I for one am not against players getting a bigger piece of the pie, but I don't think that this is the way to do it. This just invites too much corruption. You're going to have big donors paying players huge amounts of money for autographs and sponsorships. And then coaches are going to use those payouts as a recruiting pitch..."Every one of our starters made at least $20k last year in endorsements". If you think that competitive balance is out of whack now, it's only going to get worse. When fans realize that their teams don't have a shot to compete, interest is going to wane and the big money train is going to stop. I feel like there are better ways to give players more money, like increasing the full cost of attendance, rather than just making cheating above board.
If it were my call, I would suggest having the P5 leave the NCAA, elect a commissioner with a staff that has full subpoena, investigation and punishment powers. Enforce the rules so that everyone has a real shot at competing. Of course, that will never happen. IMO people are cutting off their nose to spite their face. The NFL thrives because of competitive balance. If that's not there, everyone except for the top teams will quit watching.
The other option is for the NFL to create a minor league system like the G-League where players can skip college if they want to, but there's really no benefit for them to do that.
If it were my call, I would suggest having the P5 leave the NCAA, elect a commissioner with a staff that has full subpoena, investigation and punishment powers. Enforce the rules so that everyone has a real shot at competing. Of course, that will never happen. IMO people are cutting off their nose to spite their face. The NFL thrives because of competitive balance. If that's not there, everyone except for the top teams will quit watching.
The other option is for the NFL to create a minor league system like the G-League where players can skip college if they want to, but there's really no benefit for them to do that.