Is College Football turning into a Semi-Pro football league with NIL?
Many NCAA football players are making more money than some starting quarterbacks in the NFL. There was a report the other day that Arch Manning the back-up for Texas is making more money than 49ers starting quarterback Brock Purdy. That is crazy to think about.
Well, Alabama football coach Nick Saban believes College football is heading toward a ‘semi-pro direction’ with NIL and the expanded playoff:
“We’re moving in the sort of semi-pro direction in terms of, there’s pay-for-play now.
We call it name, image, and likeness, but that’s pay-for-play, basically — and I’m all for the players sharing in what’s happening.
You’ve got guys transferring from one team to the next at will with very few guidelines as to how to control any of these things, and we’re gonna have a playoff very similar to the NFL.
And I’m not saying any of those things are bad. I’m just saying they’re all completely changes from what we had five years ago, 10 years ago, whatever.”
It has changed college football already. Do you agree?
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