NiL makes it legal to pay players money. The traditional "bag men" are irrelevant. They no longer need to hide and cheat. If a school still has a bagman then they're doing it wrong. NIL levels the playing field for the schools that weren't cheating. TAMU was probably already cheating before NIL. However, it's obvious their boosters put together a massive NIL program to get all thes top recruits they have. Even a school like Jackson State has got in on the NIL action to lure in the top DB recruit.
With NIL, Miami can now keep our young men home who would normally chase the bag elsewhere. Sure there'll be some type of bidding wars, but I think there will be few of them. I don't believe a player is going to chose one school over another just because the bag was slightly bigger. It would have to be significantly more in order for that to happen. With the infrastructure being put in place by the administration and boosters like the Ruiz family, Miami is positioning itself for the future.
College football has changed. I think for the better. It may look ugly because we can now see how the sausage is made, but more student athletes are getting paid and that's a good thing in a sport where they make millions for the schools and coaches. Only 1% of the players will move on to professional sports, so it's good that the student athletes can help out their families and get a head start on life after their sport is over.