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Message: [QUOTE="uconndogs, post: 4539364, member: 57"] I agree with this to some extent, but I think in certain segments of college athletics NIL is going to grow into very big money. The BiG just gobbled up SoCal and the SEC Texas. Neither of those conferences are done and they are going to grab the remaining large and attractive markets. There will be enormous media deals cut and lots of money to attract and retain talent. There is little doubt in my mind that we are going to end up with ~40 programs that are fielding what for all intent and purposes are professional franchises. I think whether kids can continue to get paid if their performance falls off will be largely dependent on what they can negotiate in their contracts. I don't think academics and scholarships will have much at all to do with anything at that level. I do think that below those ~40 elite programs NIL is probably only supportable to a limited level. The money just won't be as available as it is with say the BiG and SEC. I actually see where lower echelon programs will be a feeding source for elite programs that have better NIL programs. Free agency will be very real. [/QUOTE]