Competitive balance is already strained, and employment ends it. Right now recruiting has at least some friction: geography, academics, tradition. Add open salaries and the richest 15 programs simply buy every roster, every year, with payrolls no one else can approach. The NFL has a salary cap and revenue sharing to prevent exactly this. College would have neither, just a bidding war. ESPN would love it: Alabama versus Ohio State every January, forever. Everyone else becomes a farm team. If you think the sport is top-heavy now, wait until payroll replaces recruiting.
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