Texas and Texas A&M have big oil money, Washington has Microsoft money, Oregon has Phil Knight money, Stanford probably has big tech money, Oklahoma State has Hatheway Birkshire money. USC and UCLA supporters have big money.
All the really big programs now have access to money to pay for players. One Texas supporter has already come out saying he will pay every scholarship offensive lineman $50,000 per year.
Such a good point. The universities will become pet vanity projects for $billionaires. See Bezos and the Washington Post.