The only difference between before and after nil, is that after nil the money is openly going to the players, where before it's known that some players were getting paid under the table. Not like directly handing them cash (though that did happen), but like they'll get a new car, their family's financial situation is given much needed relief, that sort of thing.

Well, and that I guess the amount being thrown around was likely a lot less back then so that the NCAA wouldn't be too attentive to it.

But really, it was a public secret that all the under the table paying the players was happening before nil came around and made it all get put out in the open.

[–] Hyper_red@hexbear.net 3 points 4 hours ago

Money was thrown around before,

But the amount thrown around now is in another stratosphere.

All the journalism I've seen in the matter is that schools are entering and arms raise where they're getting billionaire donors and using student money to fund a arms raise of rapidly increasing nil contracts.

It kinda looks like a bubble as schools race to overpay go get records and into the playoffs to get into the SEC or big 10 so they can get TV deals and survive the eventual super conference that will be formed