JP Acosta

All these big schools with these big, powerful alumni can use that money to pay for players to come to their school. And it kind of leaves the smaller schools to dry a little bit. We talked about Ash and John T. with Boise State. That is the good example.

The bad example is every other group of five, every other small school that doesn't have that big of an alumni base, that doesn't have a lot of money, are losing their good players to the portal every year.

The bad example is every other group of five, every other small school that doesn't have that big of an alumni base, that doesn't have a lot of money, are losing their good players to the portal every year.

The bad example is every other group of five, every other small school that doesn't have that big of an alumni base, that doesn't have a lot of money, are losing their good players to the portal every year.

Which makes... I guess college sports feel a little bit more like pro sports where the biggest teams like the New York Mets or the Yankees or the Dodgers get to buy up the best players.

Which makes... I guess college sports feel a little bit more like pro sports where the biggest teams like the New York Mets or the Yankees or the Dodgers get to buy up the best players.

Which makes... I guess college sports feel a little bit more like pro sports where the biggest teams like the New York Mets or the Yankees or the Dodgers get to buy up the best players.

Yes, exactly. It feels like there is no salary cap right now with name, image, and likeness, which is what baseball sees with the Mets and the Yankees and the Dodgers because they can give out that money compared to a team that's a little smaller. They really can't because while... Alabama might have $20, $30 million to hand out to a recruit.

Yes, exactly. It feels like there is no salary cap right now with name, image, and likeness, which is what baseball sees with the Mets and the Yankees and the Dodgers because they can give out that money compared to a team that's a little smaller. They really can't because while... Alabama might have $20, $30 million to hand out to a recruit.

Yes, exactly. It feels like there is no salary cap right now with name, image, and likeness, which is what baseball sees with the Mets and the Yankees and the Dodgers because they can give out that money compared to a team that's a little smaller. They really can't because while... Alabama might have $20, $30 million to hand out to a recruit.

A school like my alma mater, FAU, might only have $20 million, even less than that, to give out to the entire team. So you see kind of the economic imbalances that we see between the big schools and the small schools.

A school like my alma mater, FAU, might only have $20 million, even less than that, to give out to the entire team. So you see kind of the economic imbalances that we see between the big schools and the small schools.

A school like my alma mater, FAU, might only have $20 million, even less than that, to give out to the entire team. So you see kind of the economic imbalances that we see between the big schools and the small schools.

But where we're also seeing a change is this is an added level to what's happening with NIL is in 2025, college sports will begin revenue sharing, which means up to 20% of what a school brings in in revenue

But where we're also seeing a change is this is an added level to what's happening with NIL is in 2025, college sports will begin revenue sharing, which means up to 20% of what a school brings in in revenue

But where we're also seeing a change is this is an added level to what's happening with NIL is in 2025, college sports will begin revenue sharing, which means up to 20% of what a school brings in in revenue

has to be saved for players and it feels like the bigger schools are just going to keep getting more top heavy and being able to pay players a whole lot more so you just naturally get all the talent funneling into like 10 schools tops

has to be saved for players and it feels like the bigger schools are just going to keep getting more top heavy and being able to pay players a whole lot more so you just naturally get all the talent funneling into like 10 schools tops

has to be saved for players and it feels like the bigger schools are just going to keep getting more top heavy and being able to pay players a whole lot more so you just naturally get all the talent funneling into like 10 schools tops

JP Acosta, SBNation.com. When Today Explained returns, we're going to find out why we're letting college sports turn into something that looks a lot like professional sports.