The old saying, ”You get what you pay for” doesn’t come up a lot around college football, mostly because more than a few folks in college football would rather not remind you that the most important parts of the whole game — the players — are not paid at all.
(At least by the schools, or least not more than a stipend that still works out to well below minimum wage.)
Of course, there’s now money in NIL deals, which has resulted in a few skill-position millionaires, a lot of offensive linemen getting paid in food, some weird local ads and, somehow — using Cash App to buy Dr.