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

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Hell, I think the days of those types of recruiting-focused coaches who are mediocre on-field staff are going to end pretty soon. Pay for play schemes getting normalized and standardized in the coming years will make the staffing in college more like the NFL.

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Coaches who can recruit effectively even with pay-for-play will have even more value in the future of CFB in my opinion, not the opposite.

Having a coach that can bring talent in despite not offering as much to players because of his personality/gravitas/history will be even more impactful because many teams will be relying solely on NIL money to recruit.

UGA hasn't been offering recruits big NIL deals to come to UGA. Their big NIL deals go to starters, not to recruits. They've done this largely to follow the NCAA's NIL guidance. They've still been able to out-recruit teams who have been paying recruits to come to their school largely due to the recruiting acumen of the staff. Recruits were already taking less to go to UGA in order for an opportunity to earn more in the long run should they become a starter.

I don't see why UGA starting to offer big money to recruits won't INCREASE their recruiting edge. It won't flatten things as their recruiting heavy staff is already winning battles against teams paying recruits to come to their college.

Being a great recruiter will always matter in CFB.