Quote Originally Posted by Cooterpoot View Post
The $20.5MM is more like a salary and the NIL is the bonus. NIL will never get limited. Until there's a union and collective bargaining agreement, which will also eliminate a number of P4 schools, none of this really changes.
A settlement is collectively bargained. I don't think people understand that current players (and players through 2035) are the plaintiffs in House.

Now I don't know how aggressive the clearinghouse will be in rejecting NIL deals, but players have already agreed to be bound by the clearinghouse decision, or if they are unhappy with a decision, to submit it to arbitration instead of a lawsuit.

I do think under the table money like the old days will resurface more.