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NI4NI
I understand the time and effort collegiate athletes invest, but they are not alone. To compensate them, shouldn't band members also be compensated? There are many students who put just as much time and effort into their courses of study, we sure do not want to exclude them. Somehow we've gone from paying for college to getting paid to get a college degree.
The system was not perfect before NIL, but it certainly is worse now, and as this beast grows it will undoubtedly become unsustainable. Sadly I don't see a path back to pre-NIL days either.