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The former head coach of the Ohio State football team was incorrect in his assessment of NIL.
Among the teams that have embraced NIL is the Ohio State football program. There has been a significant shift in college football that hasn’t been properly received by all programs. Certain programs have not been able to organize collectives to generate sufficient revenue to be competitive.
NIL is despised by former college football coaches. This is among the factors that led Nick Saban to announce his retirement this year. It’s also hated by a man who led the Ohio State football program for a while. Recently, Urban Meyer made some thought-provoking remarks regarding NIL.
Meyer thinks that NIL has turned into dishonesty. He claims that is not the intention of the regulation. About the intent, he is correct. Administrators had not anticipated it to become what it has become. However, his broad assessment of NIL is incorrect, and what he says is extremely typical of a former coach.
NIL isn’t dishonest. It provides children with an opportunity to get money in an open manner. The top recruits—some of whom were in Meyer’s program—were always receiving money illegally. It took place all over. Everything is now transparent and in order.
It is, in my opinion, providing the larger and most successful programs with an unnecessary edge. They already enjoy a lot of advantages. The larger initiatives are set to separate into a whole new division in part because of this. Right now, smaller programs have little chance with NIL to win a national crown.
This evens the playing field amongst the top 30 programs in the nation. Since they can all give these students money, they all have an opportunity to entice the top recruits. It increases the number of programs eligible for the national championship.
NIL isn’t to Meyer and other former coaches’ taste because it’s not what they’re used to. However, because it isn’t going away, they must move on.
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Welcome to Buckeye Talk once more. That’s Nathan Baird, that’s Andrew Gillis, and my name is Stephen Means. This is your Tuesday, Podge, or Monday pod. Nathan and I essentially dissected Ohio State’s five recruiting classes under Ryan Day, discussing their current status, our impressions of them on signing day, and our current opinions of some of those classes, such as the 21, 20, and 22 classes. Hope you had fun with that pod. Get the 614-350-3315 SMS message. We’re not actually talking about the Buckeyes today on Buckeye Talk. We are discussing their rivals.
We are discussing the most dangerous individuals who could pose a threat to Ohio State’s 2024 hopes of winning a national championship. That might be a trainer. That might be a player, or anyone else you choose. Go ahead and present your case if you want to be an athletic director and can explain why that individual is a risk to Ohio State. However, as is customary, we will rank them in draft fashion. Nathan will speak first. Andrew will come in second. I’ll take the third spot. Since we’re doing nine, that means each of us will be doing three. Nathan.
Since you’re the first one here, let’s just get started. In your opinion, who poses the greatest threat to Ohio State’s chances of winning a national championship in 2024?
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