So did you like it better when only certain teams could pay players under the table and hoard all the talent? Those teams used money the same way it is being used now. Was that fair to the rest of the teams in the country?
This is also why, I suspect, that Miami's recruiting class isn't Top 5 despite all the winning. For the past two years, we have been ahead of the pack when it comes to NIL organization and commitment. Now, everyone else is organized and spending money as well. Not saying we can't have a Top 5 class, but just saying that the recruiting playing field, when it comes to money, is even again.
IDK man I guess just agree to disagree. Tom Brady was a top QB for years and wasnt one of the top 10 highest paid QBs. I would say that is extremely undermarket for what he could have gotten out there. I think he was making 8 mil LESS than guys like Stafford and Rogers and the excuse was "he just wants to win" or I also heard "Giselle makes so much money he doesnt need it" or even "he has so many endorsements" I just dont think a player taking less would be a catlyst to trigger a full blown investigation. Sticking with the Pats do you think a million dollar fine, loss of draft picks and your star QB being out 25% of the year was worth letting 2 PSI out of each football? I think we will agree no it is not but they did it anyway, dont underestimate the lengths teams go to win. Not saying it would be the norm but to think a few teams wouldnt do it I think is putting too much faith into an honor system in the NFL.
Yep this is it. Do I like that money has become the main face of collegiate athletics? No. Most people probably don't, even though it always has been anway. The sport has certainly lost some of its perception of innocence, whether it ever truly had it or not. That being said, what has been lost in that regard has been gained in the distribution of competition and talent. In just a couple years, anybody who has been paying close attention can see this. NIL is giving some smaller, but very business savvy and alumni rich schools a puncher's chance on Saturdays waaaay more than before, similar to that of the NFL.
I am sure there are others, he was just the most publicized but wouldnt that prove my point if your statement is true? in 20 years only ONE player has taken a grossly undervalued contract and yet still no one investigated to see if he had a back door deal with the Krafts (which I fully believe he did).
And if your son was a top ten recruit? Would you want him to shop around for the best deal?
You put rules than then the ncaa will allow certain teams to break them and others not . Kinda like they did prior to nil
What's odd for me is that personally, I'm about as Laissez-Faire as they get. However, like anything, it can go too far. The Sherman Anti-Trust Act happened because of capitalism gone too far. Imagine if Bezos, Buffett and Ellison all went to the same school (or if their wives did) and that school had essentially limitless funds. Now imagine if that school was Oregon which also has Phil Knight as an outspoken alum willing to spend anything to get a natty. Sure there might be a couple other schools that could compete with them, but the pool of competitors shrinks. Maybe natural seection would work its magic and things would sort themselves out fairly. However we're dealing with large amounts of money for influence and those things have a way of consistently not working out fairly and equitably.
What you said is true.
That would work just prefer 0 rules with them POs in charge
its always been like this, ya'll just now know it
Do people not get NIL has made the game more competitive? When early signing day and NIL came out Saban lost his mind on both? Why people they would come in last minute and drop bags. UGA learned it from them. LSU did it some to. NO ONE gave out money like SEC. Now it's a more level playing field which has been better for the game and parity .
And Saban was the first goofy bragging that JAG Bryce Young earned 1 million dollars from it
I knew it back in the 80's. It's the selective enforcement by the NCAA that ruined it (yes, there's much more). The myth of the student-athlete was pushed for decades.