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[QUOTE="0.2 YNdeeR, post: 4255285, member: 8125"]
This misses on all counts. First, your point about student debt is irrelevant, not only because this is a thread about NIL, but because scholarship athletes receive education (room, board and expenses) for free. They don't incur loans. Second, you don't have to "break" it to me that some athletes refuse to attend class, or that over the last couple decades systemic fraud has become a way of life for many B1G/SEC factory schools (you can add UNC to the list). It's only recently, however, that these schools have succeeded - under cover of state NIL laws - in blowing the lid off the NCAA model. Almost overnight, they have turned a century-old amateur sport, in which violations were concealed and often (though unevenly) penalized, into a free agency lottery in which cheating is open, widespread and unchecked. Third, a college degree is obviously much more valuable than no degree - which is what a kid gets if he goes down the NIL path at a D-1 institution, leaves early and doesn't make it (no degree and no pro contract). As you know, this represents the majority of aspirants aiming for the NFL (or NBA for that matter). Better to complete your education, a life-changing gift for those with enough wisdom to take advantage of it.
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