As a fan, I couldn't help at first but correlate NIL as pay to play. But NIL is not that at all. For me its difficult to justify or get excited giving money to a collective that will oversee paying NIL to a college kid who may or may not be here the next year much less the next day. If you have a business and you get one of the team's stars to be a spokesman for your commercials or social media that makes more sense. That's how I thought NIL was going to go and seemed fair. Never imagined what it quickly became- more potential separation of haves and have nots with fans being asked to pony up donations to pay the players. Of course the players are going the chase the money like most red blooded American grownups.  Its hard to blame them since they didn't create this screwball system.