Is all fun and games until said Prince decides to act inappropriately around a student, who is financially dependent on the sponsor, surrounded by people dependent on the sponsor and is in a very vulnerable position. Just one example of how this can all go ugly. You said I could comment if we disclose our bias, well, your sport is boring and your nation is disappointing and sucks.
@whisperdeer3 Saban has been doing it since LSU days. Jimbo knows and brought that up when Saban was talking crap about TAMU buying players. Everybody was small ball compared to what Saban was doing
Thank you for pointing out that these are 501c3s!!! It’s such bullshit that these people are getting tax deductions for paying athletes. This is obviously egregiously wrong - these aren’t charities and everyone knows it. It’s going right to athlete’s pocketbooks (which is fine in principle, but shouldn’t lead to a tax deduction). This is diverting donations from real charities who actually help those in need.
It's not the players fault. They're professionals. It's the NCAA trying to pretend that the athletes are amateur while simultaneously trying to make sure they get all the big name prospects so that Alabama vs Auburn isn't a bunch of dentists finishing up graduate degrees.
@@carrigan308 Of course it's not the player's fault. I don't think the NCAA is really at fault here either. It's the government's fault for allowing these payments to be tax deductible. People shouldn't be receiving a tax deduction for payments to college athletes (whether through a booster/collective/athletic dept or whatever).
I’m a huge Mizzou fan, and I am also a professor a little old East Tennessee State. Ever since NIL (and the abuse of the transfer portal) ETSU cannot keep a decent product on the field. A player has a good first year and blows on out for more money. It’s rough down here.
As they should lol I know some of the old players are salty they are watching these new players get paid. Oh what a difference being in college in 2022 vs 2013 makes
@@randombutrelevantthey play in the socon which is a good fcs league with the citadel, furman, samford, mercer, vmi, they beat vanderbilt a few years ago
Indiana Hoosiers fan. I always felt bad for college players who couldn’t accept money while they were playing but the schools and coaches were making millions. But instead of coming up with a way to pay the players a reasonable amount while they are in school they just broke the dam and now it’s out of control
@@MM-lu2zk yeah true but I live in a college town and I talked to many players over the years who came from poor families and they were broke and couldn’t afford a lot of stuff that other kids could afford because their parents would send them money.
@@MM-lu2zk my idea was to pay them a certain amount per game and put it in an account that they can only use some of it say $500 a month and the rest they can get when they graduate or leave the school. But instead they just opened the floodgates and now it’s all about the money.
@@MM-lu2zk to me the problem is the money involved in college football is out of control. I have two teenage boys that I can’t even afford to take to college game unless it’s a small school
Phil Knight has been getting that tax deduction on his Oregon sports donations for a long time. Congress needs to remove sports donations as charitable. They give it to the university no strings attached or the get no deduction.
I’m an Ohio State fan and hate the current NIL system.. feels like all the small programs have no chance of ever developing if it keeps accelerating like it has been.
This. NIL and transfer portal have made it so the smaller schools are effectively just feeder programs to the NIL big hitters who will poach any of their elite players in a given year. I think eventually you’re going to see a lot of small programs give up their football team as it becomes increasingly less viable to finance. FBS will eventually consolidate from 120+ teams into a league of probably 30-40 teams in two major conferences like the NFL.
really dont understand why half the money would go to field hockey and softball. one sport has 100,000 paying fans in the stadium and millions watching on tv; the other one has a few family members in the stands and is broadcast on some webcast. doesnt make sense
Because in certain locations, those colleges care way more about basketball, hockey, softball, baseball, or many other sports than football. At the end of the day, football shouldn't be the end-all-be-all for every college.
Each sport should get the exact percentage of revenue generated. If those niche sports earn big money, let them have it. If not, they shouldn't be subsidized beyond the bare minimum.
Everything you guys make is gold. Thanks for leading the charge in saving journalism. I was also in the student section at that Kick Six auburn game at 1:28, WDE.
I was a Texas A&M fan. I now however do not root for any team. I've decided if the coaches and players aren't loyal and only out for a pay check why put my heart on the line every weekend? NIL has undoubtedly ruined college athletics. Secondly, I believe in fairness, so let's talk fairness. How is it that women "deserve" equal pay when it is unwarranted? Meaning if a woman does an equal or better job they should be compensated as such no matter their gender or race. However, in the college athletics world men sports dominate the ratings/market revenue so why should they be paid equally? I'm open to hearing opinions. If the ratings/revenue were equal or higher for women athletics then we'd have a totally different discussion.
Because college sport shouldn't be about 'pay checks', 'warranted', ratings/market. Those things matter in professional sports (and all your arguments are valid there). That's the big hypocrisy in college sports (mostly in college football), it pretends to be amateur, non profit, charity when it is clearly not. College sports should benefit academics (which is the only why colleges exists) now it only/mostly benefits coaches,supervisors ...
I agree with your first few sentences but disagree with many that follow regarding fairness. In the USA, look at the amount of media (TV, radio, newspapers, websites, etc.) coverage devoted to men's vs women's sports. In the last 50 years, the women's share has gone from maybe 2% (mostly in Olympic sports) to perhaps 20% today. We have been "trained" to enjoy men's sports because that is what the media have focused on, and that is what people most talk about around the company cafeteria/coffee pots. Most American women who pay attention to sports spend more time watching men's sports. The women at the top of their sports also work very hard. This results in a scenario in which the most heralded NCAA woman athlete in the 2023-2024 school year, Caitlin Clark, earned a WNBA salary of only $76,500 last season, whereas several of the top players in the 2024 NBA draft (several of whom are mostly unknown in the USA) have salaries well over 100x that amount. I'm in favor of women getting a bigger slice of the pie, and I think NCAA football players are getting more than their fair share when you consider all the other athletes on campus.
@@53toddkthe NBA has funded the WNBA its entire history. The WNBA has NEVER made a profit. That's is fact and can be looked at. So why should Clark be paid as much as LeBron? His checks are paying for her.
A great phrase about sports: "they don't love you back". They never did, but especially not now. It is a paycheck until the threat to long term health becomes too high. Putting your emotional well being on the line to enrich wealthy people is silly. Enjoy competitive games and athletic endeavor and community around watching games, but gotta have better things to do in life.
When I watched my team play Ohio State this year, I thought "well this is the end". The playing field has never been equal you have always had the haves and have nots, but now it's more lopsided than ever. It really made me take a step back. My bet is that you will have a handful of schools drop football, and maybe all athletics within ten years. Twenty years and there will be about 40 schools left.
Which translates to less opportunities for college athletes and ultimately a shrinking of the football talent pool for the NFL. College football is eating itself as it becomes a semi-pro minor league.
You know, this is why I don't watch college sports anymore. Luckily my college days (a whopping 10 years ago) were back when corruption was kept under the table and the 'controversies' were stuff like boosters buying their star QB recruit an F-150, not 'legally' paying them 10+ million dollars. People argue who should make money on college athletics when instead they should be wondering why the hell ANYONE is making money. A college football coach should make like 120k a year, maybe 150k if they win a few shiny trophies or something, and that's it. The games should be aired on public TV with NO COMMERCIAL BREAKS. A hotdog at a game should cost 2 dollars. Get the picture?
