NIL
Has parity arrived in college football? Transfer portal, NIL money credited for tighter games
The advent of the name, image and likeness era in July 2021 sent money flowing into college sports and the impact has been immense. Combined with loosened transfer rules — players no longer have to sit out a season at their new school — the result has been college free agency, which hundreds of athletes changing schools every season, often lured by lucrative, booster- and sponsor-backed NIL deals.