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Carson Beck set for multimillion-dollar pay cut after being drafted

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Just how screwed up is "college" football?

The Arizona Cardinals drafted former Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck with the 65th pick in the 2026 NFL draft. Arizona drafted Beck, who spent the final season of his college career with the Miami Hurricanes, with the first pick of the third round.

Beck helped lead the Hurricanes all the way to the national championship game. He threw a game-sealing interception in Miami's 27-21 national title loss to Indiana.

Beck, 23, has the talent to compete for the starting role in Arizona. However, the Cardinals are far from an ideal situation for Beck. Arizona went 3-14 in 2025 and held just three opponents under 20 points. Arizona quarterback Jacoby Brissett played well down the stretch for the Cardinals, but that did not translate to wins. Brissett is projected to be the Cardinals' starter in 2026, but Beck could step in later in the season.

If Beck is forced to start, he'll be in one of the worst situations in football. The Cardinals have a number of holes on their roster and play in the NFL's best division.

During the 2025 season with Miami, Beck passed for 3,813 yards, 30 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Beck spent the first five seasons of his six-year college career at Georgia from 2020-2024. He started at Georgia in 2024 and 2025.

Beck is a rare case study in the name, image and likeness era. He made at least $4 million at Miami in 2025 and that number was possibly much closer to $6 million when factoring in incentives. In the NFL, Beck is projected make $1.34 million as a rookie. That's quite a pay cut.

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Nitt1300 said:
Just how screwed up is "college" football?

The Arizona Cardinals drafted former Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck with the 65th pick in the 2026 NFL draft. Arizona drafted Beck, who spent the final season of his college career with the Miami Hurricanes, with the first pick of the third round.

Beck helped lead the Hurricanes all the way to the national championship game. He threw a game-sealing interception in Miami's 27-21 national title loss to Indiana.

Beck, 23, has the talent to compete for the starting role in Arizona. However, the Cardinals are far from an ideal situation for Beck. Arizona went 3-14 in 2025 and held just three opponents under 20 points. Arizona quarterback Jacoby Brissett played well down the stretch for the Cardinals, but that did not translate to wins. Brissett is projected to be the Cardinals' starter in 2026, but Beck could step in later in the season.

If Beck is forced to start, he'll be in one of the worst situations in football. The Cardinals have a number of holes on their roster and play in the NFL's best division.

During the 2025 season with Miami, Beck passed for 3,813 yards, 30 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Beck spent the first five seasons of his six-year college career at Georgia from 2020-2024. He started at Georgia in 2024 and 2025.

Beck is a rare case study in the name, image and likeness era. He made at least $4 million at Miami in 2025 and that number was possibly much closer to $6 million when factoring in incentives. In the NFL, Beck is projected make $1.34 million as a rookie. That's quite a pay cut.

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And he can make money off NIL in the pros as well. Not sure why people don't grasp this. Saquon for example lives off his NIL money he's earned as a pro and saves every cent of his salary. If Beck has value to people he'll make more but of course he has less value as a rookie NFL QB taken in the third round vs being one of the best in the college game.

College players should have always had NIL rights...the only issue is programs refused to agree to pay them directly so NIL became essentially pay for play

Beck has more value at Miami with the Hurricanes than in the NFL with the Cards...we get that, right?
 
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Nitt1300 said:
Just how screwed up is "college" football?

The Arizona Cardinals drafted former Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck with the 65th pick in the 2026 NFL draft. Arizona drafted Beck, who spent the final season of his college career with the Miami Hurricanes, with the first pick of the third round.

Beck helped lead the Hurricanes all the way to the national championship game. He threw a game-sealing interception in Miami's 27-21 national title loss to Indiana.

Beck, 23, has the talent to compete for the starting role in Arizona. However, the Cardinals are far from an ideal situation for Beck. Arizona went 3-14 in 2025 and held just three opponents under 20 points. Arizona quarterback Jacoby Brissett played well down the stretch for the Cardinals, but that did not translate to wins. Brissett is projected to be the Cardinals' starter in 2026, but Beck could step in later in the season.

If Beck is forced to start, he'll be in one of the worst situations in football. The Cardinals have a number of holes on their roster and play in the NFL's best division.

During the 2025 season with Miami, Beck passed for 3,813 yards, 30 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Beck spent the first five seasons of his six-year college career at Georgia from 2020-2024. He started at Georgia in 2024 and 2025.

Beck is a rare case study in the name, image and likeness era. He made at least $4 million at Miami in 2025 and that number was possibly much closer to $6 million when factoring in incentives. In the NFL, Beck is projected make $1.34 million as a rookie. That's quite a pay cut.

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Or can be like nussmeier and come back for the money instead of first round and have a bad year!!
 
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KingLando said:
And he can make money off NIL in the pros as well. Not sure why people don't grasp this. Saquon for example lives off his NIL money he's earned as a pro and saves every cent of his salary. If Beck has value to people he'll make more but of course he has less value as a rookie NFL QB taken in the third round vs being one of the best in the college game.

