Oh stop! Don’t try to claim that NIL and the transfer portal hasn’t significantly changed the landscape and made money influence that much more of a factor. Individually they make a major impact, together they have made it so that competition for all but the same set of schools will be impossible.
Say goodbye to the days where a school like Rutgers could occasionally have a good season and surprise people. Five years from now, unless something changes, you will see the same top 20 teams year after year and all the others will be effectively if not literally relegated.
That may be ok for some people. For me it takes all the enjoyment out of rooting for my alma mater. The kids are now paid professionals without the same allegiance they would have had in the past. I don’t blame the kids but it also doesn’t mean I have to like it.