The world of college sports is changing dramatically because of the NIL, and the sport that is changing the most is college football. College football is probably the most popular college sport and the most money involved.s Most school put a lot more money into their football program than any other sport, and now the NIL is a big part of the cost. Problem with NIL: There are many gray areas in the rules and some schools take advantage of these gray areas. Most college football fans are aware that many programs will more than likely change these rules when it comes to NIL, but only a few schools will have issues..One part of the game that went hand in hand with NIL is the transition portal.
The transfer portal has completely changed college football, and many rules are broken when teams find players there. The most we see is manipulation, but few teams get in trouble for it, even though the players come right out and say what happened. For example, you can’t contact a player about coming to school until they enter the transfer portal, but this has been reported to happen all the time. And NIL has a big role to play in this. The schools contact the players and tell them that if they come to the school they will receive a certain amount in NIL. Is it legal? No, but many schools do.
.Some schools get in trouble for things like this, and the two big schools currently under investigation by the NCAA for recruiting violations are Tennessee football and Florida football. Two SEC schools. The SEC is where the big money is in college football. The conference is probably the best in the country and they have the best programs in the country. These programs have all the resources when it comes to NIL and recruiting, and many people in the college football world don’t believe that some of these top programs always do things legally. We recently learned that the Gators and Volunteers may have broken some rules,
and now they may be paying the price. A recent article in The Athletic explained the situation surrounding these two schools.”The assistant coach of the Florida State football program has been fined by the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions for one collective and NIL booster recruiting violation. The NCAA said the assistant set up a transfer player to meet with a booster who offered to the player $15,000 NIL chance in the spring of 2022.FSU was fined $5,000 plus one percent of the football budget, placed on two years of probation and suspended..
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