It seems Bryce Underwood won't be tempted by a massive NIL offer from Michigan. On3 reported Thursday that the Wolverines are "prepared" to offer the elite…
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This is why we need to get into a power conference. NIL is about to get out of control beyond what we bring in for revenue. But one could also argue its why ACC and Big12 are destined to fall out of Power status.
It will bifurcate between a pure professional wild west model and something that resembles college athletics as we might previously have recognized it. Very few athletic departments will be able to or want to compete at the highest level. The payroll costs will be uncontrollable, at least for a while.
A lot of programs in the P4 are going to exit that model. They will have to. UCONN will probably never compete at the highest level, but there are going to be a whole lot of programs that come back to us.