I dont necessarily agree with you but some points do make sense. I do believe NIL will not be as cut and dry "helps only the blue bloods" as everyone thinks it will be
The price of a top-5 quarterback just went from ~$200K (Cam Newton) to ~$800K, and somehow you think this will benefit the teams who previously couldn't come up with the $200K?
Well no but those players are entirely already going to the big programs.What I belive is the depth chart of the best teams will be very unstable compared to now.
If you're a low 4* that normally would be fine going to a top 15 recruited team like Michigan for instance you have 2 options:
A ) Go to the top team wait a couple years to play then[/b] maybe make the team and start getting attention for NIL cash
B ) go to a top 50 team like Arizona for instance and potentially start right away driving your NIL value up immediately[/b]
Top teams may or may not pay the croots directly but that was happening anyways so I don't see how it can get worse than it already is. There are only so many spots for starters and starting time leads to attention.
Note I don't think this will be how every kid feels but I could see it swinging some (more than currently) to pick smaller schools.
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