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Ohio State players received 'around $20 million' in NIL, believed to be largest amount in college football
Buckeyes athletic director Ross Bjork revealed a jaw-dropping number for the team's NIL payouts
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In that situation, it drops to two conferences. They aren't going to instill rules and salary caps with 60+ teams. Premier programs are not going to subsidize programs that can't afford to keep up.That is somewhat true, but all that money buys a lot of the top talent. Eventually college football has to go to the NFL model with salary caps and some rules to make it even.
It’s never been even. They don’t care if it is. It’s NIL. There are no rules for that in NFL either. Only to what the team pays guys. Mahomes can make 100 mil a year in NIL. Not in team salary.That is somewhat true, but all that money buys a lot of the top talent. Eventually college football has to go to the NFL model with salary caps and some rules to make it even.