It's better that players get paid their true market value, rather than cheating for peanuts. The reason the big money exists is because the fans pay exorbitant prices for jerseys, tickets, and the TV networks pay billions more to reap the ad revenues... which are necessarily billions more than that. If no one goes to the games, buys jerseys, or watches on TV, there's no money. Which is precisely why the big schools have the same advantages of big market pro teams. It's unfortunate for the small schools and the niche sports, but it's just the free market at work.
Need more of this deep dive non partisan view of colleges, even if it’s not football. There’s a lot going on in college sports. I know this even from the JUCO level of it. Crazy work man! Keep it up. Subscribed ✅.
Thanks for explaining things. This takes the integrity completely out of college sports. A real pity. I was an NCAA wrestler for four years back in the 1970's. We stepped on the mat, shook hands, and your motivation was completely that winning was better than losing. The competition brought the best out of us, and that's what sports is for. Such a shame that it's all going away.
Yeah it really is a shame. College sports started as a way for students to bond, have fun with and root for their friends in their free time, and create a sense of spirit and community for the school. For small schools this can still be true. But for these big programs it's nothing but money now. It's just sad. Most of these athletes even in football will never go pro and they are the ones who get screwed the most of all.
There never was any _integrity_ in sports. From steroids to brown bags, the perennial winners always had an unfair edge, whether you knew about it, or not.
Univ. of Oklahoma is also asking fans to donate money so they can recruit and retain top recruits. I’m like nah.., I didn’t go there.., I graduated from a different school., I’m good. You can go ahead, and tap those big money boosters, for a bit more coin.
Remember when players picked a school they believed in and wanted to play for and represent? Remember when they went out on that field and played with their heart and soul? Now everything is about money money money. The soul of what college football once was has been diminished. Such a shame…
You don’t know what players would’ve done back in the day, if they were allowed to make money. I’m sure you remember when coaches and administrators made all of the money
I did a research paper back in college related to how paying college players could run afoul of Title IX, and had a similar idea to the revenue-sharing between men's and women's programs. Assuming the same requirements are upheld by the Trump admin, I'm interested to see what the fallout is (for example, the wrestling world hates Title IX because it caused a bunch of schools to drop their wrestling programs)
as a former track athlete it was insane that we only had 12.5 scholarships for our team but the women’s team and 30 full ride scrubs because football messed up the ratio
I agree. Title IX shouldn't be based on total number of scholarships but based on total sports played. It actually screws men over more because football is a very large sport in terms of number of athletes.
If a woman’s Billy all team only brings in 1 million but the basketball team brings in 20 million, how are you supposed to divvy out those funds equally..?
Because the government of the United States and it's public colleges are supposed to provide services and equal opportunities to all its students and sports not just men's football. When they get to the NFL then they can earn the higher value they bring in as compared to their women counterparts.
@@manavsingh5501 how do you determine equality? Based on the revenue they bring in? Base on the number of athletes? Based on the number of sports? It doesn’t really matter since the Trump admin will unquestionably pull the guidance, but equality isn’t clear cut in a situation like this.
Look at what they did to the US men's and women's soccer teams. First year, they all had equal salaries, even though the men brought in 5x the fans, 10x the revenue, and played more games because they went further in the finals.
LSU Tiger fan here so there’s my bias disclaimer. This whole situation has been handled poorly imo. Obviously players should’ve been making money for decades. I think the big issue is that they changed too much too fast. Did we really need conference realignment and expanded playoff in the same year? As for NIL, I think players should have to sign contracts that way they at least stay with the team that paid them all this money. The transfer portal has gotten out of hand.
There’s a player from Wisconsin, a cornerback I think who had a 2 year nil deal but tried to enter the portal. Wisconsin wouldn’t let him so he quit school, drove to Miami and enrolled at UM. Not sure if it’s a done deal but he may be playing in Miami this year.
Great vid. Very informative. I used to live, breathe, and die college football. Unfortunately, the sport has gone down the toilet because of money, greed, and ESPN. Sad to see how the game has been destroyed in a relatively short amount of time.
Funny as hell, really. People acted like these kids weren't paid....they were and it was all tax free. Can't wait until the IRS figures out they should be taxing these kids and their NIL deals. They should have been taxed this entire time as they got compensation in kind on school, housing, gear, travel, food, tutors. These kids were fine. All that's happened is the fleecing of tax payer funded universities. Why are any of us paying for this? The majority of US tax payes don't have kids going to these schools. Either quit taking our money for these criminals or start taxing the athletes and university sports. Pick one. This is ridiculous.
@@MM-lu2zk I don't have a problem with the notion that these kids may have been paid under the table all of these years. It probably happened everywhere and nobody can go back in time to change whatever happened. All we could do was cheer on the team or program that we rooted for. Money and corruption did not control every aspect of the sport at the time. What I find deeply disturbing is the purposeful desecration of college football due to all this stuff that began infiltrating the sport since 2006. No fan or player came along one day to say that college athletes HAD to be paid for their services. And that we suddenly need this NIL & transfer portal thing. Pre-2006, the game was rolling along just fine with the BCS and bowl games ending in early January. Rivalries were still a thing. Additionally, the players were actually 'student-athletes' at the time. As soon as ESPN started taking over the sport in 2006, corruption has run rampant and everything has become f****d up. They're no longer 'student-athletes'. They're professional athletes. The actual games and bragging rights don't mean anything anymore.
Ncaa was to strict not even allowing players to be in video games or selling autographs, now its too soft allowing players to get recruited for millions
How does the portal play into this new reality? Will the guarantee of playing time trump the money offers? Will it bring parity or create a handful of dominant superteams?
nick saban: "before NIL, i used to pay the peasant students a couple pennies and get the best talent, but NIL exponentially increased the price of talent so now I can't cheat against other teams anymore, so I quit. I'm against NIL because I can't cheat anymore. I'm just an above average coach that cheats."
The southern schools paid athletes under the table. Thus the SEC dominance in the past 2 decades. They used churches if not mistaken to pay under the table. Unfortunately, these same schools now can’t compete with some of the coastal or Northern schools with their affluent and powerful alumni.
@@kevstervegas don't make it sound like just the SEC played players. Every good team in every major conference played players. Now it's just a lot more money and it's all public knowledge.
Great video! You've got yourself a new subscriber... Really good and informative content. Very professional deep dive into this issue, very impressive. Keep it up!
I'm an FCS guy...NIL and the portal combined are causing chaos at the smaller schools...any players we have who show any talent (all conference, league leader in stats, team leader in stats, etc) is likely to hit the portal as soon as December rolls around.
Legit question here: Do you feel that these things have always been happening and the difference is that there is a paper trail now? The SMU situation comes to mind as well as USC and other powerhouses always ending up with the best players. Some retired players have come out and said schools would give them bags of cash during their recruiting. My Team: Buckeyes
A Judge recently ruled you can play 2 years at a Junior College and still have 4 years of eligibility left? That’s what I heard on the Coach Jason Brown Show.
