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Sure, but there's also a ready supply of talent willing to take the place of anyone who chooses to leave. Unless you're talking about unionization and collective bargaining. If that ever happens, it will as successful as it was with Eastern Airlines.Eh, I'm not sure that I agree with that. The talent drives the success at these schools, moreso than anything else, which is why schools with massive amounts of talent are the schools who win national titles each year. You don't replace Trevor Lawrence, Justin Fields, Joe Burrow, etc., relatively easily either. No one who watches these games believe that.
The analogy really isn't a great one when the players make more money than the coaches by large in the NFL. We can look at Bellichick's salary versus Brady. The NCAA prevents players from assessing their value on an open market through the way it operates. The market isn't determining that these guys are worth what you're saying they're worth. It's the NCAA stopping them from either being able to hit the market.
Why is Brady worth the money? Because he's a proven commodity relative to the other available options. That's how these price points are determined. That's why there are contract negotiations and offers. If they all had the same value, their salaries would be roughly the same.
If you think these guys would actually be millionaires playing college football, I'll ask you to look at minor league baseball salaries.