re: It ain't just Bama...coaches will go to the NFL.

You guys are really overestimating the change in terms of workload for CFB coaches.

College coaches have always needed to recruit year round. If they weren't, they weren't going to be very good at their job. That includes recruiting the current players, making sure they have what they need to succeed. The fact the latter includes making sure their NIL situation is where it should be is simply a small change in what they were checking in on current players with from before, where it was checking to see if they were passing their classes, not drinking and driving or having woman problems.

Good college coaches have always checked in on current players to make sure things are going smoothly. There is very little change with that in checking on their NIL situations.

College coaching has an element of parenting and dealing with childish issues to it that doesn't exist in the NFL. That is one reason some coaches prefer the NFL. Others prefer the college game because they like/are good at navigating those issues. It's not new, unless the coach simply was coasting before and not handing any of those things but is now FORCED to handle them due to NIL being such a large impact. But realistically they should have been that involved before with their players. Those who are leaving because of having to look out for non-football issues with their players weren't doing the job well before.

College coaching has ALWAYS involved a ton of non-football issues. Good coaches have always been involved in helping their players navigate those problems.