Football Show Me The Money

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Coaches that have built generational wealth for their families should not cry foul and claim N.I.L. destroys 'development.' They pocketed the money all those years. Caleb Williams and Shedeur Sanders in the pic.  

A Christmas Fumble, a football movie co-produced by Eva Marcille is more than a love story. It is today’s headlines about football money that has change hands. The storyline is about once upon a time, before N.I.L.

How? Apparently, advertising and any entity with money to burn, used to give it to football programs, in American colleges of their choice. The ‘chosen few colleges’ used it to build state of the art facilities and also to ‘buy’ - under the table - young players that showed potential. Officially, they went there for education. In reality, they were brought in to excel in football, fill up college stadiums thus making money for colleges.

And here we are in 2024. The money has changed hands because of  what is called Name. Image. Likeness (N.I.L.). Money, now goes straight to football players that are successful on the field and on the internet. This movie, A Christmas Fumble is about a retired quarterback, that has a popular television show. It starts with breaking news that when he was a football player, he accepted money from a ‘booster’ and that was illegal 25 years ago.  

It was against NCAA rules. If I’m not mistaken, it is the Association that controls all college sports, not just football. There’s a lot of money involved. That’s why the NCAA wanted donations and all financial benefits  to go to the colleges and coaches, and not to players directly. ‘Boosters’ tried to circumvent that rule.

It’s all water under the bridge now. Boosters, gone with the wind. The money is on the table, or should we say in players’ bank accounts? Some coaches are crying foul, players are saying it’s about time, N.I.L. time. ‘Show me the money’ a movie line made famous by Cuba Gooding Junior.

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