I'm an Ohio State fan. Want to fix this problem fast? Let high school players or college sophomores go pro. The NFL doesn't want this though, it lets younger players get to their second contract faster and they could play longer on better deals. It's all about money. Let the college players get their fair share. 50 years ago it was about a free education, today in a multi billion dollar industry, it's about getting fair value. Great video.
You might be able to do that in other sports, but 99.99999999% of dudes will not be physically developed enough to go into the nfl at 16 to 18 years old.
at the beginning of this video i thought it was gonna be one of those recycled, fearmongering/clickbait videos, but i watched to the end and i was pleasantly surprised with great journalism all around the board. thank you for this video! i learned a lot more than i thought i was going to.
Legit question here: Do you feel that these things have always been happening and the difference is that there is a paper trail now? The SMU situation comes to mind as well as USC and other powerhouses always ending up with the best players. Some retired players have come out and said schools would give them bags of cash during their recruiting.
No, they're getting way more money than they ever got before. So players were paid in the past under the table, and sometimes quite a lot. But nothing like now. Obviously not. For instance Riley Leonard would never have gotten over a million dollars to transfer to ND, and play for one season. So is this even a serious question? No, this is not a legit question, your OP is misleading. It's okay to be a little naive and stupid, but not to the degree you are evincing.
What I guess people don’t understand about NIL and “brands” as this person put it is the university football team is a brand it’s self and the rulings force them to share revenue or be sued IE paying salaries to players
I'm sort of getting two arguments: "too much money is ruining the sport!", but also, "Why do they have to share money with woman? That takes away money from football!"
Ban NIL Cap AD and Coaches pay, revenue share with all the other sports programs. "pay' student athletes with a College education, Free Housing , Meal plans, and a basic salary that is the same for the whole team. If the stars don't like it ...they can go pro. its a free country.
Except that the NBA/NFL generally have eligibility requirements that prevent them from immediately going pro. For example, you have to be 19 to be eligible for the NBA (previously it was younger, hence why Kobe Bryant immediately went pro after highschool). Some D1 basketball players are 17, so that's 2 years of them still needing to maintain their skill while waiting. College fills that gap. NFL? Must be out of highschool for AT LEAST 3 years. Which gives folks essentially two options - join the XFL/Canadian football league or play in college until you're eligible.
Interesting take. One of my proposed solutions had to do with a percentage based salary based on position, but I hadn’t thought about the addition to capping coach and AD pay.
@@brodiefulks2033 I think capping the coaches and AD pay is only fair so the athletes cant say they enriched the coaches etc . I think it's OK If the Schools make oodles of money as long as the money is poured back into the schools' other programs. Most student athletes are just that. It's not fair for some to be paid handsomely while others get 0.
@ Except it's not just the school. Everyone else makes money from the players' actual NIL - like when EA Sports college games used the NIL of players and modeled the video game player models off of the actual players. ESPN and other broadcasting companies make a ton of money from airing the games. It's so crazy now that online gaming places like DraftKings allow you to bet on college player stats.
It is wild how deeply we’ve fallen down this rabbit hole. The prices Americans are willing to pay for entertainment is INSANE. The players deserve this money, they’re the celebrities and do the hardest work. They’re why we show up, and I’m against free labor in all forms… But this is so bloated. I can’t condone paying college athletes like this, even if they’re technically “worth it” by the numbers. All that means is that ticket, merch, food & drink prices need to go wayyy down. I feel this way for all entertainment. Football player and singer aren’t admirable careers. We have more of both of those than we’ll ever need, but why would a young g kid want to be anything else? Those are fun hobbies that can grant you generational privileges… But they are worthless nonetheless, so why do we put so much money in their pockets? They’re only following their own dreams, it’s truly frightening how much more lucrative hitting it big is than just working and being honest.
Very good video. I've watched many fewer college games this year than at any time in my 50 year fandome. NiI,portal and players changing universities frequently bothers me. This old guy went to university for an education.
For over a century college football was built on and generated billions of dollars on the backs of free labor . NIL by no means perfect and it should probably be regulated, but the fact that it is at least doing something to remedy the injustice that college football was built on is a positive
Nothing you are saying is "fact." The vast majority of college football programs lost money on a yearly basis. Recent massive tv deals have changed that, but within a few years, I predicted programs will be back in the red.
Except when the smaller schools collapse and can't make money or even break even there will be substantially less opportunities for athletes to play after high school which means a shrinking player pool. This ultimately will affect the NFL's talent level
You know what, good for the couple of athletes that have really benefitted from the NIL wild west era, but hopefully with some intervention it’s quelled. I like the idea of revenues being equally shared amongst athletes with the Title IX ruling
Texas fan here. My school is rich. One of, if not the, richest. I hate hate hate the new NIL. I think it’s ruining the sport. I think they should approach it like this. Each school, similar to scholarships, should have a set number of deals they can give out each year at set prices. Ex. You get 1 10 million dollar deal, 2 5 million, 3 2 million, etc whatever. That would somewhat level the playing field
This is a great insight into NIL. BTW Phil Knight went to Oregon and continues to give the teams free uniforms, they were the first ones to get the Nike pro combat gear and uniforms.
I don’t think scam is the right word. There is nothing illegal about these billionaires wanting to pay players they are legally allowed to interact with and negotiate. Only becomes a scam when they don’t follow through on a contract
He’s paid $1 billion for one national championship. That’s a poor investment but he uses slave labor to make his tennis shoes that send your ass over. Have you worked for a few bucks a day make tennis shoes better yet I’m gonna get drunk to do it you’re going to China whether you like it or not
People can talk all the smack they want, but if you were in the billionaire's shoes, don't sit there and tell me you wouldn't pony up to get players at your alma mater. Must be a whole lot of boy scouts out there.
The Title IX issue just underlines how increasingly silly it is that the major college sports are still "college" sports. The association between these athletic departments and the academic institutions sharing a campus with them is so strained it hardly makes sense to keep it that way.
Arkansas Fan. I think revshare is the best thing for the sports future unless we wanna watch the same teams in the playoffs every year going forward. I’d rather see players congregate at programs due to their success history and academic prowess than strictly based on their earning potential. If not, our amateur sport dies and we have just a new professional sport.
I wonder if Ivy League teams can use some collective money to offer top athletes since they can’t provide scholarships based on athletic merits. It would be nice to see Harvard or Dartmouth win a natty, like in the good ole days.
My understanding is that Title IX says equal opportunity to participate. Since there is no equivalent women's football, they must/can try out for the 'men's' program. Schools could make a women's football program for same opportunity. Does anyone have better insight? Title IX seems to cover scholarships, but I don't understand why endorsement opportunities have to be equal. I feel this needs judicial interpretation.
