It wasn't originally intended, and neither are the bylaws written for recruiting. The original intent was for existing college athletes to profit for their name, image, and likeness. Athletes were upset because everyone was profiting off of them except for them. Colleges were making money from their apparel with players numbers. Video games companies were making money from their likeness, and we're talking about millions. It was never intended to be the corrupted version of itself we are now seeing in recruiting. When congress passed it and allowed individual states to govern it with not set regulations, it was doomed to destroy "amateur" athletics as we knew it. If you don't see the irreparable damage handing hundreds of 18 year old's millions of dollars (who haven't earned it) will likely cause, then I don't know what to say. This current model can work in college basketball, but football..... not so much.