$5 million for a recruit is ridiculous

Nobody is giving $5M to someone who has never played a snap

First thing, it’s not 5 million a season. Thats the total potential value. It’s about 1 million a season.

Second, this is college football now. You’re either going to pay for a QB in the portal, or for one you have to develop. The portal model isn’t sustainable imo.

Third, why the frick do you care what the donors want to do with their money? If the funds are there (which they clearly are), who are you to dictate how they’re spent?

You dick brah

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it’s absolutely dumb to give $5 million to someone that’s never taken a snap.

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First, it's my understanding that the money will be paid over the life of the player's college career. Second, and more importantly, every pro team has been doing it for decades. They sign multi- million dollar contracts with someone that’s never taken a snap.

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And there’s no way it’s sustainable.

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Link?

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There’s no way this is feasible for college athletics in the long term.

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Link?

College football generates more than $4 billion in annual revenue for the 65 universities making up the Power 5. Most of the major professional sports share revenue between teams and players. Typically it's right around 50%-50%. It seems likely that at some point, players will be paid directly by schools. Many thigs will have to change, but it's what the market wants.

How many Power 5 schools are paying their players an aggregate of $30 million? ($2 billion / 65)

As a firm believer in free markets, I believe the players should receive what the market would bear if there were no regulations preventing them from receiving that compensation.

People thought that it was crazy when Saban signed a one million dollar per year contract with LSU in 1999. "$1 million dollars?!?! t’s absolutely dumb to give a coach $1 million dollars, and there’s no way it’s sustainable. There’s no way this is feasible for college athletics in the long term."

Here we are over 20 years later, and it has absolutely proven to be sustainable. Indeed, it's increased over ten-fold.

So, rather than rely on your ability to be a "central planner" and set economic policy, let's let the market decide what is sustainable.

WILD WILD WEST

Wait to you see how much schools pay to hire and then fire coaches.

I would love to see a rule that limits NIL to upperclassman, or at least kids enrolled in the school for more than one semester. To me that’s a rule that would serve everyone well.

Even 1 million for a kid out of high school! That is simply rediculous and absurd. College football is or has turned into a clown fest.

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but it’s absolutely dumb to give $5 million to someone that’s never taken a snap.

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Not really.

Does it have risk? Yes

Is there an upside where we get the better end? Yes.

If he is who he's supposed to be, he's worth 2-3x that easily. Maybe 10x that.

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Even 1 million for a kid out of high school! That is simply rediculous and absurd.

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why?

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I don’t follow recruiting and haven’t watched the kid play for a second, but it’s absolutely dumb to give $5 million to someone that’s never taken a snap. And there’s no way it’s sustainable. Are donors and businesses going to continue fork over millions every year to build a roster? And that’s not to even mention baseball and basketball. There’s no way this is feasible for college athletics in the long term.

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Coaches make way too much in CFB. The marginal benefit of a good coach vs that of a good quarterback isn't even remotely close. Which is why in every pro sport in the world on field talent is making way more than coaches (including football). People don't want to hear this but players making more (in some cases WAY more) than coaches is coming to CFB and sooner than you think.

I agree on the who's funding part, not sustainable. It's nonsense that people who work 9-5 are the payroll for their favorite college team.

Eventually they'll become employees (of the school), unionize, have CBAs etc. Schools will be paying student athletes milllions of dollars every year to play sports and it's going to piss everyone off (but they'll keep doing it anyway).