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So I just read an interesting post. This random person said they heard a rumor about P5 programs trying to establish a farm system with local mid major programs. For example, a recruit that UK thinks can develop into a good player, but isn't ready to play at UK just yet will get steered to WKU to develop. A UK booster would give the WKU kid an NIL deal in exchange for a promise that if they develop into a good player, they will transfer to UK in 2 or 3 seasons. In a world of NIL and unpunished tampering, what is stopping programs from doing this? The benefit for the P5 program is obvious, and the mid major would likely receive some sort of kick backs from this too (which would probably be a violation but the NCAA clearly doesn't even care anymore)
Obviously this is unproven, but it wouldn't surprise me if this started happening in the future in both football and basketball
Obviously this is unproven, but it wouldn't surprise me if this started happening in the future in both football and basketball