NIL is getting out of control in college football

[Sibster]

I didn't catch the name of the guy, but Joe Rose was talking about a guy who has changed 3 times since last season. This means he has been on 4 teams in a year. I think most people would agree that is ridiculous. There is nothing wrong with making rules for eligibility in college but they refuse to do so. I would love for us to go back to sitting out a year for unnecessary transfers. I'm all for allowing players to change if the coach leaves.

IMO, players should only be able to transfer and play immediately if they meet the following criteria:

1.  Family emergency (and this would need to be investigated)
2.  Coach leaves
3.  Graduate transfer
4.  Transfer to a downward tier school (Division 1-AA or Division 2)

[Downunder Dolphan]

I think college sports are going to face the same issues of inequality and an inability to improve programs as prosports have with no salary cap.

I think the whole sham of College sports being regarded as an "amateur" game should be nuked immediately.

For comparison in Australia, the AFL players are drafted at 18 years of age straight out of high school (it used to be a lot younger) and paid appropriately because their career can end in a hurry. They are actively encouraged to take further education at University all the way through to have a pathway post-football, and most of, if not all, do wisely take advantage of that. But they also have a pretty healthy paycheck regardless, even at the bottom of the bottom rates.

Colleges make a fortune out of these athletes at the same age, and for too long they had to live on breadcrumbs. Yes their tuition is paid, but there should be a fairer apportionment. Is there any evidence that the massive bucketloads of cash from broadcasting rights that these athletes are generating to the Colleges are being used to discount the fees being charged to everyone else? I haven't heard of it.

[Spider-Dan]

Don't these guys have a limited time to play in college anyway?  If they want to spend their eligibility years transferring, so be it.

[Sibster]

Don't these guys have a limited time to play in college anyway?  If they want to spend their eligibility years transferring, so be it.

That could change soon if the Supreme Court strips the eligibility rule from the NCAA.  They just might, hell they've stripped almost everything else.  And next thing you know, you have 25-30 year olds playing college ball.  

[Fau Teixeira]

I'm here for the death of college sports entirely. I hope it becomes to incredibly fake that the people stop watching and it stops polluting our Saturdays with low quality garbage games.

Barring that, if the universities are making millions and millions off the literal backs of these athletes, they're entitled to as much as they can get.

What these college players should do is unionize and bargain with the universities collectively and withhold services if they don't agree to a fair division of the proceeds.