Let's just pretend CJ Carr was the #1 QB and #1 overall recruit in the nation.
Could you make the case that he would have better or more, major/national business NIL opportunities opened up to him by signing somewhere else, rather than with a National brand like Notre Dame? There may be some others that would be comparable, but better?
However, when you throw in the "acquisition fees" that are not legitimate, to pay kids just to sign with you...to teenagers and more specifically "their families" cash in the hand now speaks.
So I think Notre Dame is actually handling it correctly by just not being involved in it. My question is, why haven't ND boosters, who for years upon years could not give money to players and had to stomach knowing the big boys we are trying to compete with are..why aren't they taking this opportunity to pour funds into the players through NIL (without direction or guidance by ND) to make it so every player on our roster is getting 20k a month like Georgia?