re: They were in denial, the Downs news will bring anger

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This is a melt over the loss of CFB more than Bama. I still loved CFB when Bama was in the dumpster 20 years ago

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Transfer portal barely has any limitations, which means players have no obligations.

CFB revenue has been at all time highs the past decade, but ADs are now sticking their hands out to everyday fans to supplement NIL budgets… because it’s illegal for players to touch any of that actual revenue.

The NIL loophole — being a loophole — is impossible (actually illegal) for the league to regulate in any way.

The NFL, in contrast, pays players directly (as employees) & had to lobby for an antitrust exemption to allow for things like salary caps & other rules that promote and maintain parity in the league.

Since college sports are a zero sum game (there can only be one national champion)… we’ve seen coaching salaries & AD fundraising/spending inflate aggressively over the years. What do we think that means for NIL?

At this stage, even if revenue sharing is implemented — I don’t see NIL going anywhere or coming under control.

The collectives are essentially just well-organized kickstarters & as such they can do whatever they want. It’s probably only a matter of time before NIL infiltrates pro sports as a salary cap workaround.

I do agree players should be compensated, but this is excessive & was the complete wrong way to go about it.

Welcome to the shitshow.