@JeramiahDickey Do you know how much money BSU got from EA sports for NCAA26? They stated payouts are based on how often each school got played with in the game.
The transfer portal has screwed up college sports.
My bill is simple: you get 5 consecutive years to play 5 seasons and you get 1 transfer.
After that, if you transfer again, you sit out a year.
This will fix 80% of the issues in NIL today.
But viewership is up and FBS has never been so popular…Indiana won so we are in a great place competitively 🤔😈
Professional athletes coming back to compete in college basketball to get paid. Endless lawsuits and more coming. CFP and P2 slowly removing G6 from conversation and at minimum pricing majority of FBS institutions out (only a matter of time ACC & Big12). Endless years of eligibility. Etc. Etc.
What started as true NIL (which I agree with including paying SAs) has turned into something else.
The runway for most schools is short…system is not sustainable and we are 💯 living insanity. The bottom is when you stop digging. Solutions exist like collective bargaining…would provide accountability and defined expectations and guardrails for all parties (agents, SAs, coaches and institutions). Federal solution won’t happen anytime soon IMO.
The #1 difference between us and professional leagues is our “why”…preparing our next generation for life. We are doing those we serve a disservice and hindsight will be too late.
ADs, commissioners, head coaches, college athletics fans, donors and alums need to be vocal. We represent something bigger than ourselves…a greater purpose.
Take off the blinders. Leaders need to step up and do what is right. 🙏🏼