Is this what NIL was designed to be? A major NCAA corporate sponsor chooses

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How is that fair to any other university whose star QB wasn't given same opportunity.

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I mean… how fair is it to other universities that they don’t have as big a star player?

How it is fair that Aaron Rogers has a sponsorship with State Farm but Mitch Trubisky doesn’t?

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NIL

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fair

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My issue is guys who havent even taken a snap getting these deals.

That won't go over well in the locker rooms.

You have offensive lineman who spent 3 years working their asses off in the strength & conditioning programs, meeting rooms, practice field, who aren't going to see much, yet you have guys who haven't accomplished jack shite yet getting these deals.

I still remember my first ever team meeting at TCU. It was a meeting for all of the newcomers. Coach Patterson comes in the room and the first thing out of his mouth is that none of you have accomplished jack shite yet and you will have to earn respect around here. I don't give a shite what you did in high school or how good Rivals says you are.

Now imagine giving that talk to a room featuring a guy sitting there who already has 6 or 7 figure endorsement deals.

If anyone's performance suffers because of it, don't play them. Problem solved.

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Now imagine giving that talk to a room featuring a guy sitting there who already has 6 or 7 figure endorsement deals.

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I think this will be consolidated at the top level of the sport and those schools will just operate in a different reality than the rest. I mean, they kind of already do.

I know a lot of fans hoped NIL would push more guys to go and be the big fish in a smaller pond, but I don't see it. Seems like the rich just getting richer.

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At this point in his career, what % of Americans would you guess could accurately identify him?


A large enough % of college football fans of who are the target market of college football themed Dr Pepper Commercials that air during college football games.

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bullshite. This might end up being a good deal for Dr. Pepper, but most of these guys getting endorsement deals are completely unrecognizable.

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but most of these guys getting endorsement deals are completely unrecognizable.

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That's fine. Dr. Pepper is banking on them being very recognizable very quickly. If the player doesn't pan out, they'll cut their losses and move onto someone else.

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Clemson quarterback D.J. Uiagalelei has partnered with Dr Pepper and will appear in its Fansville ad campaign throughout the college football season, the company announced Wednesday.

Uiagalelei will be the only active collegiate player featured in the Fansville commercials, which chronicle the lives of rival fans in a fictional college-football-obsessed town. Financial terms were not disclosed.

How is that fair to any other university whose star QB wasn't given same opportunity.

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We're pretty much going back to the time where all the big schools controlled all the talent. This is going to increase the gap 10 fold. College football as we knew it from 1973 to last year is forever gone.

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We're pretty much going back to the time where all the big schools controlled all the talent

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We've been here for quite some time.