50+ years ago a former high school friend of mine who didn't even make our varsity basketball team was attending a crappy Wisconsin junior college and playing for their basketball team. He told me that the JC basketball coach was paying him (probably a small amount) to perform a job on campus that he didn't have to actually do. This under-the-table stuff has been going on for a very long time, even at the lowest levels of sport.
To prevent smaller schools from going under and having to cancel their programs which would mean less opportunities for the athletes. College football is eating itself. It's no coincidence that the national champion is Ohio State. They bought a natty
I understand the colleges made millions on the athletes over the years. I always thought it was dumb that student athletes didnt get a cut of the profits they made the school. That was when I was young and dumb. Now being a grown adult and after paying my student loans off almost 30 years later I understand that getting a college degree for free is a an amazing deal. Great video for sure!
It'll hurt even more. Universities that win get larger endowments and general scholarship funds due to happy donors, who now will support NIL funds instead. Schools with successful football programs also have a large number of varisty sports. Title IX forced schools to add women's scholarship sports to comply to the point women were getting scholarships. Kind of comical now they realize what's happening they want the women to get scholarships and paid also
@@mrbob8618still lost to an unranked Michigan and ND lost to a Northern Illinois. Those wins will help those schools get better players. Money doesnt make your team unbeatable
I agree. I always disliked college football because there was no parity. The parity is much better now and any team can compete if they are willing to spend enough.
Oklahoma fan here. I'm dreading the current era because our significantly richer rival to the south will always field a more talented team. Although, no one has a track record quite like UT when it comes to doing so little with so much! Here's to hoping that continues! Universities knew this was coming but rather than take action that would have resulted in a better sport (and continued interest for decades to come), they stuck their heads in the sand, content with the millions being made off of athletes. Now universities have succeeded in passing along the cost to the fans in the form of NIL! It's truly brilliant. Meanwhile, unlike the other major sports leagues, the NFL continues to get away without paying a dime for it's developmental league. NIL GOATS would have been Manziel, Tebow, Boz
Interesting thought. The colleges could have just settled at some point at giving players a fraction of the revenue. It would have made the game and the process better, but colleges aren't going to let go of that money. Still, I think it should be more about the players, and being compensated for working hard and potentially destroying their bodies playing a game is fair. When will the NFL learn this lesson and have their fans directly subsidize their player salaries? They already have us paying for their stadiums.
Hoosiers fan. I'd be stupid to overlook NIL as a key factor in our success this season. It was fun to watch them win, regardless of what made it possible. Admittedly, I am not a college football fan at all. But if the Hoosiers are involved suddenly, I'm watching the championship this year.
I personally hate this current era of College Sports, NIL will ruin the sports we grew up loving. This is the main case with my WSU Cougars, were now a school in which we develop good athletes, just to have schools like Miami or Oklahoma poach players with Millions of Dollars worth of NIL money.
@@reubensandwich9249 Actually, he's rightfully pissed that WSU and OSU have effectively been relegated out of the P5 into one of the non-P4 conferences.
Best thing I've watched in awhile. You took a convoluted topic and transformed it into a compelling and comprehensive piece of well produced content.
Really appreciate this 🤝
I watched the whole thing and I am still confused.
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its all fun and games until a Saudi prince falls in love with some random college.
Everybody knows Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud has been a diehard Noles fan since childhood
Is all fun and games until said Prince decides to act inappropriately around a student, who is financially dependent on the sponsor, surrounded by people dependent on the sponsor and is in a very vulnerable position. Just one example of how this can all go ugly.
You said I could comment if we disclose our bias, well, your sport is boring and your nation is disappointing and sucks.
Phil Knight is sort of doing that with his Nike slave labor fortune.
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That's the truth.
Saban is like a weed dealer who is upset that they legalized weed
😂 great analogy
Yes, great analogy.
Exactly
*shows evidence of other SEC schools paying players under the table*
The Bama hater, "It was all Saban!"
@whisperdeer3 Saban has been doing it since LSU days. Jimbo knows and brought that up when Saban was talking crap about TAMU buying players. Everybody was small ball compared to what Saban was doing
Thank you for pointing out that these are 501c3s!!! It’s such bullshit that these people are getting tax deductions for paying athletes. This is obviously egregiously wrong - these aren’t charities and everyone knows it. It’s going right to athlete’s pocketbooks (which is fine in principle, but shouldn’t lead to a tax deduction). This is diverting donations from real charities who actually help those in need.
It's not the players fault. They're professionals. It's the NCAA trying to pretend that the athletes are amateur while simultaneously trying to make sure they get all the big name prospects so that Alabama vs Auburn isn't a bunch of dentists finishing up graduate degrees.
@@carrigan308 Of course it's not the player's fault. I don't think the NCAA is really at fault here either. It's the government's fault for allowing these payments to be tax deductible. People shouldn't be receiving a tax deduction for payments to college athletes (whether through a booster/collective/athletic dept or whatever).
paying for a player in the nba is tax deductable. The coach salary is tax deductable. Why should paying a college player not be tax deductable?
The rich don't pay taxes. So they can have more money to influence elections, sports, etc ....sad world ain't it?
The regular tax payers are refunding 37% of the billionaires contributions. So when they give 10 million , 3.7 million is tax payer money.
Billionaires have taken over the entire country - not just college football.😒
The White House
The island 🏝️
it’s been the way since the dawn of man . He who got the money makes the rules .
He who dies with the most toys, wins!🤪
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Gambling is the biggest problem in sports.
Yup
Yep. No coincidence these two things took off at the same time
They advertise for it EVERY commercial break. Even the announcers talk about it and put up stats for it
You are correct
Absolutely!
This is going to blow up. I'm certain. Excellent job - I learned a ton
Thank you man!!!
I’m a huge Mizzou fan, and I am also a professor a little old East Tennessee State. Ever since NIL (and the abuse of the transfer portal) ETSU cannot keep a decent product on the field. A player has a good first year and blows on out for more money. It’s rough down here.
As they should lol I know some of the old players are salty they are watching these new players get paid. Oh what a difference being in college in 2022 vs 2013 makes
Was there ever a time where there was a 'decent product' from ETS?
Athlete should have the right of movement to maximize his or her earning potential. Are "student athletes" indentured servants of the colleges?
@@randombutrelevantthey play in the socon which is a good fcs league with the citadel, furman, samford, mercer, vmi, they beat vanderbilt a few years ago
I'm not seeing the issue tbh
Greed eventually destroys everything it touches. Always.
and $$$ has been the ONLY thing that matters in college football for awhile now
"The love of money is the root of many evils"
Indiana Hoosiers fan. I always felt bad for college players who couldn’t accept money while they were playing but the schools and coaches were making millions. But instead of coming up with a way to pay the players a reasonable amount while they are in school they just broke the dam and now it’s out of control
The athletes WERE paid....in tuition, housing, food, gear, travel, tutors. Make no mistake....they were paid to the tune of $90,000/year UNTAXED.
@@MM-lu2zk yeah true but I live in a college town and I talked to many players over the years who came from poor families and they were broke and couldn’t afford a lot of stuff that other kids could afford because their parents would send them money.
