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Tom Brady sounds off on what’s wrong with college football
Tom Brady appears at American Dream for the grand opening of Card Vault by Tom Brady Anne-Marie Caruso/NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
College sports are significantly different from when Tom Brady led the Michigan Wolverines at quarterback in the late 1990s, and the retired seven-time Super Bowl champion is wary of the current landscape of college football in the NIL era. The path that Brady took at Michigan is becoming a rarity in today's era. He appeared in only 6 games before getting his first real opportunity as a full-time starter as a junior. Brady went on to start his final two seasons before landing to the New England Patriots with the 199th pick in 2000 NFL Draft. Fast forward to today, where players, especially quarterbacks, are tempted with lofty NIL packages and playing-time guarantees in the transfer portal. Players are no longer incentivized to develop behind the scenes, waiting their turn for a starting role. "I wasn’t at college to do anything other than have a great college experience, to go to school, to have camaraderie with my teammates and to compete at a high level," Brady said on "The Joel Klatt Show." "That’s really

This article first appeared on NIL on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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