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This is why players negotiating their own deals ( won’t work) verses collective bargaining. Set the pay, contracts are signed either 1,2,or 3 year increments so players can’t up and transfer every year, and if players must prove how their NIL is actually being used. Example can’t sign a deal with dealership X and not do what the contract says…. Commercials, appearances etc….

It seems like a simple fix but the donor who CAN finance a 6 or 7 figure NIL deal is not doing so simply to see his team win...he is also demanding access. Paying them as employees will place a barrier between them and the player. There is also nothing that can be done about a player also having a NIL deal on the side. Employment contracts can prevent that BUT a program could leave that language out of THEIR contract and have an advantage over any that had it in theirs. The courts do not have the ability to dictate what an industry contract requires. State legislatures could require state funded schools to comply but nothing can compel a private institution to do so.

The super league is the answer but only if it is somehow afforded the same quasi anti-trust exemption that pro sports in the US enjoy. I ain't no lawyer and know nothing about it but pro sports are more or less protected against competition and have been for so long that they can fend off any that comes along. They are allowed to collude and price fix and do all manner of shite which would land a plumber in the jailhouse....