I finally figured out why NIL was created.

[CajunSaint08]

The P4's needed NIL to try and stay at the top. I'll do my best to state my point.

At one point in NCAA college football, there were the elite and not so elite. The elite have always beat there chest to say they were the best and that was the way life was. But there were no lines drawn in the sand to establish who was in the elite group and who wasn't.

Around 1990, there was a rift in the NCAA football world (Two schools were claiming they had won the national title) that established "the five best conferences" and the rest. This was just a way for the "elite" schools to let everyone else know they were elite. However, the not so elite began to catch up again so that the elite wasn't so elite anymore....

Fast forward to 2000's.....The P5's were not at glorious as they once were. Again, to separate themselves again, NIL was created. The haves do not like having to share anything with the have nots. NIL was created to give the P5's, now P4's, the chance to pull ahead again. I know every school can use NIL, but only the super rich can really take advantage of NIL.

I hope my point came across, because I don't express my thoughts as eloquently as some of you on RP. I was listening to a sports talk show (relatively local) and he was _____ing about 2 G5's in the playoff system. He would prefer any SEC school, even the worse in the conference, to be in the playoffs over any G5's.

[CajunSID]

The P4's needed NIL to try and stay at the top. I'll do my best to state my point.

At one point in NCAA college football, there were the elite and not so elite. The elite have always beat there chest to say they were the best and that was the way life was. But there were no lines drawn in the sand to establish who was in the elite group and who wasn't.

Around 1990, there was a rift in the NCAA football world (Two schools were claiming they had won the national title) that established "the five best conferences" and the rest. This was just a way for the "elite" schools to let everyone else know they were elite. However, the not so elite began to catch up again so that the elite wasn't so elite anymore....

Fast forward to 2000's.....The P5's were not at glorious as they once were. Again, to separate themselves again, NIL was created. The haves do not like having to share anything with the have nots. NIL was created to give the P5's, now P4's, the chance to pull ahead again. I know every school can use NIL, but only the super rich can really take advantage of NIL.

I hope my point came across, because I don't express my thoughts as eloquently as some of you on RP. I was listening to a sports talk show (relatively local) and he was _____ing about 2 G5's in the playoff system. He would prefer any SEC school, even the worse in the conference, to be in the playoffs over any G5's.

NIL came along because the courts said it be so. Politicians got involved and created a zoo. The NCAA sat back and watched from the bench.

The end.

[CajunSaint08]

NIL came along because the courts said it be so. Politicians got involved and created a zoo. The NCAA sat back and watched from the bench.

The end.

And why do you think the courts said it be so...because they were being pressured by the P5's, so they could again establish they were "elite". They have to have the upper leg in this madness we call NCAA football (all college sports now). It used to be they had their name only and they used that to attract the big time recruits to their college, but when they found out that wasn't enough, they had to come up with another way to bully the less fortunate. Hence, the birth of NIL. Now they could do legally what they had been doing for years.

[SlickRick]

IMO, the NIL situation is a direct result of the coaches salaries and their ability to change jobs/transfer without any repercussions.

[Geaux4it]

The P4's needed NIL to try and stay at the top. I'll do my best to state my point.

At one point in NCAA college football, there were the elite and not so elite. The elite have always beat there chest to say they were the best and that was the way life was. But there were no lines drawn in the sand to establish who was in the elite group and who wasn't.

Around 1990, there was a rift in the NCAA football world (Two schools were claiming they had won the national title) that established "the five best conferences" and the rest. This was just a way for the "elite" schools to let everyone else know they were elite. However, the not so elite began to catch up again so that the elite wasn't so elite anymore....

Fast forward to 2000's.....The P5's were not at glorious as they once were. Again, to separate themselves again, NIL was created. The haves do not like having to share anything with the have nots. NIL was created to give the P5's, now P4's, the chance to pull ahead again. I know every school can use NIL, but only the super rich can really take advantage of NIL.

I hope my point came across, because I don't express my thoughts as eloquently as some of you on RP. I was listening to a sports talk show (relatively local) and he was _____ing about 2 G5's in the playoff system. He would prefer any SEC school, even the worse in the conference, to be in the playoffs over any G5's.

Sounds legit

[ZoomZoom]

Don’t forget the creation of ESPN. They saw the money rolling in off the original March Madness and that ESPN created the Big East.

Found the path to create the same for football. Then NIL in some form was needed, players could have blown the whole thing up.

[jaxmc1023]

College football was a giant landscape of enormous amounts of money that the federal government somehow hadn't figured out a way to get their hands on..

Under the guise of "fairness to student athletes", politicians have inserted themselves into collegiate sports, and now it needs to grow and expand or else these politicians will start to lose money.

Its over. Seriously.. The only question is how long will ESPN bother to show our team..... much like the Ice Gators and other irrelevant minor league sports

[MarlinMan3]

IMO, the NIL situation is a direct result of the coaches salaries and their ability to change jobs/transfer without any repercussions.

Good point

[MarlinMan3]

Don’t forget the creation of ESPN. They saw the money rolling in off the original March Madness and that ESPN created the Big East.

Found the path to create the same for football. Then NIL in some form was needed, players could have blown the whole thing up.

Was there a falling out though? I have always wondered....

[MarlinMan3]

In 1990 the conference with most bowl berths and most bowl.wins was.........wait for it.....

The Independents!