Texas let four players go, including two WRs to sign transfers including WR Cam Coleman.

Sarkisian: Longhorns 'let go' big-name players to create cap space

Wow. This is brutal for both sides...coaches have to get the best talent, and players need to be stars to be paid a justifiable NIL, or to be retained.

Looking more and more like the NFL every day...

Whoa, so much for words like 'family' and 'loyalty.'

As Texas coach Steve Sarkisian noted at SEC Media Days, college football is an unregulated multi-billion-dollar business.

Hats off to Sark for not obfuscating; for recognizing today's world of college sports for what it is. The vast majority of college athletes are at a given program today for transactional reasons, not just for the love of U or State.

Why is anyone surprised that, like the NFL, where players are paid, salary considerations are the principal part of roster management? How many NFL transfers stay with their current team because of loyalty to their team? That's a rhetorical question.

Loyalty, fraternity, fidelity? Do players want this over being paid to perform?

Every guy Texas let go to clear 'cap space' was signed by another program and continues to be paid. I doubt that these players, and their agents, took this as a personal affront. The Texas players now on the Oklahoma roster will have the chance for payback.

If you want a uniform salary cap that is not ignored, like the House settlement cap is ignored, call the athletes what they are, 'employees,' and enter into a collective bargaining agreement with the athletes.

The vestiges of 'tradition' need to go, including having a true FBS playoff and not a bowl extravaganza.

This is happening at Texas, with the wealthiest athletic department in college sports. It also happened at Oregon, where the money was not available to retain many young DL players off to Alabama, Notre Dame, and other greener pastures.

There is a silver lining. Salary cap issues are the reason the SEC lost its college football hegemony, and a program like Indiana can win a national championship.