Not only that in effect there are no scholarship limits.
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@NinerWupAss and I fought the good fight on this and the greater CFB āconsolidationā issues with Kyle on Twitter this morning. See the Twitter thread above.
I realize we arenāt changing his mind, but I think more people at programs across the country need to speak up about this B.S. because itās going to kill the sport.
Itās not about the kids getting paid in general. Thatās itās own issue and we have discussed lots of ways to make that happen and not destroy competition.
But buying up a roster 100 players deep is anticompetitive and there is no honest debate about that. You only field 22 position players plus 3 specialists. At 100 you are paying 4 deep which is excessive as hell (ābut but but we NEED a 4th string long snapperā 
)
This is a move to hoard talent and further weaken G5 programs. It isnāt about some kind of suddenly acknowledged moral obligation to pay the talent.
If youāre a 
(for instance) player and your choice is to come play at a G5 program for peanuts or get a $25k check to play 4th string at State U, where you also get to crap in the gold toilets while watching an 85" TV they hung in each stall with their ESPN 
, on top of being on prime time TV, which are you going to choose? Did the P5 programs really need more advantages?
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clt says twitter is awful
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Kyle talks to Coach Healyā¦ They talk about our Twitter thread at the 2:50 mark.
Kudos to Kyle for bringing it up, and thanks to Coach for the on brand honest, transparent answer. I knew he wouldnāt whine about it, but it is an issue.
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Hahahah.
More power to those ladies, but WBB players getting a much larger NIL than anything any G5 football program can offer is absolutely nuts.
(Iām not against the ladies getting paidā¦ But how if the hell do you compete in football when you canāt even match WBB NIL)
Also, out of curiosity, I looked up WNBA league minimum: itās $58,710 for a player with 2 years of league experience. Thatās a pretty damn good deal for a bunch of college players.
Yes a very good deal and I agree with you about the G5 competing. I am shocked by this to be honest. Where is the value here for the advertiser? Maybe itās someone who loves that program. Who knows.
Iām also surprised we have not heard about more blanket deals for entire mens hoops teams like this.
Interesting
Very few of these deals have anything to do with advertising value. Itās all about supporting a program.
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I wonder if a team could start a Patreon? Legal?
clt says RIP college sports
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After reading that, I feel bad about asking Kyle Bailey to ask Healey about that stupid $25k NIL 100 spots deep on the roster storyā¦ Must have been like twisting the knife.
I just donāt see how college athletics are viable with pay to play and no salary cap.
And it blows my mind how obtuse the public is about this. If you do not see what the inevitable, and I mean it - INEVITABLE end game is - there is no avoiding it unless rules are changed / enforced RIGHT NOW - then let me lay it out for you:
Only a very small # of programs will end up surviving this. A much smaller # than it seems like the public realizes. Maybe a dozen or so. Yes, you read that right: 12 or so. Any more than that will not be viable on their own and will have to be propped up by charity revenue sharing etc from the ābroadcast partnersā (aka the architects of this shit fest). In case you doubt me, look at the names of big name brands that have been exposed as already struggling despite P5 payouts. Cal? UCLA??? Theyāre all a financial mess, and pay to play NIL is only going to make it worse.
But the general football fan public will cheer this shit on because ādem heelsā or āroll tideā are gonna be ātha bestāā¦ Even if they have no one within a bus ride left to play one day, and the sport has been driven into the ground.
Itās all so colossally stupid and selfish. Itās painful to watch it play out, knowing where it is going to end up.
And those waiting on the NCAA to rein it all in? Hahahaha. They have no say. None. They abdicated their role when they let CHeat off the hook years ago. That was the last bit of teeth they had left and they spat them out rather than use them.
Itās over. Survival of the fittest until there is no one left. Itās like a bad Highlander sequel.
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I mentioned it before but Iām really curious to see when eligibility becomes a topic. The 4/5 years is just another ncaa policy. Why be a 4th round nfl pick if I can stay at Bama and make more money?
Interestingly that could be an opening for other programs as kids at the blue bloods just stay.
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