More Irony
There's a significant possibility that one day NCAA football payrolls (using NIL) will be higher than the NFL's.
Sure, that sounds crazy now. The highest college NIL payroll is around $30 million this year, while the NFL salary cap is north of $250 million.
The difference, though, is that the NCAA steadfastly refuses to call athletes employees, even though they are in everything but name only. There are multiple reasons why, mostly all related to oafishness on the part of the NCAA, but one of the effects is that as non-employees, it is incredibly difficult to limit their compensation.
It might look like a bad deal for collectives to pour so much money into NIL, but people donate to universities for many reasons, and one of the largest ones is the success of their sports teams. So as the payroll goes higher and higher, it's not necessarily irrational.
Sure, Congress could step in, but the Supreme Court (which is distressingly close to fascist at this point) actually has the correct perspective on this matter. They've been very unwilling to allow limits on compensation.
Next year? The top NIL payroll will probably be in the $40 million range, and it should continue to go up by 30% every year, at least. In five years, it will be over $100 million.
It's on it's way.
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