re: The transfer portal might have saved college football

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It has given smaller programs an actual chance to compete against the “football factories”

Also, I don’t mind the NIL - I just wish that they would find a way to cap it. If they don’t cap it then I feel it’s going to destroy the NFL.

If I’m a college kid making millions in college - I’m set for life. Why even try to want to play in the NFL if I’m already filthy rich from NIL money?

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There's not much there that isn't wrong.

No, it hasn't helped small programs; it has helped well run mid sized programs like Duke who can offer a P5 level incentive structure, to drain small program talent out of G5 and to target specific areas of need smartly with their limited resources.

To put it this way: Duke can steal the hell out of an All-AAC corner, easier than they can recruit a 4 star capable of playing at that level in year 1 or year 2.

There's no way to cap NIL; the idea itself is preposterous-- no one in any sport, at any level, or in any walk of life is limited in their capacity to endorse; any attempt to impose a limit is going to get blown to bits by courts.

Lastly, there aren't but perhaps a hundred players making a million dollars across all of college football. I'd slow the roll before thinking a guy can play 4 years and retire financially secure.