re: Alabama QB Bryce Young approaching $1M in endorsement deals, says head coach Nick Saban

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Obviously, Young had an agent help him through the negotiating process.Which is legal as long as the agent is only involved in the player's NIL process. Does anyone honestly believe that this agent will now disappear? The door has been opened for agents to be hired by players & that is a door leading to a big black hole.

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Well if you still want to hold to the notion that College Football is "Amateur" it is not. Even in form it was prior to NIL, in substance we all know deep down that has not been true pretty much since the BCS era, then playoff, with the increase in TV Revenue.

I was listening to Coach Stoops of UK on SEC Radio Network with Cole Cubelic and Chris Doering and he stated and this is close to a direct quote, "the Transfer portal is Free Agency" and I don't know how Cole and Dooring reacted they must of grimaced and he doubled down.

So you combine Transfer Portal with NIL and you are now dealing with Semi Pro Sports that are attached to a University.