Imagine the NFL with no collective bargaining agreement, no salary cap, no draft and unrestricted free agency for every player every season and even in the middle of seasons.
That's the current state of college football.
It's so whacked that last year former Holy Cross quarterback Matthew Sluka left the UNLV Rebels after leading them to a 3-0 start because he was upset with his NIL deal, verbal promises that weren't kept. Now he's transferred to his third school, James Madison, likely to start for his old coach with the Crusaders, Bob Chesney.
It's so upside-down that 17-year-old high school senior Jackson Cantwell signed an NIL deal with Miami worth $2.