I'm predicting he ends up on scholarship barring injuries setting him back. Hell of an athleteThe thing with NIL is, there isn't a salary cap. He can get a "small" NIL deal and still collect say $500-1,000/mo, and have his apartment paid for, that money would be plenty for a college kid to eat from on a monthly basis, and being under 25 he can still be on his parents health benefits. And let's be honest he's not a kid coming to start or even see ST at OSU. He will be a ST player at best, and on average be a practice crash test dummy, and test his talent against some of the best.
I hear what you're saying and I'm not disagreeing, but I'm just stating that its a new day in CFB, and the finances can be worked out. The NIL $ can go to current roster players, recruiting, Portal guys and PWOs, we're talking about multiple NIL collectives funding the teams, not just one. We've seen 1 collective gain over $1mil in 24hrs, OSU isn't Little Sisters of the Poor, they can make things happen for players. And if he goes to OSU for a year or so, and decides to leave for say a MAC school, I'm sure he'll be arriving with a higher skill set than his peers
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