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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
Me reading this book knowing full well that my school paid an exorbitant amount of money to further push the price of college football upward (it’s paying off though)
~3.5- A book that covers the madness of NIL, the transfer portal, and the conference consolidation in the NCAA thru a series of short stories similar in style to Michael Lewis’s book “Boomerang”.
Parts of it were great but it dragged on too long and also strangely missed two of the biggest facets of NIL: 1)there is now an entirely new wave of specialized coaches like Deion Sanders who are thriving in this marketing first world (he is not in the book at all) and 2) the stories on how athletes like Caitlin Clark are using NIL brand deals to advance their sports is completely missed amongst the bizarre number of chapters I’d describe as basically “accounting and spreadsheet debates”.
Parts of it were great but it dragged on too long and also strangely missed two of the biggest facets of NIL: 1)there is now an entirely new wave of specialized coaches like Deion Sanders who are thriving in this marketing first world (he is not in the book at all) and 2) the stories on how athletes like Caitlin Clark are using NIL brand deals to advance their sports is completely missed amongst the bizarre number of chapters I’d describe as basically “accounting and spreadsheet debates”.
adventurous
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
A strong overview of modern college football today, told through the lens of its most powerful coaches (Saban and Harbaugh - both coaching their last seasons), but also players, agents, and administrators as they deal with the tumult of changes, primarily driven by NIL, that were remaking the sport.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
A remarkably thorough overview of an extremely complex and comprehensive change in college football, as a newer fan it can be hard to keep the names straight or to understand the implied impact or some of the individuals involved. That said, you come to understand who the players are, the prices they’ve paid, and the real tragedies that continue to unfold as the rich continue to wrestle each other for money at the expense of players and coaches alike. Insightful and entertaining.