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Coach Prime feels NIL money is fine, but collectives ruin the industry because the players do not earn their money

Do you agree with NIL money? I know NIL has brought some players a lot of money, and that is great! I mean for years, colleges and universities have profited big time off players name, image and likeness. There are players making millions of dollars to play college football, and let’s be honest, it is keeping some kids in college.

Well, Coach Prime who seems to be in the news quite a bit is taking a shot at NIL’s. He is not upset with the NIL side of it, but he is upset with the collectives side. Boosters basically giving money to a kid who attends the school, and Coach Prime says the kids did not earn their money. In an NIL they have to earn their money from a company. Here is what Coach Prime told Joel Klatt.

“NIL is not a problem with me, collectives are,” Sanders said. “Let’s talk about NIL – Name, Image, and Likeness. What kid out of high school that is notable enough that a CEO of a major company is going to lay it on the line for a kid that ain’t nobody know? Collectives, you could be Tom, Dick, Harry and Larry and you just put a bag together, boosters or whatever, whoever does it, and try to solicit these kids to come to your university. Who is that helping?

“I want the kid to get compensated, I want him to be straight, by all means. But you’ve got to balance the fine line. Is he still going to want it like that when you’ve just given him that and he didn’t have to earn it? I wish it was kind of a way to measure your ability and what you bring to the table before, and I have no problem whatsoever.”

Do you agree with Coach Prime?

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