Level playing field?

[VolAllen]

So, with Clemson going down to Duke it got me thinking.

Are we starting to see an effect from the NIL deals? Is it pure coincidence that Bama, Clemson, Florida, Ohio State, etc seem to be more evenly matched with Tennessee, North Carolina, Florida State, Penn State, Ole Miss, etc?

At face value you’d believe the bigger schools such as Georgia, Alabama, Michigan, USC, would benefit from being able to openly pay players (or get them paid via donors), but that doesn’t appear to be what’s happening. To me, it seems like the playing field is leveling across the board. Thoughts?

 

[WillisWG]

every football field has a crown

 

[bpalmer28]

I think NIL benefits the 2nd/3rd tier more than anyone because the top tier was already willing to do whatever it takes to win championships - which is to pay players. NIL doesn’t help them. They were already doing it. Others were also doing it just not on the scale of top programs

 

[Boston Vol]

I don’t think last night had anything to do with NIL. Clemson is just a program that is slowly eroding. Unless Dabo changes his view on using the portal, Clemson is going to continue to slip down the food chain.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

I don’t think last night had anything to do with NIL.

I do. Dabo is anti-NIL. There's a reason they are 0-2 since his "our progrum is based on God's NIL" speech. Why would good players go there for free when they could come to UT and make life changing money. You think they're going to land a modern day Lawrence, Watson, Higgins etc not playing the NIL game?

 

[1SmokinVol]

Bama was king of the dirty dealing with players, that advantage is gone. Can't you hear lil nicky satan crying all about the NIL? He's lost his advantage which was, cheating.