NIL Deals vs. NFL Rookie Contracts: Transfer Portal Has Led To Pro Dreams Delayed So Checks Can Be Cashed

NIL Deals vs. NFL Rookie Contracts: Transfer Portal Has Led To Pro Dreams Delayed So Checks Can Be Cashed

Did you ever imagine a day when college football players would choose to stay in school for one more season rather than enter the NFL Draft, because of a paycheck? Welcome to the new era of collegiate sports, where quarterbacks can make more in a single season than some NFL rookies earn from their first professional deal. Five years ago, this scenario would've sounded absurd.That was before NIL. What began as a "legal" mechanism for compensating…