Think about the flip side - If MT has a player that has a breakout superstar year, it makes sense for him to consider transferring to a bigger program and city to make some money along the way.
Again - just trends more to the haves and have nots. I don't see how any of this will work well. Does anyone think this will be good for college sports? They should have put some more tough rules in place, like at least a cap on the $ amount per player or something. This is ridiculous.
I have so many concerns about this I don't even know where to begin. One is what you just mentioned which I brought up a year ago or so. Any time a G5 program gets a superstar, he'll be gone.
But now what about recruiting. Can coaches promise NIL deals? For example, can Saban partner with a local car dealer and promise a 250k NIL deal to a QB who signs with the program? I'm pretty sure this is allowed. And I guarantee it's going to happen.
Also, schools will use current/previous NIL deals to sway a recruits mind. As an example: A QB recruit is considering MT, UAB, and Fresno State. Fresno State's QB signed a 50k/year deal with a local car dealership last year, and UAB's current QB has a 40k/year deal with a local hospital system. MT's current QB has no deal, because our university and athletics get no support from basically anyone or anywhere. Who do you think that kid will sign with? It won't be MT.
There's gonna be FCS schools that can beat us out now because their kids have better deals. This whole change is just awful for MT because we already have some of the worst financials of any D1 (and many FCS programs) in the country. We have little to no donations, and basically zero outside corporate interest. We have a bloated athletic budget thanks to student fee's from our large undergrad population. There's no real donation or corporate $$ involvement with our university, and never will be. Our reputation is sealed in blood: We are a directional, state, suitcase college flush with undergrad degrees and no real professional programs. We have no political clout, and we stay put and stay silent because our administrators know their role. Our fate appears to be signed, sealed, and delivered. Tough to swallow, and the truth does hurt. But I'm tired of trying to pretend or hope for anything more.
Lastly, Athletic Directors and Athletics Departments job just became infinitely more difficult. I suspect the smart departments will start developing programs specifically designed to secure their players these NIL deals (MT sure won't though). The rules for CFB just got completely turned upside down. The smart programs are being proactive and pushing the rules to the limit. Do you think we are doing that? (Rhetorical question)
We picked a bad time to have a narrow-minded, retirement focused AD and do-nothing rubber stamp president.
And these concerns extend well beyond football too. Basketball players will find better NIL deals elsewhere now too. You can forget MT ever returned to national prominence like we had under Kermit. We are so screwed and will be lucky to remain in FBS/Division 1 before all is said and done.