The New Era: Chad Baker-Mazara Hit The Transfer Portal After Reportedly Getting A $1 Million NIL Deal, Pissed Auburn Brought In A Guy For $2 Million

The whole story can be found here, tough to watch, but if you want the full story there you go. Either way, we found another new story in how dumb this whole thing is turning out to be. Again, not an NIL thing, but the transfer portal thing. First off, how the fuck does Chad Baker-Mazara still have eligibility? He's the same age as Luka Doncic. He's been in college since the 2020-21 season. 

Anyways, this is the new era that we're in and at some point it was going to all come public. Schools are starting to wise up and go public when someone transfers saying they plan on getting part of the deal back. Some of these deals are becoming public, even if you have to figure out what numbers are real and not. And I get it from Baker-Mazara's side. This is his last chance to make a massive payday, he finds out that some of that money is going to a guy in Keyshawn Hall who is a similar player. It's one of those welcome to the real world though. You may have helped Auburn get to a Final Four, you may have been the villain of college basketball, you may have been a key piece for the last couple of years. But if someone can replace you with someone they think is better, you're not going to get that money. 

The transfer portal is getting to the point that I have no problem with schools and collectives going to collect the money owed for the deal not being completed. I'm completely fine with contracts in college sports since the NCAA sat on their ass for far too long. This is just the new example of what we're dealing with in college sports though. Baker-Mazara, who should be out of college at this point, catches wind of a transfer getting double the money he is, gets mad, doesn't get the deal he wants and bails. It's all so stupid that we got to the point of this, but it's what happens when you have an old organization refusing to adapt until courts tell them to do so.