FYI...
Michigan is completely (by miles) behind on NIL right now. It actually has many boosters/alumni/fans standing on a ledge. Don't get me wrong on one thing: The current players are getting paid and doing quite well. However, Michigan has refused to use it as a recruiting tool ("pay for play") beyond pointing out that current players are getting their money once here. Harbaugh is litteraly (publicly) saying we are "transformational and not transactional." Noble thought, but it's not working. Go take a look at our recruiting class this year. It's a flat out disaster for a team coming off a playoff birth that is now 7-0...will be our worst, besides a coaching transition year, in the 30 years I've followed recruiting.
So rest assured Hawkeye fans...Michigan is not only going to come back to the pack but might enter some dark years unless we get NIL turned around ...or CFB starts to regulate NIL so that it resembles what the intent was...pay players for what they've done and how their name, image and likeness has been used to earn money (for others) instead of just being a "legal" way of buying recruits.
Yeah...yeah...I know..."poor little rich kids"...Michigan is currently as deep (deeper) as they've been in the last 20+ years. But the cliff is coming in 2-3 years. I know it will bring you guys nothing but joy but if you guys are as moral as you think you should take note on how a program is trying to do "the right thing"...while also screwing themselves because others aren't.