re: The Arkansas poors are crying about NIL

quote:

---

didn't read the article but they have a legitimate gripe. NIL was never supposed to be about boosters laundering money to players. It was supposed to be for players to sign autographs at a car dealership for a few hundred bucks without being expelled by the NCAA, or get a tiny royalty from a video game that would have amounted to about $20 a month.

---

We went from amateurism to professional highly paid athletes in the blink of an eye. There was literally no thought put into NIL.

It became immediately a bidding war for players. And many of these players are being paid ridiculous amounts of money, similar to coaches and athletic facilities spending.

Sports spending is unreal. Dickinson told UK he wanted $2M to sign with UK. It's what it is now because no one considered the pandoras box they were opening.