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Yes, and in my example- if they were in town 1-2 nights, I get the insane prices. But this was long deal, so you would think demand would calm a bit. Nope. Now I am fully aware that being in vegas, many seats are comped to high rollers, business buy tickets to entertain, etc. But it was the point where I wasn't going there. I sold my 5 series beamer for the same reason... i am not wealthy enough to not look at the bottom of the repair receipts.

I'm sorry but the big reason those trade jobs right now pay remotely well is because there isn't a massive pool of talent to pick and choose from, making it a scarce resource. If everyone started pivoting and going down that path, it wouldn't be very long til the average person in those roles would be struggling to make a living wage, as everyone would be trying to undercut each other to get business.

A lot of people also have the appearance of wealth because they spend all of their money on flashy, readily apparent things to other people. Like expensive sports tickets, cars, houses, etc. that they truthfully can't afford. There are a lot of very truly wealthy people out there, no doubt. But most of those types don't flash it. The people flashing luxuries and routinely spending on those items are ,more often than not, up to their eyeballs in debt. I've seen it first hand.

You could say much the same about our men's and women's basketball team when it comes to those famines that impacted their seasons. I can only scratch my head.

Everything is relative. If my children are respectful, gainfully employed, law abiding and responsible you damn right I think they are "successful". Damn right they are. I make very good money, I have worked hard and been blessed with great opportunities. A recent anecdote- I can certainly "afford" to buy Eagles tickets at the sphere in Vegas- sure. But I am not 2K dollars plus fees for a decent seat and not think twice about it "successful" in life. That residency sold out at those prices for months. People out there - many- make stupid, stupid money.

My wife - the daughter of an Ohio State engineering alum- got into Cornell, Penn, OSU, WVU, etc. Her dad told here "major in engineering- wherever you go" She had been to Ohio State but he encouraged her- look at VT- good engineering school, close to home. She visited VT once before deciding to go there. My story is a bit different. I wanted to go someplace warm. My dad told me- I will pay your tuition if you go to an in state school. So I only really considered VT and JMU- I am what Frank Beamer calls "not a UVA type".

Believe it or not my high school guidance counselor officer had a pamphlet and I researched top 20 engineering schools and cross referenced against costs. The spring break trip to look at the school sold Mom and I.

This is ultimately the spot-on point. Thank you.

If the revenue is really there then it should be no problem to pay the players with it. The problem is 1% of the players generate 99% of the revenue. The rest don't generate enough revenue to offset the cost of their Scholarship.

I feel like Matthew McConaughey from Wolf of Wall Street everytime I have a conversation with an "NIL Supporter" or hear the phrase "NIL Potential"

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True- I work in health IT- I have never hired anyone without at least a BA. Don't remember every working with someone without one. Having said that - a bachelors is just table stakes now- nothing more. A real estate agent or electrician or HVAC technician are certainly potentially "good jobs" sure. None of those are going to pay what we pay entry level BAs with college degrees though. HVAC you are starting at 40K per year max.

that notion that you need a university degree to get a good job is not correct

I know that "good job" is open to interpretation, but I've worked in the tech/software industry for a decade now and I've never had a coworker without a college degree.

There's absolutely nothing in an undergraduate program that directly helps you develop the skills you need to be successful as a non-developer in Tech (and even dev skills can be self taught or learned from places other than universities).

I've had coworkers who broke into the industry with English degrees, psych degrees, degrees from schools I've never heard of, etc, but I've never had a single coworker without a college degree.

There's a difference between saying "you need to go to college to learn the things necessary to perform at a job" (I think this is false) and "you need to have a college degree in order to separate yourself from other applicants" (which I think is absolutely correct).

I think DC's point is that the whole package of compensation was still driven by boosters and not all from an NIL deal. So if it took $1MM to get Hartman and even $500k came from NIL and the other $500k from boosters, then the NIL market isn't truly supporting these deals. It's going to come down to the schools with the boosters who have the most cash to throw around to subsidize the deal, which is a clear market failure. Now with revenue sharing that will support a large chunk of these deals where the NIL value isn't really there.

It depends upon the type of job. Plumbing, construction, welding, auto repair, stage crew at the theatre (which my daughter is interested in and I've told her point blank we are not paying $60,000 a year for tuition alone at Wake Forest or Duke so she can study Theatre, you just get a job doing stage crew if you want that).

The trades are definitely not being inundated with applicants.