Players and Revenue Sharing in College Football

It seems inevitable :

Harbaugh quotes:

There’s guys out here not even getting paid minimum wage,” Harbaugh said. “And I’m not talking about just football players. I’m talking about all student-athletes that need to participate. The talent needs to participate in the ever-growing share of the revenue. I’d like to see that change. We’ve seen a whole conference go into a portal. If that those kind of things can happen overnight, things we saw this year, they just happen, then — I don’t know how the sausage gets made completely, but there’s a lot of smart people that do, that know a lot about revenue sharing, know a lot about how those algorithms and economics work.

"There used to be a saying: Old coaches — my dad’s used it, my brother’s used it — like, hey, we’re all robbing the same train here,” Harbaugh said. “Like coaches, administrators, media, television stations, conferences, NCAA. And the ones that are really robbing the train, the ones that could really get hurt are getting a very small piece. So that needs to change, too. That needs to change.

“And it’s one thing for somebody to say, well, they’re getting NIL. But, heh, the billions that are being generated they’re getting, they’re not getting much of, very small percentage. They’re getting the same amount as I got in the ’80s. You’re getting a scholarship, room, board, books and tuition. So it’s like, come on, man, let’s do the right thing here. And who is that voice? I don’t know that, who is the voice for the student-athletes. But got the organizations that are really fighting for their share and their piece, and it’s time to share.”