Columbia Basin, Ephrata, WA | Irrigate NE - 1/1/2026 06:26
Maybe it's just free markets and capitalism at work.
It’s sometimes a fine line between free markets and capitalism working and theft and dysfunction. Right now I think NIL is the latter. It’s a team sport but individuals are claiming all the credit (and all the cash), robbing the schools without multi-billionaire sports fan donors of their part when the athlete leaves.
I think they need to limit transfers, and anyone transferring for more money needs to split the increase with the school they are leaving. Say some talented no-name kid out of HS got a $100k NIL deal to play somewhere, developed well and become a star. Big$ school wants him for $2.5 million per year. The increase is $2.4 million, so the school he’s leaving gets $1.2 of it for their part in building his name and image, or perhaps the school he’s at can afford to pay him $1.3 million to stay. |
NIL and Portal in College Sports
