For a poor kid, $100k or $1mil can definitely set someone up for life. As that can provide opportunities their family never had. Idk why it’s so foreign that people are shocked that poor kids (or teenagers with no or little income) are swayed by NIL money, and still won’t work on their craft to be a professional. Why are we not looking at these guys like young adults as opposed to kids who will just blow their money. There’s a lot of older people who have blown money just as stupidly. NIL has been underground for decades, and guys have still made it to the NFL. Players are in the NFL HOF and admitted to being paid to come to colleges, and STILL became great players. I hope all of these kids take the best opportunity for themselves and their family’s. If it’s to OSU, then so be it, if not then God speed.This new generation seems to have honed the 'right now' aspect of life to a sharp point. NIL is the 'right now', and a successful pro career is the 'later'. If a kid has grown up poor, the NIL dollars loom large. But $100k (or $1 mil) isn't going to set you up for life. Would suggest that the ability of the school to put the kid in the league would outweigh all the NIL bucks that are floating around. Well, maybe not all of them, but mostly. See 5* QBs flocking to tOSU, USC, and Texas to be developed into NFL first rounders, because they'll be developed enough that they can go to the lesser big-time schools and be able to start. If it works out for them at their first school, great, but if not, there's other Playoff contenders that would welcome them so they get their minutes in the spotlight. Still don't hear about any 'sharing' of NIL revenues with the blue collar guys. Maybe we'll see the sophomore QB Heisman winner buy Rolexes for his OL from his NIL money?
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