do this, they should be punished for it.

I don't see any of this as bad. As soon as these contracts get guaranteed even if the player transfers, those contracts will stop being given to players and pay to play will go away. Contracts will only be given to guys who are on the team, not for player to join the team. They won't be multi-year either. That's where NIL needs to get to, and we should all be onboard with the NCAA moving in that direction.