re: Why does everyone have issues with NIL

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Because it’s a shite show.The transfer portal is a joke. Transferring within your same conference is a joke. And it’s just straight up pay for play. I don’t care if anyone agrees but the old system was fine sure there was some under the table dealings but for the most part it wasn’t pay for play. It’s a free country and signing a letter of intent to go play college football to use a schools facilities,their doctors,their training staff,free tutors,free clothes,free food,free room an board,and free education.No one forced anyone to play football or sign a letter of intent or play college football.So the system wasn’t broke how it was at least if you wanted to keep college football as college football.What will be happening in the years to come will definitely change college football and hell maybe I’m wrong maybe it will be SO GREAT but I have my doubts.Down vote away lol

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Except it was broken because these players could not be drafted right out of high school to the NFL. The NFL was using college as a free minor league for themselves. Meanwhile these players could not even make money off their own likenesses that had NOTHING to do with the school. They couldn’t even sign a damn autograph for $5. It was ridiculous.

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Worse than free agency. Imagine if every player in the NFL could leave after one season.

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Not similar. College players don’t sign contracts.

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Worse than free agency. Imagine if every player in the NFL could leave after one season.

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The majority of movement will be from players who were not playing at big schools, and players from smaller schools looking to move up for better competition.

And this will eventually settle down even more because there are a ton of kids entering the portal who cannot find homes.

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and they can go all out but that still doesn't mean you can compete money wise with the TAMU, USC, or Texas of the NCAA.

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So 3 teams ?

Just understand what you are freaking out about.

Even if you can rattle off 3 more, they will be fine. There are plenty avenues to get & develop good players to lsu

LSU has a great recruiting base, great coaching & amenities, and enough money to get guys they want. They absolutely will be an issue for other programs

I don’t have a problem with NIL. I have a problem schools outright paying players to come to their school and just saying “that was NIL”. No, that was you dropping a bag on a kid and isn’t what the original intention of NIL was.

I don't have an issue with NIL. I have an issue with the fact that there aren't any rules and regulations in place to control schools like Texas A&M. It creates an advantage over other schools. It needs to be regulated.

Unintended consequences.

The idea behind NIL is spot-on. Reputable players should be able to profit off of their name, image and likeness.

Example - from 2018 until whenever, every time LSU sold a Burrow #9 jersey, Joe should have gotten a nice percentage of the sale. And if an attorney or local business wanted to hire him for a marketing and ad campaign, or a memorabilia signing day, Joe should have gotten fair-market value.

And we could all sit here and name the LSU studs over the years that would have made a lot of money because of their on-field success and their images.... regardless of their sport.

The 8th guy out of the bullpen isn't going to make the same as the Friday night starter. He's just not. The 8th guy in the BB rotation isn't going to make what the team's leading scorer will....

And getting kids to transfer from one school to the next to get more money, is hurtful to the system.

So is dangling the karat in front of recruits that haven't played a down or even been through spring practice yet....

That's a broken model.

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Players are mercenaries now. They don't play for love of the sport and love of the school. They play for love of money.

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this is what I take it to mean when I hear “college football as we know it is over”.

It’s no longer amateur sports. Hardly anyone who puts on that yellow jersey mayne is playing for the P&G anymore. It’s truly minor league professional sports now with unlimited free agency.

frick Ricks. bitches like that will be a dime a dozen now, and high character, outstanding representatives of your university will be a rarity now.

My problem with NIL is that it is exactly not about NIL. If these guys were doing commercials and public appearances and different things, it would make sense. They’re not currently paid based on their Name, Image, or Likeness. They’re paid by schools through shell companies or outright bribery from private businesses with vested interests in the publicity. It’s a check that requires nothing to cash. It’s not being implemented in a manner consistent with its conception. Add the transfer portal, tampering with existing rosters, and recruiting with checks and deals in hand, and it’s an unmitigated disaster. Rosters will change dramatically year to year because players will be following the deals. We barely held on to Kayshon (supposedly) because Bama was poking around while he was still on our roster. Our top receiver was considering a divisional opponent because of a check. It doesn’t get any worse for the sport than that.

You put zero effort in the op so I will just add that...