# Should some "college" sports be separated from college? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl, basketball-nba\ **Created:** [December 31, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-some-college-sports-be-separated-from-college/1012400 "2024-12-31T16:09:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-some-college-sports-be-separated-from-college/1012400/12 "2024-12-31T17:24:36Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I’m just wondering if a new model might be appropriate for big money college sports given recent changes in the economics. I do think that college sports – mostly, as you note, big-time football and basketball programs – are in the midst of massive change, due to not only NIL (name, image, likeness) payments to athletes (which was not even a thing until four years ago), but also the “transfer portal,” another new wrinkle, which has made it far easier for student-athletes to move from one school to another. The combination of the two has given the athletes far more power than they used to have. The sense I have is that a lot of coaches and administrators (and fans) aren’t thrilled with how things have changed, and the programs are still navigating how best to operate a successful team now. My suspicion is that things are going to continue to rapidly evolve on their own anyway, and until that dust settles, it’s hard to know exactly what a good solution will be. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-some-college-sports-be-separated-from-college/1012400)._