[Svartalfiar]

This is the other thing. Is signing day a big deal anymore? If the player you sign turns out to be good, he'll just go in the portal to get an even bigger payday from somebody else a year or two later.

Tie the payments to schooling/loyalty. Providing they stay in good standing academically, they get 2% end of freshman year, 5% end of sophomore, 10% end of junior, and the 83% balance when they graduate.

[FLT-bird]

The problem is you won’t get good players to sign a deal like that when others are giving them large annual payments from the start.