What did they win?
The didn't get in trouble for paying recruits, the highest-ranked of which didn't even commit to them (Walter Nolan).
So they paid $.
Lost the recruit.
Didn't win big on the field.
But the "they didn't get in trouble for doing what they were doing" part gets lost behind the fact that what they were doing wasn't working anyway.
A&M outbid Tennessee for Noland.
Do we have to reiterate what happened with that bought and paid for A&M class? USC and Oregons's big $ transfer QBs are now in the pros, while Washington and Utah have been winning the Pac 12. OU has paid and faded further into the zone wher Michigan was in 2021- Solid, should be better, but becoming a second thought on the national stage.
Or will we just continue to wear blinders and act as if that didn't happen and NIL hasn't had an effect on football yet "now that it's legal"? When it wasn't, programs were doing the same thing they can do now...Pay recruits.
The didn't get in trouble for paying recruits, the highest-ranked of which didn't even commit to them (Walter Nolan).
So they paid $.
Lost the recruit.
Didn't win big on the field.
But the "they didn't get in trouble for doing what they were doing" part gets lost behind the fact that what they were doing wasn't working anyway.
A&M outbid Tennessee for Noland.
Do we have to reiterate what happened with that bought and paid for A&M class? USC and Oregons's big $ transfer QBs are now in the pros, while Washington and Utah have been winning the Pac 12. OU has paid and faded further into the zone wher Michigan was in 2021- Solid, should be better, but becoming a second thought on the national stage.
Or will we just continue to wear blinders and act as if that didn't happen and NIL hasn't had an effect on football yet "now that it's legal"? When it wasn't, programs were doing the same thing they can do now...Pay recruits.
