This. NIL is not going anywhere. It is not illegal to pay someone for services rendered. It is now a useless argument.
With that given, players have the opportunity to evaluate their mixed desires for playing time, being on a championship team, and pay. Individuals will evaluate differently. It may be hard to see for some, but talent acquisition is already diversifying across college football. I suspect, when more kids understand this, there will be continued, greater diversification of the talent pool.
There will always be a certain set, or emerging set, of teams that have ridiculous amounts of NIL to distribute. That may fluctuate, but NIL offerings will not change.
What does change is the potential, schools’ allowances to pay players. In evaluating money, playing time, and/or just desperately wanting to be on a championship team, the B1G and SEC are in the best position moving forward. For the other conferences, the only thing that improves the non-monetary disadvantage, would be a true, tournament of FBS champions. Players who are motivated by playing time and the potential for a championship could then evaluate that route, and they could probably still make some, albeit less, coin.
