NIL and the Transfer Portal

[Big Blue Football]

I believe college players should be rewarded beyond the scholarships. However, Do you think NIL and the transport portal, as constructed, are ruining College Sports? I do, big booster pockets make NIL unfair. The "haves' get more, the "have nots" lose out. Thoughts?

 

[OldDevilDawg]

Remember when people used to talk about the forward pass ruining football? Yeah, that happened.

IMO, the portal, if controlled properly, will be a great balancer of NIL money. Give the kids 2 tries to go elsewhere. Mandate that it must be 2 seasons separation. 2nd time, you must sit a year.

The "Haves and Have nots", has always existed. Bear Bryant's Bama was personally responsible for scholly limits.

 

[RTR...USN (ret)]

Bear Bryant's Bama was personally responsible for scholly limits.

True… he would give a player a scholarship just to keep him from playing somewhere else.

 

[OldDevilDawg]

True… he would give a player a scholarship just to keep him from playing somewhere else.

That very thing still happens, but not nearly as rampant. It's something that all teams were guilty of back then, but Bear was in a position to do it way more than most because of his success. "Look kid, you want to be a champion or a loser? Me and you both know the answer to that. Just sign that little piece of paper and let's get this out of the way."