re: President of NCAA proposes NIL rule change

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NIL did not create free agency

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The portal rules being changed is a large contributing factor

but being able to openly pay for play most certainly is a major contributor to college free agency. What is going on with the portal is no different than what is going on with recruiting. If the portal did not exist, boosters would still being sending out their offers and recruits would still be going to highest bidder, that is free agency. NFL draftees don't even get the luxury of picking their first time

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What they can not do is limit NIL payments in any way

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Problem 1 is we are calling it NIL when it is not. There are contracts set in place for players before the player's name, image, or likeness is even known. It is not NIL it is pay for play. You would not be throttling NIL you would be throttling pay for play, which technically should be relinquishing amateur status. College football is now a professional league by almost any metric

But once you give beyond the line, the option to retreat behind it no longer exists unless you want to get really litigious with no guaranty of winning