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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/MonarchLawyer on 2025-12-24 15:53:51+00:00.

  1. Miss me with the “they can’t be paid to play” because they already are being paid to play. “Name, image, likeness” was always just a workaround the rules. Saying they can’t be paid to play is just denying the reality of the situation for a more preferable fiction.
  2. I am so tired of the overwhelming roster turnover. The pendulum swung way too much in the players favor and harms the stability of teams and their potential growth. I am especially tired of paying a player for a season only for him to sit out of the bowl game and enter the portal. I don’t blame the player for doing that when he can and it is in his best interest. But I do blame the system for allowing that to be okay. It shouldn’t be.
  3. I am also so tired of the constant tampering too. It’s one thing to contact a player once they are in the portal. It’s another that their agents start getting calls in week 4.
  4. Okay, so it’s not a perfect fix, but I propose that NIL contracts need to be (1) for a number of years 2-4 and (2) with a buyout if they decide to enter the portal before it expires. This would be good for both sides. If a player excels and jumps in the portal the team that developed him will recoup some of their losses. Other players will think twice about entering the portal due to a contract that they themselves agreed with. And they be free to transfer after those years expire without a buy out just like coaches. But it also provides stability for the player if he does not pan out and he is not just pushed out into the cold.