One man’s chaos is another man’s insight.
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 putting up 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 provide up to $9 million.
With Taylor under center, the Bulldogs started 4-0. Taylor has since suffered a season-ending injury.
Before the injury, Taylor was considered one of the favorites to win the Heisman Trophy.
While the development will prompt quarterbacks to try to frame the situation at a more political moment for the College Sports Protection Act, it is a reflection of the free market at work. This is good for those in positions of wealth and power when it comes to their 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 demand money from the boosters who support the NIL funds), it becomes a problem.
And so they will do whatever they have to do to get back the winnings that the players have made. Because free enterprise is desirable only when the people in control practice it.
When workers begin to be paid according to their worth, it becomes a crisis.
