Though the college football season does not officially start for another three weeks, it seems like it has been going on for a while now.
Name, image and likeness ruled the news for much of the off-season before College Football Playoff expansion talk took over the conversation for a little while in June. Then the NIL took back the spotlight for a few weeks after the NCAA changed its bylaws, allowing student-athletes to begin receiving compensation.
However, the NIL quickly became old news when word leaked on July 21 that Oklahoma and Texas were going to leave the Big 12 and join the SEC, which officially happened last week.