To address the comparison of nil, rankings and recruiting of the football teams, I picked one “random “ example. For the most part they are very similar. 
Penn State

nil money #22

preseason rankings (espn) #22  

recruiting class ranking (various sites )  #20

ergo, more money, better players, higher ranking

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The only issue I have with a salary cap is this one...You are going back to the old way of doing business where the money will flow but it will be all done in the dark...This will harken back to the money handshake days only on steroids...We all know what is going to go on...That is my only reservation about doing a salary cap...We all know the big time programs will be able to skirt this without impunity...Just look at the sneaker scandal in college basketball...A couple of sacrificial lambs (coaches) got any punishment and it was really a slap on the wrist as most of them if not all of them are coaching at big time schools again...The 2 biggest offenders and coaches Self of Kansas won a national championship that year and coached as if nothing happened and of course the sacredest cow of all of them Coach K of Duke coached until he decided to retire without a blip on the screen...I am sort of torn over the salary cap thing...Cause I know it's going to go back to the old way and the sacred cow schools with the brands too big to fail will get away with paying these players in the dark...