There are a lot of students working and going to college while athletes are admitted with full scholarships and tons of resources to succeed academically. Yet athletes are paid with NIL. Would be great if the scholarships went to the athletes who want to graduate and NIL folks pay their own way. There is plenty of blame to go around. Professional leagues putting restrictions on when players can be drafted, NCAA for allowing schools to get rich and not allow athletes to sell their autograph or merchandise for decades for income, athletic departments amassing huge war chests while players were told they couldn’t accept gifts, NCAA not imposing caps on NIL, coaches getting rich while some players families are in dire financial straits, colleges being semi-pro leagues for NBA and NFL.