re: NIL “Contracts” should include playing in bowl games.

NIL is an all out Wild West out of control free agency with NO limitations on the players. Nothing.
Stop calling it amateur sports because it isn't any longer.

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NIL “Contracts” should include playing in bowl games.

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Tell that to the private companies/donors writing the NIL checks. The schools themselves aren't paying kids.

Regardless, NIL can't be tied to player participation

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I've heard most NIL deals are for x amount of months

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They are. But that is because the NIL agreements CAN'T be in the nature of "pay for play". What the business/person is paying the player for is use of the players NIL...not use of his NIL as an LSU player. There is nothing the contract can do to tie the player to the school. So if they are longer than a few months it is conceivable the player could leave the team, or worse, transfer to another school and still be entitled to payment by an LSU booster per the contact agreement. No LSU booster wants to have to pay a kid 4 figures while he suits up for Alabama.

While the underlying reason for the contract is obviously pay for play, you have to think of them as endorsement contracts rather than service contracts. For instance, Under Armour would have to abide by their contract with Steph Curry regardless of which team he plays for because they are paying for the use of Curry's NIL...not for his employment with Golden State.

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Stop calling it amateur sports because it isn't any longer.

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It stopped being "amateur sports" a LONG time ago. Well before the advent of NIL. When the schools are bringing millions in revenue (ticket sales, licensing, etc) and the conferences are signing hundred(s) million dollar broadcast agreements with TV networks it ain't "amateur sports." It's a multi-million dollar entertainment BUSINESS (no different than the NFL, NBA, etc) masquerading as an interscholastic extracurricular activity.

The inequity between what the schools and coaches were earning vs what the players were/are "earning" is VAST. No, the players were not without any "compensation". A scholarship to attend college is very much a benefit. But just like the players in the NFL, NBA, MLB, college athletes (at least in football and men's basketball) are the primary reason the business the business is so successful. They are the main attraction. The reason you pay $1,500 a year for season tickets and the reason you tune in to ESPN, CBS, etc every Saturday to watch.

CFB started as an extracurricular activity. As more and more people enjoyed watching the games, the popularity grew. As popularity grew, the high the demand to allow more people to watch the games. The demand to broadcast the games by media companies grew and they were willing to pay millions upon millions for the rights to do so. The conferences, schools, and coaches were reaping the benefits of the increased demand and money. That's why LSU, A&M, Alabama, etc can afford to pay $100M contracts to HCs. ALL of this huge amount of money was coming in with the "payment" to the players (a scholarship) largely remaining the same as it was 50, 60, 70 years ago. It was/is a matter of time before people acknowledged what major college sports (football and mens basketball) really are. A very lucrative entertainment business.

If you're idea of college football is that it should be like it was in the 1960's, 70's, when there wasn't nearly the amount of money in the game as there is now, then what college football has become (a business) will upset you. But the game isn't going backwards. If you want a "cap" on the money players can earn, then the only way to legally make that happen is to reach an agreement the players are "employees" of the schools and then have the schools/conferences and the players collectively bargain for a "salary cap" like the owners and players union have in the NFL. Any unilateral attempt by NCAA, schools, conferences to enforce such will quickly be ended as an anti-trust violation.

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How do you prevent "tweeked" ankles/hamstrings etc. as an excuse to miss the game?

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These could be incentive-based contracts. The NCAA already has an exception for receiving various bowl gifts. Pay a small portion for showing up and then the rest if you play. These contracts could be broken down anyway you want. The bowls along with the broadcast companies should be doing that already because it's in their best interest.

Bowl games = NFL Pro Bowl at this point. If it isn't playoff teams it's boring especially for the big schools.

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That’s why you have professional team doctors. If they gove you an all clear to play, your a** is playing.

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A dr isn't going to give an all clear to play if the player is saying he is hurting...then the player can get Gordon to sue the dr if he was being honest about an injury

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These kids want professional money then they need to be signed to professional contracts.

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These kids are allegedly student-athletes.

If expanding the NIL contract scope, how about something that incentivizes their educational performance, too?

Seems like athlete-focus only benefits LSU
Whereas the student-focus as well benefits the student and LSU

Re-balance time

Clearly you don't understand how NIL works. Do you even know what NIL stands for? Lol.