Re: They'll counter offer but get outbid.***

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At least in the NFL they have salary caps to keep things

Jan 3, 2022, 5:24 PM

somewhat at a level playing field so that a rich guy like Jeff Bezos can't just buy a Super Bowl team. Unfortunately college football is about to go into the toilet because there are no real or enforceable rules in place to govern the flow of money to "student" athletes. The original intent of NIL was to fairly compensate those players whose NIL was being used to make money for everyone but the student. NIL was also intended to allow student athletes to make money while in college like any other student using their entrepreneurial talents.

As we all suspected would happen, the original intent of NIL is being twisted into a pay for play scheme through these "crowdsourced donation clubs" where an athlete is given a ridiculous paycheck for some bare minimum promotional activity just to keep it "legal". These donation clubs are nothing more than public bagmen that raise money to pay players to come to their school with no expectation of making a monetary profit from the partnership. It is pay for play and if this is what NIL is going to be then I won't be a supporter or viewer of college athletics for much longer.

Back to Oklahoma...The idea that the OU starting QB (and by all indications will be the starter again next year) of an 11-2 team that is the Big XII conference champion most years is thinking about the TP is very telling. Tells me that someone from outside OU is making overtures to the young man and he is listening. Also tells me something about Caleb Williams and for someone of my upbringing that "something" ain't good...

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Wildest statement I’ve read from a school regarding a single player

They'll counter offer but get outbid.***

hopefully he will strategically leverage that "comprehensive NIL

Not a good look for sure

Re: Not a good look for sure

Look at what happened when money got into NASCAR

At least in the NFL they have salary caps to keep things

Re: At least in the NFL they have salary caps to keep things

Re: Wildest statement I’ve read from a school regarding a single player

Re: Wildest statement I’ve read from a school regarding a single player

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