Will NIL eventually kill college football?

[jasonvol18]

I dont know if college football in general will survive. How does Ohio st loose to a terrible UM team with Ohio st 20m nil payroll?

I cant help but think that jealousy is impacting the play on the field, do we have players on this team who don’t give a s—t cause Nico is making millions and they feel slighted?

When will fans just loose interest? Hell, if players don’t give a damn and can’t get up to play in the playoffs, why spend big bucks for go to Columbus Ohio to see your team not show?

I have to believe our roster SHOULD be better than 2022, but frankly we got much better play and effort from a team that was lower in numbers from the Pruitt disaster. Our offense was dynamic with NO nil money,

CFP will definitely survive. It's not going anywhere and will just keep getting worse. Only thing changing will be money the get. It's just gonna keep going up and up

 

[Firebirdparts]

If fans stop watching, then it truly is “killed” and I don’t see that happening. You do see coaches getting out and refusing to coach. So far I don’t see people losing interest. I am not paying NIL so I can’t gauge my point where I stop paying.

I truly do hate the shuffling of superconferences that are now too big for divisions. Just hate it. The effects of NIL and the portal don’t bother me as much yet.

My perspective on the fragility of it is totally from watching how NASCAR got killed.

 

[delvol]

It has already started to. The transfer portal is the final nail in the coffin for me in terms of interest.

 

[Remy]

The answer imo is no. NIL has actually put a better product on the college playing field. When Vandy can take down with it not being a fluke a top ranked Bama team, the product of college football is extremely better.

 

[Jbob1871]

NIL will not but the portal as it is structured now will.

 

[The Original Fade]

All these complaints and yet everyone said paying players was the right thing to do

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

If you get paid to do work, your comments are nauseatingly hypocritical.

Not sure what you mean, but if you’re referring to athletes getting paid, I have never been in favor of it. I believe they get plenty with scholarship and/or perks (walk-on) of being an athlete without getting paid.
I get paid for my work; however, if I lolligag/hold out/make things about me in my job, somebody could die, so I tend to stay focused and work hard. I certainly don’t shop around for different organizations to suit my financial whims, because I believe there’s more to life than money and my family and I live within our means.
Regardless, seeing as I did not solicit your opinion, feel free to scroll on by if you don’t like what I say

 

[Rocky Top T]

NIL wasn't supposed to be pay for play, but that's what it is.

 

[taylorvol]

I dont know if college football in general will survive. How does Ohio st loose to a terrible UM team with Ohio st 20m nil payroll?

I cant help but think that jealousy is impacting the play on the field, do we have players on this team who don’t give a s—t cause Nico is making millions and they feel slighted?

When will fans just loose interest? Hell, if players don’t give a damn and can’t get up to play in the playoffs, why spend big bucks for go to Columbus Ohio to see your team not show?

I have to believe our roster SHOULD be better than 2022, but frankly we got much better play and effort from a team that was lower in numbers from the Pruitt disaster. Our offense was dynamic with NO nil money,

I think it will severely diminish the game unless some guardrails are put up. I’d suggest:

1) limit portal openings to once per year. Football could be May 1 to June 1
2) provide transparency to NIL contracts. Have a clearinghouse so all contracts are registered with terms listed.
3) Limit portal transfers to 1 during a career. On the 2nd, player would have to sit a year.
4) Establish a NCAA Commissioner. I think Saban would do a terrific job.

 

[Volfan1000]

I think it will severely diminish the game unless some guardrails are put up. I’d suggest:

1) limit portal openings to once per year. Football could be May 1 to June 1
2) provide transparency to NIL contracts. Have a clearinghouse so all contracts are registered with terms listed.
3) Limit portal transfers to 1 during a career. On the 2nd, player would have to sit a year.
4) Establish a NCAA Commissioner. I think Saban would do a terrific job.

Those would be solid guard rails.

 

[knoxchief]

Good. As they should. Championships ain’t cheap

And refs are getting expensive!

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

The love of money is the root of all evil.
People try to dress up NIL and the portal all they want, saying a player “deserves a shot” and “has dreams, too” when the player changes schools like underwear, or verbally commits to a school and then gets into a bidding war between schools who might be fortunate enough to deserve their “taking my talents” to the school.
Plenty of talk and evidence about players being paid under the table in the past, so NIL just means it’s out in the open now.
Opt-outs, both overt and covert, hurt the team. Doesn’t matter to some. Immaturity and a big fat NIL deal don’t go together.
Work ethic, “Giving my all for (insert team here)”, and, sadly, earning a degree are slowly being put to the side in favor of greed. Everybody is trying to out-spend the other.
It’s a shame, because college sports used to be a fun way to spend the day or weekend.
That’s one reason I always look forward to the FCS playoffs and the Army-Navy game every year. They play it the right way.

There for a moment I thought you might be talking about coaches who've treated the sports exactly as you say: "deserving a shot to coach at the next level" "dream jobs" "bringing my talents as a mentor and recruiter to the program"......

but sure, it's awful if the players do it. I can't imagine where they get that attitude toward sports from.

 

[WoodsmanVol]

Long live capitalism!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It lives or dies by who gets the most, the most often.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

I think it will severely diminish the game unless some guardrails are put up. I’d suggest:

1) limit portal openings to once per year. Football could be May 1 to June 1
2) provide transparency to NIL contracts. Have a clearinghouse so all contracts are registered with terms listed.
3) Limit portal transfers to 1 during a career. On the 2nd, player would have to sit a year.
4) Establish a NCAA Commissioner. I think Saban would do a terrific job.

2. TN and UT threatened to sue the NCAA for meddling in how NIL is handled. Many lawsuits have been filed and the NCAA has lost most, if not all, concerning NIL control.
3. Illegal to limit transfers per Federal Courts.

Reining in the portal and payments IS possible. All the NCAA has to do is accept that players are employees, professional athletes, let them unionize and negotiate salaries and free agency. After they get an Antitrust Exemption from Congress, of course.

There's a few models in a few sports that do this and the sports are extremely popular.