@@MM-lu2zk my idea was to pay them a certain amount per game and put it in an account that they can only use some of it say $500 a month and the rest they can get when they graduate or leave the school. But instead they just opened the floodgates and now it’s all about the money.
@@MM-lu2zk to me the problem is the money involved in college football is out of control. I have two teenage boys that I can’t even afford to take to college game unless it’s a small school
Phil Knight has been getting that tax deduction on his Oregon sports donations for a long time. Congress needs to remove sports donations as charitable. They give it to the university no strings attached or the get no deduction.
Remember when athletes went to a school that they dreamed of going to since they were kids?
um they still do
That’s not entirely true. Players went to schools they believed would help them get to the pros
Yeah, that's over now and I'm done being a fan.
@@lowelldenney7255 Waaaaaaaaaahhhh. Poor little baby is not longer a fan. Suuuuuuuh sad.
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Such great videos, but not enough support
Brick by brick
I’m an Ohio State fan and hate the current NIL system.. feels like all the small programs have no chance of ever developing if it keeps accelerating like it has been.
Ohio state doesn’t have a ring without NIL
as a Washington State fan who has lost a top 5 QB 2 years in a row... I agree. Number 1 transfer last year Number 2 this year... Fuck NIL collectives
SMU did good.
This. NIL and transfer portal have made it so the smaller schools are effectively just feeder programs to the NIL big hitters who will poach any of their elite players in a given year. I think eventually you’re going to see a lot of small programs give up their football team as it becomes increasingly less viable to finance. FBS will eventually consolidate from 120+ teams into a league of probably 30-40 teams in two major conferences like the NFL.
When have the small program ever had a chance????
really dont understand why half the money would go to field hockey and softball. one sport has 100,000 paying fans in the stadium and millions watching on tv; the other one has a few family members in the stands and is broadcast on some webcast. doesnt make sense
Because in certain locations, those colleges care way more about basketball, hockey, softball, baseball, or many other sports than football. At the end of the day, football shouldn't be the end-all-be-all for every college.
Each sport should get the exact percentage of revenue generated. If those niche sports earn big money, let them have it. If not, they shouldn't be subsidized beyond the bare minimum.
Everything you guys make is gold. Thanks for leading the charge in saving journalism. I was also in the student section at that Kick Six auburn game at 1:28, WDE.
That is one of the coolest fun facts to have. So jealous
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@@user-di4cv4iv4q Weakside Defensive End... I believe. It's tough to be certain about such things.
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I was a Texas A&M fan. I now however do not root for any team. I've decided if the coaches and players aren't loyal and only out for a pay check why put my heart on the line every weekend? NIL has undoubtedly ruined college athletics. Secondly, I believe in fairness, so let's talk fairness. How is it that women "deserve" equal pay when it is unwarranted? Meaning if a woman does an equal or better job they should be compensated as such no matter their gender or race. However, in the college athletics world men sports dominate the ratings/market revenue so why should they be paid equally? I'm open to hearing opinions. If the ratings/revenue were equal or higher for women athletics then we'd have a totally different discussion.
Because college sport shouldn't be about 'pay checks', 'warranted', ratings/market. Those things matter in professional sports (and all your arguments are valid there). That's the big hypocrisy in college sports (mostly in college football), it pretends to be amateur, non profit, charity when it is clearly not. College sports should benefit academics (which is the only why colleges exists) now it only/mostly benefits coaches,supervisors ...
I agree with your first few sentences but disagree with many that follow regarding fairness. In the USA, look at the amount of media (TV, radio, newspapers, websites, etc.) coverage devoted to men's vs women's sports. In the last 50 years, the women's share has gone from maybe 2% (mostly in Olympic sports) to perhaps 20% today. We have been "trained" to enjoy men's sports because that is what the media have focused on, and that is what people most talk about around the company cafeteria/coffee pots. Most American women who pay attention to sports spend more time watching men's sports. The women at the top of their sports also work very hard. This results in a scenario in which the most heralded NCAA woman athlete in the 2023-2024 school year, Caitlin Clark, earned a WNBA salary of only $76,500 last season, whereas several of the top players in the 2024 NBA draft (several of whom are mostly unknown in the USA) have salaries well over 100x that amount. I'm in favor of women getting a bigger slice of the pie, and I think NCAA football players are getting more than their fair share when you consider all the other athletes on campus.
@@53toddkthe NBA has funded the WNBA its entire history. The WNBA has NEVER made a profit. That's is fact and can be looked at. So why should Clark be paid as much as LeBron? His checks are paying for her.
Nobody cares if you leave. People are and will continue to watch college football.
A great phrase about sports: "they don't love you back". They never did, but especially not now. It is a paycheck until the threat to long term health becomes too high. Putting your emotional well being on the line to enrich wealthy people is silly. Enjoy competitive games and athletic endeavor and community around watching games, but gotta have better things to do in life.
Enlightening. College football is turning into a sport I will likely no longer follow.
When I watched my team play Ohio State this year, I thought "well this is the end". The playing field has never been equal you have always had the haves and have nots, but now it's more lopsided than ever. It really made me take a step back. My bet is that you will have a handful of schools drop football, and maybe all athletics within ten years. Twenty years and there will be about 40 schools left.
facts… coaches already resigning in multiple sports at smaller schools all over the country
@@BrokeMalone Expect more, and more.
Which translates to less opportunities for college athletes and ultimately a shrinking of the football talent pool for the NFL. College football is eating itself as it becomes a semi-pro minor league.
You know, this is why I don't watch college sports anymore. Luckily my college days (a whopping 10 years ago) were back when corruption was kept under the table and the 'controversies' were stuff like boosters buying their star QB recruit an F-150, not 'legally' paying them 10+ million dollars.
People argue who should make money on college athletics when instead they should be wondering why the hell ANYONE is making money. A college football coach should make like 120k a year, maybe 150k if they win a few shiny trophies or something, and that's it. The games should be aired on public TV with NO COMMERCIAL BREAKS. A hotdog at a game should cost 2 dollars. Get the picture?
It's better that players get paid their true market value, rather than cheating for peanuts. The reason the big money exists is because the fans pay exorbitant prices for jerseys, tickets, and the TV networks pay billions more to reap the ad revenues... which are necessarily billions more than that.
If no one goes to the games, buys jerseys, or watches on TV, there's no money. Which is precisely why the big schools have the same advantages of big market pro teams.
It's unfortunate for the small schools and the niche sports, but it's just the free market at work.
Need more of this deep dive non partisan view of colleges, even if it’s not football. There’s a lot going on in college sports. I know this even from the JUCO level of it. Crazy work man! Keep it up. Subscribed ✅.
What you play
Thanks for explaining things. This takes the integrity completely out of college sports. A real pity. I was an NCAA wrestler for four years back in the 1970's. We stepped on the mat, shook hands, and your motivation was completely that winning was better than losing. The competition brought the best out of us, and that's what sports is for. Such a shame that it's all going away.
