re: When will we start seeing players opt out after their team loses a game or two ??

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Unpopular opinion. Any player that opts out at any point should pay back their scholarship money for quitting the team prior to the end of the season. With NIL, they can afford it.

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Not unpopular by me. I’ve said players should be given a choice… NIL or traditional scholarship route.

1) Traditional Scholarship route everything is paid for you but no NIL contract.

2) NIL. Sign whatever deal you want but you pay for EVERYTHING. Tuition, housing, meals, nutrition plan, S&C plan, coaching, and most importantly… the right to wear the uniform (this scales with the visibility… 11am game costs less than a top 10 prime time exposure game).

Take your pick.

I actually think this in some form is the ultimate solution. Graduate or get drafted from the school and all scholarships are just that, transfer prior to graduation or opt out prior to being drafted and obligated to pay back all educational expenses.

This WILL NEVER happen- but should have always been the case. The whole narrative of players weren’t able to live if the stipend pre NIL was always nonsense. These student athletes received free tuition, room and board, health treatment and were able to at the end walk away with no debt- unless you play baseball ( an entire different hornets nest with the 11.7). No different than receiving an signing bonus from an employer - fulfill the obligation or they claw back the funds.