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Texas offered him a bag. Same with Ewers. They can’t develop talent and win so they just resort to their oil salesmen boosters to buy it for them. NIL sucks. At the very least needs reformed before it ruins college football.
Yep. Many predicted this but some didn’t want to listen. It’s the wild fucking west with NIL. Texas is now targeting Abor who is crystal balled to OSU, as well. This is your new reality, enjoy.
I assume it’ll be reined in after a few years of utter chaos, we’ll see.
It's worth it so these kids get some money out of the value they provide to these programs, in my opinion.
A lot of the top recruits have been concentrated in a few Blue Blood (and adjacent) programs for years prior to NIL. The recruiting game is constantly shifting and I don't feel like this is much different (in principle) than the big dogs showing off their fancy new facilities, etc. to reel them in. Hell, coaching is probably the biggest factor in recruiting and I haven't seen a serious discussion about how to reign in coaching salaries.
I'd be interested in hearing ideas about regulation though.