Yeah it really is a shame. College sports started as a way for students to bond, have fun with and root for their friends in their free time, and create a sense of spirit and community for the school. For small schools this can still be true. But for these big programs it's nothing but money now. It's just sad. Most of these athletes even in football will never go pro and they are the ones who get screwed the most of all.
@@pocklecod Agreed. And it's the kids that get hurt.
There never was any _integrity_ in sports. From steroids to brown bags, the perennial winners always had an unfair edge, whether you knew about it, or not.
Univ. of Oklahoma is also asking fans to donate money so they can recruit and retain top recruits.
I’m like nah.., I didn’t go there.., I graduated from a different school., I’m good. You can go ahead, and tap those big money boosters, for a bit more coin.
This video is awesome and done wonderfully. My hats off to you making this video.
Remember when players picked a school they believed in and wanted to play for and represent? Remember when they went out on that field and played with their heart and soul? Now everything is about money money money. The soul of what college football once was has been diminished. Such a shame…
You don’t know what players would’ve done back in the day, if they were allowed to make money. I’m sure you remember when coaches and administrators made all of the money
Really great vid!
I'm not American and barely watch college sports. But this breakdown was excellent! Subscribed
Im a fan of UH mens bball. Id like to see the impact of agents signing players to their agencies and helping them find schools to play for.
Thank you for including Alabama Jones 😂😂😂
Cool... I finally have a grasp of what NIL is and where it's going.
definitely earned a sub with this one nicely done
I did a research paper back in college related to how paying college players could run afoul of Title IX, and had a similar idea to the revenue-sharing between men's and women's programs. Assuming the same requirements are upheld by the Trump admin, I'm interested to see what the fallout is (for example, the wrestling world hates Title IX because it caused a bunch of schools to drop their wrestling programs)
Interesting
Thats a great point. Maybe they will cut programs to make more money for the players that bring in more money. I am curious also.
as a former track athlete it was insane that we only had 12.5 scholarships for our team but the women’s team and 30 full ride scrubs because football messed up the ratio
I agree. Title IX shouldn't be based on total number of scholarships but based on total sports played. It actually screws men over more because football is a very large sport in terms of number of athletes.
@troybaxter wrestling is also a male dominated sport which has a lot of athletes hence why a good lot of schools got rid of wrestling
If a woman’s Billy all team only brings in 1 million but the basketball team brings in 20 million, how are you supposed to divvy out those funds equally..?
Because the government of the United States and it's public colleges are supposed to provide services and equal opportunities to all its students and sports not just men's football. When they get to the NFL then they can earn the higher value they bring in as compared to their women counterparts.
You're not and never have. 🤣😂.
It's goes to the ones who bring the money in the fastest.
@@manavsingh5501 how do you determine equality? Based on the revenue they bring in? Base on the number of athletes? Based on the number of sports? It doesn’t really matter since the Trump admin will unquestionably pull the guidance, but equality isn’t clear cut in a situation like this.
Look at what they did to the US men's and women's soccer teams. First year, they all had equal salaries, even though the men brought in 5x the fans, 10x the revenue, and played more games because they went further in the finals.
LSU Tiger fan here so there’s my bias disclaimer. This whole situation has been handled poorly imo. Obviously players should’ve been making money for decades. I think the big issue is that they changed too much too fast. Did we really need conference realignment and expanded playoff in the same year? As for NIL, I think players should have to sign contracts that way they at least stay with the team that paid them all this money. The transfer portal has gotten out of hand.
There’s a player from Wisconsin, a cornerback I think who had a 2 year nil deal but tried to enter the portal. Wisconsin wouldn’t let him so he quit school, drove to Miami and enrolled at UM. Not sure if it’s a done deal but he may be playing in Miami this year.
Sub’d. Great work.
Great vid. Very informative. I used to live, breathe, and die college football. Unfortunately, the sport has gone down the toilet because of money, greed, and ESPN. Sad to see how the game has been destroyed in a relatively short amount of time.
Funny as hell, really. People acted like these kids weren't paid....they were and it was all tax free. Can't wait until the IRS figures out they should be taxing these kids and their NIL deals. They should have been taxed this entire time as they got compensation in kind on school, housing, gear, travel, food, tutors. These kids were fine. All that's happened is the fleecing of tax payer funded universities. Why are any of us paying for this? The majority of US tax payes don't have kids going to these schools. Either quit taking our money for these criminals or start taxing the athletes and university sports. Pick one. This is ridiculous.
@@MM-lu2zk I don't have a problem with the notion that these kids may have been paid under the table all of these years. It probably happened everywhere and nobody can go back in time to change whatever happened. All we could do was cheer on the team or program that we rooted for. Money and corruption did not control every aspect of the sport at the time. What I find deeply disturbing is the purposeful desecration of college football due to all this stuff that began infiltrating the sport since 2006. No fan or player came along one day to say that college athletes HAD to be paid for their services. And that we suddenly need this NIL & transfer portal thing. Pre-2006, the game was rolling along just fine with the BCS and bowl games ending in early January. Rivalries were still a thing. Additionally, the players were actually 'student-athletes' at the time. As soon as ESPN started taking over the sport in 2006, corruption has run rampant and everything has become f****d up. They're no longer 'student-athletes'. They're professional athletes. The actual games and bragging rights don't mean anything anymore.
15:01 yeah that’s not happening
Exactly what I think since Larry Elision is in a White House photo after the inauguration and the DEI stuff is getting rolled back
Great video. Love it.
Excellent video on the topic. Amazing what has happened to sports in my lifetime.
Great video thank you.
Good job on the video.
Ncaa was to strict not even allowing players to be in video games or selling autographs, now its too soft allowing players to get recruited for millions
Brandon's putting that Notre Dame education to work!
Great video
NIL sucks but as an American, I ask all of us to reassess our priorities. Why have our lives gotten this bad to care this much about entertainment?
Actors, college football players, celebreties... I hear ya
As an american why are you concerned about what people freely choose to do
i'm new here. you're good at what you do. this was excellent!
How does the portal play into this new reality? Will the guarantee of playing time trump the money offers? Will it bring parity or create a handful of dominant superteams?
nick saban: "before NIL, i used to pay the peasant students a couple pennies and get the best talent, but NIL exponentially increased the price of talent so now I can't cheat against other teams anymore, so I quit. I'm against NIL because I can't cheat anymore. I'm just an above average coach that cheats."
The southern schools paid athletes under the table. Thus the SEC dominance in the past 2 decades. They used churches if not mistaken to pay under the table. Unfortunately, these same schools now can’t compete with some of the coastal or Northern schools with their affluent and powerful alumni.
@@kevstervegas don't make it sound like just the SEC played players. Every good team in every major conference played players. Now it's just a lot more money and it's all public knowledge.
@@trevorkennett6968 Ya, those athletes really just wanted to live in the fabulous cities of the SEC.
@ sure but the reason why alabama was dominant was because of the cheating.
So if a law doesn't have 100% compliance do away with the law? We would have no laws and descend into anarchy which is where the sport is now
Great video! You've got yourself a new subscriber... Really good and informative content. Very professional deep dive into this issue, very impressive. Keep it up!
wow thank you!
