Special to The Providence Journal

We are back for our 10th season with some new twists and turns and added flavor. Appreciate all the emails from all over the country. We're just weeks before the 2025 college football season kicks off, so let's address the most significant offseason developments both on and off the field.

The powerful benefit from a rigged system

NIL and the transfer portal. Name, image and likeness money is not going away; it’s growing at a record pace with no regulation or limitation. And it’s not just the quarterbacks making the big money. (An incoming Michigan freshman quarterback will reportedly earn $10 million to $12 million.) A freshman offensive tackle committed to Texas Tech — yes, that bastion of mediocrity is paying him more than $5 million over three yea

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