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Selfishly I'd prefer college athletics not turn into a semi professional organization but as far as what's right for the players, this is kinda a no brainer for me. In CFB, the entire sport gave up amateur status ages ago. Why should the players be the ones left holding the bag?

I think of someone like Des, who is making a million dollar gamble on himself despite having a newborn at home. Why shouldn't he be able to earn a fair valuation based off his NIL? He's done plenty for this school.

Or someone like Bryce Young. You're telling me he should've had to wait an arbitrary 3 or 4 years to earn the million dollars he's banking already? What if he ends up sucking and doesn't earn any of it?

These guys are being asked to sacrifice 3-5 years of their prime earning potential in the name of amateurism. They don't have an alternative platform to earn off their talent because CFB used amateurism to create a grandfathered-in monopoly. I just don't see the point to it. Maybe it'll suck for the rest of us but so be it. Let them eat cake.

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