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Is there where we are headed with NIL? Afraid so.
Wow. The comments to this tweet are pretty good too. Not much support for this moron. If this is his attitude, at least don't put it out there for public consumption. But this is exactly the kind of stuff that will eventually cause Congress to intervene and put a tent over the circus (which is what the NCAA wants), so I suppose its just part of the growing pains along the way.
I found this part of the article interesting:
"Papas says he recently negotiated an NIL deal for Kansas State transfer Nijel Pack that included $800,000 over two years plus a car. Pack was considered the No. 1 player in the transfer portal before committing to Miami. The deal was funded by billionaire John Ruiz, who has been at the forefront of the NIL movement, orchestrating deals across several sports. Among them are deals with women's college basketball twins Haley and Hanna Cavinder -- who transferred from Fresno State to Miami -- and UCLA football transfers Caleb Johnson and Mitchell Agude."