I'm an FCS guy...NIL and the portal combined are causing chaos at the smaller schools...any players we have who show any talent (all conference, league leader in stats, team leader in stats, etc) is likely to hit the portal as soon as December rolls around.
Good content
Legit question here: Do you feel that these things have always been happening and the difference is that there is a paper trail now? The SMU situation comes to mind as well as USC and other powerhouses always ending up with the best players.
Some retired players have come out and said schools would give them bags of cash during their recruiting.
My Team: Buckeyes
No. It was substantially less prevalent and smaller. Do away with the rules has blown it up
A Judge recently ruled you can play 2 years at a Junior College and still have 4 years of eligibility left? That’s what I heard on the Coach Jason Brown Show.
Its true
It definitely needs more oversight but the NCAA basically has their hands full of lawsuits any time they try
I hope skateboo stays one more year before declaring. He’s gonna crush it with nil after his performance
They need to start placing caps on NIL contracts if they haven’t already.
A team wide salary cap makes sense, for sure. But the best players are always going to get most of the money.
I'm an Ohio State fan. Want to fix this problem fast? Let high school players or college sophomores go pro. The NFL doesn't want this though, it lets younger players get to their second contract faster and they could play longer on better deals. It's all about money. Let the college players get their fair share. 50 years ago it was about a free education, today in a multi billion dollar industry, it's about getting fair value. Great video.
there are other pro leagues besides the NFL. the fact that this is so ignored really blows up a lot of the narratives around college football
You might be able to do that in other sports, but 99.99999999% of dudes will not be physically developed enough to go into the nfl at 16 to 18 years old.
at the beginning of this video i thought it was gonna be one of those recycled, fearmongering/clickbait videos, but i watched to the end and i was pleasantly surprised with great journalism all around the board. thank you for this video! i learned a lot more than i thought i was going to.
this means a ton... had to have a catchy title but our goal is to make every video as substantive as possible
Legit question here: Do you feel that these things have always been happening and the difference is that there is a paper trail now? The SMU situation comes to mind as well as USC and other powerhouses always ending up with the best players.
Some retired players have come out and said schools would give them bags of cash during their recruiting.
SMU money was Pennie’s compared to Collective money.
Why Ed O Bannion not get any money then? Could not have been that rampant.
So if a law doesn't have 100% compliance do away with it? That's a moronic idea
No, they're getting way more money than they ever got before. So players were paid in the past under the table, and sometimes quite a lot. But nothing like now. Obviously not. For instance Riley Leonard would never have gotten over a million dollars to transfer to ND, and play for one season. So is this even a serious question? No, this is not a legit question, your OP is misleading. It's okay to be a little naive and stupid, but not to the degree you are evincing.
@@MbisonBalrog I'm sure Ed got some, just not as much as he knew he should be getting.
What I guess people don’t understand about NIL and “brands” as this person put it is the university football team is a brand it’s self and the rulings force them to share revenue or be sued IE paying salaries to players
_Itself_ is one word. But good point.
Oklahoma Sooners fan here. Im prepared to go 6-7 for the rest of my life. Apparently we lost our main booster when Toby Keith died.
great journalism!
I'm sort of getting two arguments: "too much money is ruining the sport!", but also, "Why do they have to share money with woman? That takes away money from football!"
He stated that they had to split the money now he never said it was bad
Ban NIL Cap AD and Coaches pay, revenue share with all the other sports programs. "pay' student athletes with a College education, Free Housing , Meal plans, and a basic salary that is the same for the whole team. If the stars don't like it ...they can go pro. its a free country.
Except that the NBA/NFL generally have eligibility requirements that prevent them from immediately going pro. For example, you have to be 19 to be eligible for the NBA (previously it was younger, hence why Kobe Bryant immediately went pro after highschool). Some D1 basketball players are 17, so that's 2 years of them still needing to maintain their skill while waiting. College fills that gap.
NFL? Must be out of highschool for AT LEAST 3 years. Which gives folks essentially two options - join the XFL/Canadian football league or play in college until you're eligible.
@@flyingemu36 so they can sue the NBA / NFL for age discrimination... Collegiate athletes and their coaches should not be making millions . IMHO.
Interesting take. One of my proposed solutions had to do with a percentage based salary based on position, but I hadn’t thought about the addition to capping coach and AD pay.
@@brodiefulks2033 I think capping the coaches and AD pay is only fair so the athletes cant say they enriched the coaches etc . I think it's OK If the Schools make oodles of money as long as the money is poured back into the schools' other programs. Most student athletes are just that. It's not fair for some to be paid handsomely while others get 0.
@ Except it's not just the school. Everyone else makes money from the players' actual NIL - like when EA Sports college games used the NIL of players and modeled the video game player models off of the actual players. ESPN and other broadcasting companies make a ton of money from airing the games. It's so crazy now that online gaming places like DraftKings allow you to bet on college player stats.
It is wild how deeply we’ve fallen down this rabbit hole. The prices Americans are willing to pay for entertainment is INSANE. The players deserve this money, they’re the celebrities and do the hardest work. They’re why we show up, and I’m against free labor in all forms… But this is so bloated. I can’t condone paying college athletes like this, even if they’re technically “worth it” by the numbers. All that means is that ticket, merch, food & drink prices need to go wayyy down. I feel this way for all entertainment. Football player and singer aren’t admirable careers. We have more of both of those than we’ll ever need, but why would a young g kid want to be anything else? Those are fun hobbies that can grant you generational privileges… But they are worthless nonetheless, so why do we put so much money in their pockets? They’re only following their own dreams, it’s truly frightening how much more lucrative hitting it big is than just working and being honest.
Very good video.
I've watched many fewer college games this year than at any time in my 50 year fandome.
NiI,portal and players changing universities frequently bothers me.
This old guy went to university for an education.
For over a century college football was built on and generated billions of dollars on the backs of free labor . NIL by no means perfect and it should probably be regulated, but the fact that it is at least doing something to remedy the injustice that college football was built on is a positive
Nothing you are saying is "fact." The vast majority of college football programs lost money on a yearly basis. Recent massive tv deals have changed that, but within a few years, I predicted programs will be back in the red.
I’m glad all these players are finally getting paid !!!!
Except when the smaller schools collapse and can't make money or even break even there will be substantially less opportunities for athletes to play after high school which means a shrinking player pool. This ultimately will affect the NFL's talent level
@@greg2502no I see more schools going after foreigners students so they don’t have to pay them
@@greg2502 the juco experience about too become the 9th ring of hell lmao😂😂😂
You know what, good for the couple of athletes that have really benefitted from the NIL wild west era, but hopefully with some intervention it’s quelled. I like the idea of revenues being equally shared amongst athletes with the Title IX ruling
Texas fan here. My school is rich. One of, if not the, richest. I hate hate hate the new NIL. I think it’s ruining the sport. I think they should approach it like this. Each school, similar to scholarships, should have a set number of deals they can give out each year at set prices. Ex. You get 1 10 million dollar deal, 2 5 million, 3 2 million, etc whatever. That would somewhat level the playing field
This is a great insight into NIL. BTW Phil Knight went to Oregon and continues to give the teams free uniforms, they were the first ones to get the Nike pro combat gear and uniforms.
