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Simple: because it’s a black market, some schools play the bag game and other don’t. This completely levels the playing field. Simple: economics. You have more access to capital in big markets than you do small markets. The Tuscaloosa booster you just mentioned won’t be able to bankroll 70...

Again, a lot of you are getting it twisted. The University of Alabama will not be paying these players to appear at events. Nike, and Coke, and New Era, and "insert brand name here" will be paying these licensing fees. If Nike wants to pay Deejay Dallas to show up at a grand opening event at a...

Bigger markets = more demand = more eyeballs for the brands who will be paying these licensing fees = more money for the athlete. It's why NBA players want to play in New York, LA, San Fran, and Chicago instead of New Orleans, Oklahoma City, etc. The BIG SCHOOLS are mostly in podunk towns...

This is being overlooked on this board. If Trevor Lawrence wants to schill for Nike with a billboard being placed on a gas station in Main Street in Clemson, South Carolina, he'd probably get a nice payday. If his Nike poster goes up on I-95 in Downtown Miami, his pay day is going to be...

Some of you are misunderstanding what this does. This isn't about Billy Bob's Motors "paying" a high school recruit $200,000 to appear on a billboard, or Toothless Tom's Autobody Shop slipping bags into a 50K sports car for a five-star. It's about a player being paid for his autograph. Or Nike...

You are wrong.

Everyone on this board complains about a kid's "heart being all Miami," but signing with an SEC team "as a business decision." What happens when that SoFla player can no earn money using his name, image and likeness at both schools? What's the harm there?

Good. These players should receive payment for use of their image and likeness. This will not be the end of college football, and I actually think will level the playing field for schools like Miami.