NIL, paying players and the transfer portal

I think that one way to regulate all this is to tax the player since he (or she) is now an employee

I am hearing 10 million dollars, imaging that athlete receiving a tax bill to pay 3 million in taxes. For those that say "well somebody else will pay" those payments should be added on to the total and taxed (10 + 3 so now the athlete needs to pay 3.9 million in taxes)