The Cover 3 crew talks NIL, paying players and the future of college football. First, analyzing what went wrong with College Football Playoff expansion efforts (1:00) and the latest from Arizona State with its star quarterback entering the transfer portal and an NCAA investigation ongoing (17:30). Then it’s on to the future of player compensation in college football (29:25), with a specific look at the value of the scholarship (40:00), the cost of a recruiting class in the current NIL era (53:00) and whether the NCAA will roll back any of the NIL rules after its review this spring. 

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