OT: Charlie Batch straight offering $1M for Caleb Williams to EMU

Most of these coaches are like Urban Meyer, they are recruiters. Their Xs and Os are not close to NFL level. They are good at "cheating", which is not really cheating anymore, so we will see what happens. The already established dynasties will not die over night, so we won't know for awhile. 

I am in the same situation. I lost interest in the pros when it became obvious that there was no such thing as team loyalty. Just a bunch of individuals playing for themselves. Obviously players always played for themselves but there also seemed to be some loyalty to teams and their teammates. Maybe loyalty to their team and teammates was mostly illusion (I don’t think so) but if so it made the games more compelling to watch. Pure capitalism works great when businesses are competing against each other to produce the most value for the money. But there is no enjoyment in rooting for one company to succeed over another.

Literally, it has always been about the money.  You think Yost was just interested in amateur athletic competition?  Don Canham?  I am just as guilty as anyone of thinking about the "glory days" of college sports (whenever that was for you) as being this pure student/athlete experience.  What is hidden then is easy to see now.  The only thing that is different now is the amount of money has increased so drastically that it is no longer possible to not see that major college football is just the entertainment business owned by universities.  It always has been, it was just harder to see when the $$$ were thousands not billions.  

Why are you assuming there will be no contract involved in such a a big business deal?

People have raised numerous counter-arguments of the past several years wrt the "pay the players" discussion... even more so since the NIL loophole was legalized.  Some brush off those arguments as quaint/dated (yet conveniently forget that they were rigoursly enforced up until a few years ago - and even then were still given lip service treatment).

Your point about "money flowing" is only partially true... the "dirtier" schools certainly paid their way to on field success, but the majority did not - partially due to fear if the ncaa.  It was still just a few decades ago that a school received the "death penalty" for it... and still less than 20 years ago that a few major schools were severely punished for a few instances of it (e.g. USC with Pete Carroll).

The real problem is that the schools themselves became greedy and defanged their own police force (ncaa).

Obviously it is "legal" (wrt US Criminal Code) to pay students to play a sport.  That doesn't mean the impact of this will be a positive upon the sport & its traditions (nor is it necessarily fair to the other students & student-athletes).

What you say is true and it fits in with the arguments that others have: “it’s just capitalism”. But as I say elsewhere, capitalism works great when two businesses are competing to produce the best product at the least cost. But there are no fans following the competition with rooting interest for one or the other. There is no emotional tie and no excitement.

Ngl, that would be awesome.

This is the origin of the problem. The vast, vast majority of the highest-rated recruits don't really care about the educational aspect of attending college—they're in college solely because it's the only place they can receive the vocational training they need in order to have any hope of achieving what's important to them, which is playing in the NFL.

When players transfer, or decommit, it's never because a college has changed its academic mission or a particular faculty member has departed—it's only because of playing time, or coaching departures.

I think I agree with this sentiment. 

I half-ass supported NIL as an idea, knowing this would be the eventual outcome. No reason they shouldn't be able to make money on themselves -- but at the same time, this is probably not so great for CFB. 

The toothpaste has been out of the tube since conferences have signed television deals and schools athletic apparel and merchandise contracts. Michigan has put itself up for bid with Nike and Adidas over the last few decades. The B1G has done the same with ABC/ESPN and Fox. They were paid for their value. The world didn’t end. It also won’t end now that the players receive their fair share.

So you are disgusted by something and wants Michigan to do that thing that disgusts you?

That's a sad take.....  We live in the land of opportunity.  College drop outs can become multi millionaires, by virtue of hard work and tenacity.  What they've earned, they should be able to spend as they choose.

Kings are born into their situation, they rarely earn it and are, historically, often overthrown.

Uh, this move actually shifts power into the hands of the people. Otherwise, I agree...we have been trending towards a feudal system (note: I think we're still a ways off) since at least the '80s.

That, my friend, is the American way.......

But why would a player agree to that?  Another school will match the offer and add a scholarship.  

Plus, I think the NCAA might actually want to crack down on something like that as it would be circumventing the scholarship limit.

And it won't necessarily be pretty. Some kids are lucky and have responsible adults around them who will help them manage that kind of money. Others don't. 

Without big changes I'd honestly be surprised if this sport retained 60% of ifs viewership over the next 10 years.

Why would I watch a shit tier nfl-lite? I dont watch the NFL because i know those guys dont give one fuck about their teams. These kids arent going to care about these teams.

Remember Bo's speech about playing for a team rather than a contract. Yep, that's why many of us watched CFB in the first place. Kiss all that goodbye.