Mar 5, 2026 · 18 min · 6 segments
How was the introduction of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) rights redefined the NCAA’s concept of amateurism? Does this change promote greater equity for student-athletes or weaken the traditional…
Well, I guess just to get into it, I mean, the main question here needs to be asked.
And And whether amateurism or the ability to be paid is helping or harming the student athletes.
I think it was just, when was it, 2022 or 2021? That was the first year that they allowed NIL, right? And yeah, I'm all for players getting a share of the money and getting paid because they bring in so much revenue for the universities and it's such a big deal, right? so i'm all for it it's just kind of been crazy because now ever since that first year the genie's kind of out of the bottle now and it's become a huge thing where players are now demanding certain incentives to go to one school over the other they are making like these list of like crazy demands, everything from they've got to fly their family out to every game, they've got to have all these things for like a car or their living space, different things.
where players just expect to make a lot of money and it's pretty crazy how much players are making money so it's really i think a good thing in the first place and great reason for why it started but now it's kind of become something that's a little out of control almost and teams are kind of fighting for who can pay the most to this player who can offer the best incentives who can kind of show they're the they've you know got this much going right so it's kind of something that maybe maybe needs some guidelines with the transfer portal too that's crazy how People can just go from one team to the next like nothing.
So there are some things wrong with it, I would say, in college football today, but it's definitely needed changes that they're just trying to navigate, I guess.
They're, I mean, playing to – to make money, you know, to eventually go professional.
There definitely need to be some Some limitations, some guidelines set to make it so it just doesn't go wild as it has these last couple of years with players going all over the place, lawsuits being filed.
But the idea of players getting paid, you know, it started a couple years, I mean, it's been maybe a decade now that Johnny Manziel was playing at Texas Tech.
Well, I guess just to get into it, I mean, the main question here needs to be asked.
And And whether amateurism or the ability to be paid is helping or harming the student athletes.
I think it was just, when was it, 2022 or 2021? That was the first year that they allowed NIL, right? And yeah, I'm all for players getting a share of the money and getting paid because they bring in so much revenue for the universities and it's such a big deal, right? so i'm all for it it's just kind of been crazy because now ever since that first year the genie's kind of out of the bottle now and it's become a huge thing where players are now demanding certain incentives to go to one school over the other they are making like these list of like crazy demands, everything from they've got to fly their family out to every game, they've got to have all these things for like a car or their living space, different things.
where players just expect to make a lot of money and it's pretty crazy how much players are making money so it's really i think a good thing in the first place and great reason for why it started but now it's kind of become something that's a little out of control almost and teams are kind of fighting for who can pay the most to this player who can offer the best incentives who can kind of show they're the they've you know got this much going right so it's kind of something that maybe maybe needs some guidelines with the transfer portal too that's crazy how People can just go from one team to the next like nothing.
So there are some things wrong with it, I would say, in college football today, but it's definitely needed changes that they're just trying to navigate, I guess.
They're, I mean, playing to – to make money, you know, to eventually go professional.
There definitely need to be some Some limitations, some guidelines set to make it so it just doesn't go wild as it has these last couple of years with players going all over the place, lawsuits being filed.
But the idea of players getting paid, you know, it started a couple years, I mean, it's been maybe a decade now that Johnny Manziel was playing at Texas Tech.
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