citay said:Grizfan-24 said:The NIL Money reckoning is quickly coming and not because it is unethical, but rather that it is the wild west. NCAA as a regulatory agency is way out over its skis here and recognizes that they won't or can't put the genie back in the bottle. Clearly the NIL money benefits power 5 schools and other NCAA institutions with lots of cash in its booster pool. The NCAA doesn't have a clear regulatory model in mind (thus asking for congressional help) but it isn't going fix itself until member institutions, players and coaches make a big enough stink. Just get used to the chaos.
I miss the old system but I resented coaches on million dollar contracts moving freely while their players had to sit out a year if their coach left. And I also resented those oily administrators making $500,000 a year while cynically calling the players STUDENT ATHLETES, when it was the STUDENT ATHLETES paying for those huge salaries for administrators and coaches.
Money corrupts and big money, like power, corrupts absolutely. And there is now BIG money in those NCAA TV deals. The athletes deserve their fair share, chaos or not.
Not in the least against it and you are dead on right. About time players got their share.They aren't indentured servants. For me personally, it is going to be the final blow to what makes those power 5 schools break completely away and form their own college business entity. Just way too much money, and smaller schools just can't compete with it.