Aston04 said:
I can imagine the hired nil players have a hard time connecting with their new teammates. Not only players are gonna be jealous of playing time, but now all the (above board) money thrown at them too. Add in any additional special accommodations for a player and it's probably even worse
I think this is maybe the most underrated aspect of it all. Micah Hudson has the stars out of HS, but no real productivity in college to speak of. I can't say for sure what our guys on campus look like from a production standpoint comparatively, but say we have a guy who we don't consider a valuable WR, and he's getting pittance in NIL, but has a helluva lot more production than Hudson, who is get 10x+ more than him, I'm sure there is some serious resentment for a guy who has effectively done nothing but getting paid like an NFL player to take your position.