“For the good of the game”?
I am a dyed-in-the-wool free market capitalist. Made my wealth/lifestyle over 40 years of straight commission sales. BUT………competitive sports, pro or college, depend on a marketplace that rewards (and penalizes) success and/or failure on the gridiron, field, court, rink. Monopoly, based on (NIL) spending will erode competition. How many consecutive years of Ohio State/Alabama, Georgia/Michigan, or LSU/Clemson will the football watching audience tolerate before getting bored?
And then tune out.
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