The college football world has been in a constant state of flux for several years now. From name, image and likeness (NIL) rules helping players get paid to the transfer portal and conference realignment, the sport evolves in some manner every season.
With that in mind, Colorado head coach Deion Sanders and his BYU counterpart Kalani Sitake were asked to share the biggest thing they’d change about college football during a pre-Alamo Bowl joint press conference.
Here’s what Coach Prime would change about college football (h/t The Valero Alamo Bowl on YouTube):
“I think financial literacy classes should be mandatory so these kids understand how to manage their money when they get their money,” Sanders said Friday. “I think it should be a pay scale. It should be structured. It can’t be just Tom, Dick and Harry get this because he had a great year somewhere else. That throws off the chemistry and the structure of the whole team. It’s like one of you guys coming out here and some guy outside coming in here and they make more money than you, and they haven’t even been doing the work you’ve done. That’s not fair. I think the NFL has handled it right. We need to mimic the NFL when it comes to that because right now, we’re not pros, but we’re semi-pro, and that’s the way it’s going. If we don’t get a hold of it, it’s going to keep going left.”
According to On3, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders has the highest NIL valuation in college athletics at $6.5 million. Teammate and recent Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter ranks second at $5.7 million.
Those two will close their college careers on Saturday (5:30 p.m. MT, ABC) against BYU in the Alamo Bowl.
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