This is not a vent board or any other kind of therapy. Before you hit the POST button, ask yourself if your contribution will add to the level of discussion going on.

Important notes on articles:

• Please do not copy entire articles into your post; rather, provide links to them.. We are now links-only for ALL Internet publications. If only a small portion of the article pertains to your post, Fair Use allows you to copy those one or two paragraphs, provided you cite the author's name and the publication for which he writes. Otherwise, put a link in the HTTP Link box.
• Even if you're copying a reference to an article, provide a link to the page from which the article came. We're trying to cut down on duplicate topics, and the posting process will check the link to your article to see if it's already being discussed on this board. At the very least, you'll save yourself some grief on the boards.
• If your first reaction after reading the article you're going to share is the author is uninformed / stupid / a jerk / all of the above, it's not worth sharing with anyone. Not every article needs to be discussed. The more the hair-pulling articles are discussed (e.g. ESPN Page 2), the more the authors will write hair-pulling articles.

Post being replied to

If I were a college athlete and allowed to do it, I sure as by potatohouse

hell would. The day Name, Image, and Likeness gets a green light, all of these guys (and girls) should openly advertise some sort of donation/payment seeking portal. If OnlyFans and the like have taught us anything, it's that the earning potential of captive audience x low cost is absolutely bonkers for even "non famous" individuals. It's like we're living out the real life thought experiment of "what if I could just get every person to send me $1?"

I'd be shocked if multiple OF/Patreon equivalents tailored specifically to amateur athletes don't emerge. It's not a direct parallel because it wouldn't be a service relationship based on directly creating content, but a lot of fan interaction that is currently being given away for free via twitter, IG, etc. could become gently paywalled. And then as you say, the potential for unsolicited donation or tipping becomes very real. Assuming I'd been sober enough to wrangle the app on my phone, Max Redfield would absolutely have taken $20 out of my wallet when he decapitated Devin Gardner at the end of 37-0.