It’s so wrong. These kids a lot off time do not have the maturity to handle that amount of money and not kill themselves. There should be no NIL money in college sports. Plus they should be made to earn a USEFUL degree, not basket weaving.
Many college athletes get injured and are unable to go pro, at least this way they get some money before that time
Big-time football and basketball programs make hundreds of millions of dollars a year. The athletes shouldn’t see any of that money?
Minor league and college baseball co-exist nicely - minor league football could do the same. U21 leagues are popular in European soccer.
reference David Clyde - Texas Rangers 1974.
High School phenom with 7 perfect games coming out of high school. Rangers drafted him big bucks, signing bonus, new face of the franchise. They pushed him straight to the majors, blew his arm up, flamed out dramatically.
No, refusing to pay the people whose labor builds the empire and take all the risks was immoral and vile. There is no more useful degree than generational wealth.
Why? Colleges make millions or billions off the Name, Image and/or likeness of their players. If they can serve in the military they are old enough to manage their own affairs. IMHO.