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[QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 4731740, member: 833"]
I do not think that is how media deals will develop.  More likely, there will be a reduction in the outliers.  In a non-linear world, no program is worth what some of them make now.  Alabama does not have that many more paying fans than every other program.  Alabama has ridden ESPN's ceaseless promotion of the SEC, and the SEC's willingness to cheat, to the apex of its sport.  ESPN's promotion does not matter that much, and paying players is no longer cheating.  Talent will get dispersed and access to viewers will be a jump ball.

I am not bragging when I say that 11 months ago I said that NIL and the Transfer Portal were going to have a seismic impact on basketball and football, and that very season, TCU played for the National Championship and Florida Atlantic and SDSU made the Final Four.  I am not bragging, because it was fairly obvious what was going to happen, and that is exactly what happened.

The talent gap between the haves and have nots is going to shrink, not grow, at least in the short term.  Why would someone want to sit when they can play and get paid?  And if you want to get paid, you need to get on the field.
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