“I’ll never understand how we went from 0 to 1000. Where you can just be a free agent every single year. There is no sport. Whether it’s basketball, baseball, football, hockey. You can’t be. “I think this, you know, bottom line is there’s no doubt players deserve some money. But I thought it was going […]
Vitale argued that the NCAA’s relatively new system, which includes millions paid through NIL and the free agency-like benefits of the transfer portal, is disrupting parity in college sports. He believes this combination is creating an uneven playing field.SIGN UP for The Daily OutKick. New Look, Same Attitude.Describing the effect of NIL and the transfer portal as “total chaos,” Dickie V. proposed a solution. He suggested that paying athletes through contracts could help keep them committed to one program, preventing them from jumping to the highest bidder and reducing talent poaching.
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Send us your thoughts: alejandro.avila@outkick.com / Follow along on X: @alejandroaveelaCatch Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich every Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. ET on OutKick.Dickie Vitale recently appeared on OutKick’s “Don’t @ Me” with his former ESPN colleague Dan Dakich. During the discussion, they explored the impact of Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals on the March Madness tournament thus far.
