I would be surprised if I’m a College Football Fan 3 years from now. Its played a significant role in my relatively long life, but its clear that NIL is going to destroy the game that I loved.
I'll say it again......the free transfer rule is a
far bigger deal.
With an 85 scholarship limit and the requirement of skipping a year in the case of a transfer, it's still a manageable situation even with NIL in place. Think about it. You'd have bidding wars for recruits but you wouldn't have open bidding wars for kids throughout college football
every year. Teams would still have to recruit well and develop their own players to win.
Take away NIL but still allow kids to freely transfer, and you'd still have a disastrous situation. We all know that kids have been getting paid one way or another for years and years, that wasn't going to change. The big boys are still coming after your players, and they are going to get them. If teams miss on recruits or some kids don't pan out, they just go get someone else's players.
That little rule change they made where kids now don't have to sit out a year when they transfer changes EVERYTHING.