No More Amateurism

In men's college basketball and football in America, the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) selling has essentially ended amateur sports. The best players will only go to the best teams where they will be the most marketable. This scheme therefore damages competition and makes it much more difficult to elevate programs that are not already competing at the highest level. What kind of NIL deal will a player be able to secure at a mid-major or a team that always stalls out at the bottom of a Power 5 conference? The NCAA did not want to enter play for pay as it was actually committed to the ideal of "amateur competition", but was forced to initiate NIL by courts. Now, you will have the powerhouses enhance their dominance with what must be characterized as professional players.