Samuel enters portal

The obvious answer to your last question is no, it won't. I have already commented elsewhere on the transfer portal starting to make these players seem like mercenaries; payment for image and likeness will only exacerbate that.

It is obvious to anyone who can see that the athletes at schools in large population centers like Los Angeles or Seattle will experience more offers for said image and likeness, and for more money. Schools in small markets like Corvallis or Pullman will be even less able to compete for the high school kids. Furthermore, athletes who do go to such schools and make a name for themselves early on (think Jermar Jefferson of Jacquizz Rodgers) will be looking to transfer to the big market schools. It will be like paying your dues as the weatherman at a Eugene television station for 2 years, waiting for the call from Dallas or St. Louis.

The bureaucrats at the NCAA and the university presidents have botched this terribly and completely. For many decades, they had a very viable operation that worked for the fans and alums, worked for the universities, and worked for the athletes - sign a piece of paper when you're a senior in high school, commit for 4 years, and get a $200,000 + education culminating in a college degree. That's a good deal, folks!

When self serving politicians decreed that college athletes should be allowed to accept remuneration for use of their image, the colleges should have simply responded, "Yes, they can do so, but then they will no longer be eligible to compete in NCAA events unless they're paying for their own tuition, books, room, and board."

Killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

For many years, the coaches were paid salaries commensurate to deans or department heads. I think Pettibone never made more than $100,000.

Then, big money screwed up the pay scale. Sorry but it's hard to say the athletes don't deserve something beyond a scholarship and stipend when their coach is making upwards of several million dollars a year, or, in some rare cases, closer to $10 million a year. 

There should be a surtax on coaching salaries across the board which is pooled and distributed equally to scholarship athletes in all sports. All departments get equally and all athletes benefit equally.

The average yearly cost of a four year college is $40,000 for a total of $160,000 for the degree.  Add in room and board and it's about $200,000 tail end.  Mileage may very.

Here's the cost of just tuition (no books, no room, no board, no activities fees) at several schools I quickly looked up - Oregon State is the cheapest. For public universities, I used the out of state price.

Oregon State             $31,125
Oregon                     $36,615
Arizona                     $36,718
Washington               $38,166
Cal                           $44,009
Stanford                   $53,529
Southern Cal             $58,195

$200,000 would be a bit much at some of them, but way too low at others.

OSU in-state tuition is just shy of $12,000. And very few people pay the sticker price at Stanford or USC, which have massive amounts of scholarship aid to reduce the cost and make them comparable fees-wise to public universities. 

And if you have a decent high-school GPA (3.8 or so), you are eligible for institutional scholarships from OSU of up to $2,500 per year that put a nice dent in the tuition. 

OSU certainly costs more than many members of this board paid back in the day. But if you work at it, it's still pretty affordable. Oregon needs a program like the Hope Scholarships in Georgia, the Excelsior Scholarships in New York or the Hathaway Scholarships in Wyoming that encourage kids to stay in-state by offering very generous scholarship packages that in some cases cover full tuition.