I've been following the next step for CFB since the NIL settlement.  Which is a step towards what is truly needed in CFB, Collective Bargaining Agreement with the players.  The settlement and NIL salary cap is a lawsuit waiting to happen. CFB negotiated with themselves to cap player entitlements without any agreeing player reps.  Just as soon as the NIL clearinghouse or school tries to cut a players compensation or freedom of movement, lawsuits will start flying. Without antitrust legislation or a CBA, NCAA will lose again.

Like it or not this is the reality.  Tenn AD Danny White has known it for years as has everyone else. Tenn is the one with the courage to talk about it, per Yahoo this link. 

“I’ve been voicing it in private rooms for four years. I’m not going to bite my tongue anymore.” 

“Collective bargaining and employment status shouldn't be seen as negative terms,”

“Whether you call it collective bargaining or some kind of negotiating process, I think it is needed,” Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades told Yahoo Sports.

“It’s worth exploring,” SMU athletic director Damon Evans says.

Danny White has come up with the chart below, explaining one CBA concept

Sports Talk J pod does a pretty good job of initial take on the CBA idea.

I don't like what is happening to the game and what it may do to Ohio State's program. But I also think the players deserve what they can get especially after being exploited for so long while millions/billions of dollars are being doled out. It will be interesting to see how they handle the other sports and not get sued under Title IX.

How we feeling? What's the future? How does this impact your love of the game and the Buckeyes? I'll still be a fan of CFB and Buckeyes but worry our beloved Buckeyes could in the future fall behind the money train. We're already seeing lesser programs with big money (SMU, Miami, USC, S Carolina. Ole Miss) pouring funds into their programs winning recruiting battles with the Buckeyes. Hold on tight, the road is still bumpy.