re: Bagmen of College Football

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I posted months ago, that the SEC schools would be in trouble with the NIL money. Nobody with the possible exception of Alabama and Georgia can compete with Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma. Look at the school endowments, an indication of how much money the alumni are willing to cough up. LSU, the Mississippi schools, Arkansas, Auburn all are not going to be able to match the money.

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School endowments are not a very good metric. And regardless, schools are still capped at 85 scholarships players, 25 scholarships per year, and 105 total players on the roster.

Unlimited scholarships and unlimited roster sizes created far greater disparity between the biggest/wealthiest programs than NIL ever will. Bear Bryant used to have 150 scholarship players on his roster to keep his SEC rivals from having any talent. Nebraska used to employ similar tactics in the Big Eight.

By contrast, I think every school in the SEC is going to be fine in the NIL era. I actually think the opposite may be true: currently teams like Bama and Texas have a massive built in advantage because of superior facilities, fan support, tradition, coaching staffs, etc. But donors/alum from schools like Mizzou or Arkansas can offer just as much or more in NIL money if they so choose as anyone at Bama or Texas.