re: Kirby gets it It's what scares me too

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You’re right. It was way better when the players were dirt poor and everyone could profit off of the 18-22 year old player’s names, except for themselves. We should go back to them not being able to be able to afford simple things in life while the universities get rich and all the fat cats get a raise. It’s much more entertaining when the kids stay poor, right?

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Pre NIL players got:

-Free tuition
-Free housing
-Free food
-Free books
-Free clothing
-Free medical care
-Monetary stipend
-Unlimited access to any tutors/academic aides they could dream of
-A televised audition every week to put on their resume for a potential multi-million dollar gig at the next level
-And of course, the recognition as being a football player on campus and all the coed perks that come with it

Players were compensated WELL into the 6 figures taking all that into account but people like you wanna sit there feeling sorry for lil' ol football star who is so wrongly and unfairly treated :(

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NIL has been a long time coming. You can’t call yourself a capitalist then bitch about an 18 year old making money off of his own name.

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This is a black and white arrangement.

School: Hey, we want you to play football for us. If you come here we will give you (everythign I just mentioned above). What do you say?
Player: Ok sounds good

End of transaction. If a player at age 18 or 19 is so all-consumed wiht making money above all else they could not play football and begin apprenticing or working in a field that makes them money. No one forced them to play ball. They do it for all the reasons above. And the system somehow, someway worked for a hundred years. And now in just 2 years the game has already changed to such an emormous degree it's barely recognizable. Good job all!