One man’s chaos is another man’s ca-ching.
After years of being stuck in a system that prevented them from getting fair (or any) value for their skills, efforts, and/or sacrifices, college football players are finally getting paid. And one of them is setting a new bar.
Via On3.com, Mississippi State quarterback Kamario Taylor is finalizing a $7.5 million deal to return in 2027. With incentives, it could yield as much as $9 million.
With Taylor under center, the Bulldogs started 4-0. Taylor has since suffered a season-ending injury.
Before the injury, Taylor was regarded as one of the favorites to win the Heisman Trophy.
While the development will prompt the pearl-clutchers to try to parlay the situation into more political momentum for the Protect College Sports Act, it’s a reflection of the free market at work. Which is fine for those in positions of wealth and power, when it comes to their own financial position.
When someone else is reaping the benefits of capitalism in a way that complicates the lives of those who have to balance the books (and to pry cash from boosters who support the NIL funds), it becomes a problem.
And so they’ll do whatever they have to do to roll back the gains players have made. Because free enterprise is desirable only when the people in control practice it.
When the workers start getting paid according to their worth, it becomes a crisis.
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