Quote Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer View Post
This is a good, good point. All these petty tyrants with dumb rules make people mad. Especially with amateurism now officially dead.

There is zero good reason why a kid can't have an agent, tryout of the NFL, and keep their options open. Everybody else gets that right. If an engineering student, gets wind of a gig with SpaceX, they can apply and interview with SpaceX. Doing so does not forfeit an MSU scholarship or even prevent them from coming back later. The student can even request a "hiatus".

Or how about this: The Chicago Bears draft you, but tells you stay in Starkville to play and develop. You are their NIL player. Why can't the Bears do it, but T-Mobile can sign the player. I can already see this as huge for College Baseball.

The Braves draft the next Blaze Jordan. They tell him to stay with momma and Lemonis for 2 years and then report to AA ball. The Braves are just his NIL deal.
I can see the SEC and other P5 leagues signing deals to be development leagues for the NFL. A minor league type system, this may dilute some of the talent stockpiled at Bama, UGA, TOHSU, etc., obviously these schools hold most of the power related to decisions in College Football, so it may be a tough sell.