re: Honest discussion about NIL. Would love to hear thoughts.

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This was the way it was presented to the public.

Nobody was told that there would be "collectives"...

Nobody was told that guys basketball transfers would be lending their "name, image and likeness" to the owner of the Dallas Cowboys.

It was presented like this was going to be players and local businesses finding each other and having the player do a photo op eating the proprietor's chicken wings. Or the player doing t shirts.

Basically we got legalized and organized boosters bribing these guys.

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The SCOTUS didn't tell the public anything, they simply made a ruling. Contrary to popular belief, the public are pretty smart folks, even brilliant in many aspects and very industrious. The public saw the potential for this thing to blow like a volcano.

The NCAA on the other hand had every opportunity to reign things in by placing stern restrictions on the transfer portal, they failed to do so. Now we have unregulated pay-for-play through NIL collectives AND an unrestricted transfer portal.