I remember when espn did a show about the college football “bag man” where they were paying players & always did. NIL just made it legal, I think .
100% 2015 ole miss was paying players.
Absolute fire video
Thank you for watching 🤝
I don’t think scam is the right word. There is nothing illegal about these billionaires wanting to pay players they are legally allowed to interact with and negotiate. Only becomes a scam when they don’t follow through on a contract
As a life long Oregon fan, I support Billionaire involvement in NIL. I'll oppose it after Phil Knight passes on.
He’s paid $1 billion for one national championship. That’s a poor investment but he uses slave labor to make his tennis shoes that send your ass over. Have you worked for a few bucks a day make tennis shoes better yet I’m gonna get drunk to do it you’re going to China whether you like it or not
Lmao. Gotta respect that. 🤣
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If im a former player i dont want my money going to the other programs lol. I’d want it all to the program I played for
>professionalize sports
>surprised when it becomes professional
I don't know if the Forbes 30 under 30 is exactly something I'd be proud of. iykyk
People can talk all the smack they want, but if you were in the billionaire's shoes, don't sit there and tell me you wouldn't pony up to get players at your alma mater. Must be a whole lot of boy scouts out there.
There's far more important things that one could do with their money then concerning yourself with college football my corrupt friend.
The Title IX issue just underlines how increasingly silly it is that the major college sports are still "college" sports. The association between these athletic departments and the academic institutions sharing a campus with them is so strained it hardly makes sense to keep it that way.
Arkansas Fan. I think revshare is the best thing for the sports future unless we wanna watch the same teams in the playoffs every year going forward. I’d rather see players congregate at programs due to their success history and academic prowess than strictly based on their earning potential.
If not, our amateur sport dies and we have just a new professional sport.
Wait… roll tide Willy ISNT CEO of Bama?!
If these collectives are considered non-profits, those that contribute gets tax deductibles, helping the donators…
I wonder if Ivy League teams can use some collective money to offer top athletes since they can’t provide scholarships based on athletic merits. It would be nice to see Harvard or Dartmouth win a natty, like in the good ole days.
Nope, better do your research if you dont think players didnt get paid.....
@Bluejacket4life2 Why “nope”?
Well, the Ivy League is going to participate in the FCS playoffs.
How do the mid market and small market teams compete??
They don't. They become high school teams.
Shane doing that was awesome Saban was so mad lol
That was CLASSIC TRUTH hurts 🤟
Was Travis hunter on the thumbnail first or I’m trippin?
My understanding is that Title IX says equal opportunity to participate. Since there is no equivalent women's football, they must/can try out for the 'men's' program. Schools could make a women's football program for same opportunity. Does anyone have better insight? Title IX seems to cover scholarships, but I don't understand why endorsement opportunities have to be equal. I feel this needs judicial interpretation.
The SEC have been doing it for years under the table so I don't see an issue with it.
Saban hates it that everyone can do it now
50+ years ago a former high school friend of mine who didn't even make our varsity basketball team was attending a crappy Wisconsin junior college and playing for their basketball team. He told me that the JC basketball coach was paying him (probably a small amount) to perform a job on campus that he didn't have to actually do. This under-the-table stuff has been going on for a very long time, even at the lowest levels of sport.
Reggie bush? Terrell Pryor? Everybody was doing it.
Needs to be an actual type of salary cap like most pro level sports if you ask me
Why 😂
To prevent smaller schools from going under and having to cancel their programs which would mean less opportunities for the athletes. College football is eating itself. It's no coincidence that the national champion is Ohio State. They bought a natty
I understand the colleges made millions on the athletes over the years. I always thought it was dumb that student athletes didnt get a cut of the profits they made the school. That was when I was young and dumb. Now being a grown adult and after paying my student loans off almost 30 years later I understand that getting a college degree for free is a an amazing deal. Great video for sure!
It'll hurt even more. Universities that win get larger endowments and general scholarship funds due to happy donors, who now will support NIL funds instead.
Schools with successful football programs also have a large number of varisty sports. Title IX forced schools to add women's scholarship sports to comply to the point women were getting scholarships. Kind of comical now they realize what's happening they want the women to get scholarships and paid also
UofL fan. I personally enjoy NIL. Because you’re actually seeing top players not all just go to the same damn school.
You’re kidding right Ohio State put 20 million into their program. Notre Dame put 30 million in what the heck are you talking about?
@@mrbob8618still lost to an unranked Michigan and ND lost to a Northern Illinois. Those wins will help those schools get better players. Money doesnt make your team unbeatable
I agree. I always disliked college football because there was no parity. The parity is much better now and any team can compete if they are willing to spend enough.
Parents with child athletes thank you for creating this.
Oklahoma fan here. I'm dreading the current era because our significantly richer rival to the south will always field a more talented team. Although, no one has a track record quite like UT when it comes to doing so little with so much! Here's to hoping that continues!
Universities knew this was coming but rather than take action that would have resulted in a better sport (and continued interest for decades to come), they stuck their heads in the sand, content with the millions being made off of athletes. Now universities have succeeded in passing along the cost to the fans in the form of NIL! It's truly brilliant. Meanwhile, unlike the other major sports leagues, the NFL continues to get away without paying a dime for it's developmental league.
NIL GOATS would have been Manziel, Tebow, Boz
Interesting thought. The colleges could have just settled at some point at giving players a fraction of the revenue. It would have made the game and the process better, but colleges aren't going to let go of that money. Still, I think it should be more about the players, and being compensated for working hard and potentially destroying their bodies playing a game is fair.
When will the NFL learn this lesson and have their fans directly subsidize their player salaries? They already have us paying for their stadiums.
You had it good for a long time. It's been over two decades since UCLA gave up competing against USC paying players.
Great video! Keep up the good work
He called Saban Alabama Jones 😂😂😂
Best part of the video. Hilarious 😂
Hoosiers fan. I'd be stupid to overlook NIL as a key factor in our success this season. It was fun to watch them win, regardless of what made it possible. Admittedly, I am not a college football fan at all. But if the Hoosiers are involved suddenly, I'm watching the championship this year.
Makes you wonder what else billionaires are up to in the US.
No, it really doesn’t. At least if you have an IQ above room temp.
It was incredibly obvious from the start that this was going to happen when the NIL era begun.
I personally hate this current era of College Sports, NIL will ruin the sports we grew up loving. This is the main case with my WSU Cougars, were now a school in which we develop good athletes, just to have schools like Miami or Oklahoma poach players with Millions of Dollars worth of NIL money.
so youre saying players shouldnt be paid?
@@DocNininiHe's more angered by the unlimited portals than the NIL.
@@reubensandwich9249 Actually, he's rightfully pissed that WSU and OSU have effectively been relegated out of the P5 into one of the non-P4 conferences.