Illini Football 2026

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It's not just a pre-cautionary rest for week 1.
I wonder if this is the type of thing that will finally push college sports to accept a employee/collective bargained for situation. Pro teams routinely buy insurance on player contracts that pays them back a chunk of the player salary if they miss a significant amount of time to injury. Because NIL and revenue share aren't direct compensation for playing, college programs can't really do that. With NIL numbers rising and medical redshirts gone, some program is inevitably going to spend a ton of money on like a senior transfer QB and then lose him for the season, and thereby lose their entire investment.
 
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