QB making $5m a year not a pro (ok)- UDFA who made $50k signing bonus a pro (bad)

College is paying players. What is the deal? It is all one big paid performance.

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people who were crying years ago that college players should get paid are all acting shocked by what’s happening now.

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People seem to constantly deny that the law of unintended consequences exists

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People seem to constantly deny that the law of unintended consequences exists

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Very true. But come on, who couldn’t see this coming? Paying college players was always a terrible idea. Well except technically they were already being compensated. But I guess free tuition, free tudoring, free room and board, free meals, free clothing….none of that counted or just wasn’t enough

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And let's be honest, if he's getting paid five plus million dollars for one year of college football, then doesn't need a college degree.

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Right! So it’s a profession now and anyone should have the right to make that money if someone is willing to pay them. Surely a college football program would pay Pavia $1M to play QB for them this year. Why can’t that happen.

College football will eventually become the minor league for the nfl. Players going back and forth. I hope I am wrong.

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Right! So it’s a profession now and anyone should have the right to make that money if someone is willing to pay them. Surely a college football program would pay Pavia $1M to play QB for them this year. Why can’t that happen.

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Diego Pavia is a great example. Vanderbilt would pay him way more than $1M per year to be their QB and they would do if for the next decade.

The NCAA found itself in a market in which they had a monopoly. They did exactly what we would expect them to do. They were predatory. It's interesting that they set up conditions in which they would not pay players money nor would they allow players to make any money from their football endeavor. It's clear why they did this. It was/is significantly profitable for them to do so.

Under the old system, LSU would never pay Leavitt anything close to five million dollars to play for them. Not even over four years.

It didn't cost LSU much of anything to allow a player to live for free in a crappy Broussard Hall dormitory. It didn't cost them much to allow a player to eat for free in the cafeteria or to attend a class for free. How much did it cost LSU to issue a player some athletic gear/clothing? Not tens of thousands of dollars per player.

Here's where I'm going with this: players are employees. It's that simple. They are not recruited to be students. They are not awarded academic scholarships. They are recruited and awarded athletic scholarships (whatever that means) to play football games and make LSU and the city of BR a lot of money.

Again, it's interesting that some fans want everyone but the players to be able to profit off of the players blood, sweat, and tears.

If we ask the players what they want, they would tell us that they want to be paid for their service, which as we have found out is a hell of a lot more than what they were getting under the old system.

Here's the cold, hard reality for all the fans who want the old system back:

LSU heads into a game against a big-time opponent - Ole Miss, Texas, Bama, A&M, etc... News breaks Friday morning that several starters on LSU's football team will not be playing in the game because they're not doing well in the classroom and they need to focus on their grades. In that situation, you traditionalists who think the players are actually "STUDENTS" would lose your f*****g minds.

Here's another example that cannot be refuted:

Lane Kiffin concludes his first football season at LSU with wins against LaTech and McNeese. A 2-10 losing record. On a positive note, every single player on the team has 4.0 GPA and is on track to graduate in less than four years.

You people that believe the players are students who are being rightfully compensated with a college education wouldn't give a Godd*amn f**k about a team GPA of 4.0 and all players being on track to graduate early. You all would be rioting in the streets about a losing record and yelling from the rooftops to fire Lane Kiffin to include statements such as, "These athletes weren't brought here to play school! They were brought here to win football games!"

LSU's 2026 football roster is allegedly costing boosters forty to fifty million dollars. Here's some numbers on that cost:

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When spreading the total budget across the primary roster, LSU is spending an estimated $380,000 to $568,000 per player on average.

Because college football's new House settlement rules capped official team rosters at 105 total players, the exact average depends heavily on how the funding is distributed across the depth chart:

The Baseline Average (All 105 Players): If the total budget is spread equally across a full 105-player cap, the average sits between $381,000 and $476,000 per player.

The Active Valuation Average (88 Players): Industry insights from The NIL Standard calculate LSU’s specific 2026 financial distribution across 88 core non-walk-on players, resulting in an average of $454,500 to $568,000 per player

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Under the old system, LSU was not compensating their players anything close to these numbers on a per year basis.

If your child had the option to get a free education from LSU for four years or get paid $380,000 to $568,000 per year for four years working for LSU, which one would you advise your child to take?

Anyone answering a "free education" is a liar.

Because he is a total asswipe and his mom is a ho

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People have a right to work

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They still have the right to work. Technically they can still sign, play, and get paid by whichever school that wants to sign them.