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In the past, it was pretty much an open secret that boosters could "hire" players to perform basic jobs (call it lawn-mowing, and maybe it was in some cases) and pay whatever the heck they wanted. The NCAA got better at cracking down on this, but it went on.
NIL makes it a lot easier to do this openly and at a larger scale. It's expected. You will not compete for elite recruits if you can't promise a lot of money once they hit campus.
The question is how long it takes before gambling interests start to control a significant portion of this game? US Integrity claims it already flags about five football games each Saturday for unusual orop bet patterns.
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