College players should have always had NIL rights...the only issue is programs refused to agree to pay them directly so NIL became essentially pay for play

Beck has more value at Miami with the Hurricanes than in the NFL with the Cards...we get that, right?
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,Carson Beck is not Saquon. He will be lucky to do a car ad for a dealership that gives him a free ride for a year.
 
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KingLando said:
And he can make money off NIL in the pros as well. Not sure why people don't grasp this. Saquon for example lives off his NIL money he's earned as a pro and saves every cent of his salary. If Beck has value to people he'll make more but of course he has less value as a rookie NFL QB taken in the third round vs being one of the best in the college game.

College players should have always had NIL rights...the only issue is programs refused to agree to pay them directly so NIL became essentially pay for play

Beck has more value at Miami with the Hurricanes than in the NFL with the Cards...we get that, right?
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Why doesn’t he just go back to Miami?
 
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Why doesn’t he just go back to Miami?
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His college eligibility is up. He turns 25 in November.

They're talking about doing to a "5 years to play 5 seasons" model for college athletics. I bet more and more athletes will stay in college rather than go pro just for the sake of money. This is especially true for the kind of player whose skill set may not be transferrable to the NFL.

If you're making a lot of money in college and you're not sure you'll make it in the NFL, just stay in college. The competition for roster spots and playing time is MUCH more intense in the NFL.
 
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His college eligibility is up. He turns 25 in November.

They're talking about doing to a "5 years to play 5 seasons" model for college athletics. I bet more and more athletes will stay in college rather than go pro just for the sake of money. This is especially true for the kind of player whose skill set may not be transferrable to the NFL.

If you're making a lot of money in college and you're not sure you'll make it in the NFL, just stay in college. The competition for roster spots and playing time is MUCH more intense in the NFL.
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College eligibility is up?? What’s that? Another arbitrary rule restricting someone’s earnings. Just like no NIL was a rule, no transfers w o restrictions was a rule, somebody challenged it and won They will challenge this n win too , restraint of trade.
we will see
 
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Bison13 said:
what will his GF do now that he's not making 3mill+ a year? That dude is ugly, pretty obvious she wasnt with him for his looks or his personality
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I don’t think they are together anymore. She was way out of his league and probably makes more than him.
 
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,Carson Beck is not Saquon. He will be lucky to do a car ad for a dealership that gives him a free ride for a year.
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But he had value in college--it's a simple concept
We agree--he's not Saquon. He's not special in the NFL--he was in college
 
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This little thing called eligibility--and, yes, I'm sure you just said this so you can complain about eligibility not being real when I respond
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It’s only as real as the transfer rule, the no taking money rule etc. kids go to college more than 5 yrs all the time , so why can’t Carson Beck?
 
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It’s only as real as the transfer rule, the no taking money rule etc. kids go to college more than 5 yrs all the time , so why can’t Carson Beck?
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What do you think the transfer rule is?
Again--he doesn't have any eligibility remaining under the current rules. We have to deal with "what is"--no matter how mad that makes you
Beck, like Allar, had no other option--maybe a year (or 10) from now that will change
 
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What do you think the transfer rule is?
Again--he doesn't have any eligibility remaining under the current rules. We have to deal with "what is"--no matter how mad that makes you
Beck, like Allar, had no other option--maybe a year (or 10) from now that will change
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All Beck has to do is go back to school n challenge it in court. He’ll win
 
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Ok you win, it was stated as an opinion but prove me wrong
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Prove me wrong...he was out of eligibility (like Allar) and couldn't return. That's a reality. You're "but he could have done X" is irrelevant. Just a way for you to complain about your frustration with what college football has become.

If he thought he would have gotten another year he would have taken that route. Nussmeier definitely would have.
 
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But he had value in college--it's a simple concept
We agree--he's not Saquon. He's not special in the NFL--he was in college
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He wasn’t special in college either. Who was paying all his NIL money and for what reason?
 
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s1uggo72 said:
College eligibility is up?? What’s that? Another arbitrary rule restricting someone’s earnings. Just like no NIL was a rule, no transfers w o restrictions was a rule, somebody challenged it and won They will challenge this n win too , restraint of trade.
we will see
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The NCAA can’t enforce any of their current rules so stands to reason if someone challenges the number of seasons one can participate in college football that rule will fall too. I mean, why not six or seven years? Or more? If class standing is an issue take a class or two per year. Like you said - it’s all arbitrary until there is some kind of collective bargaining agreement.
 
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The NCAA can’t enforce any of their current rules so stands to reason if someone challenges the number of seasons one can participate in college football that rule will fall too. I mean, why not six or seven years? Or more? If class standing is an issue take a class or two per year. Like you said - it’s all arbitrary until there is some kind of collective bargaining agreement.
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Have form a union first. That said it would turn heads if kids went back to school after not liking their draft status or where they got picked etc.
 
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s1uggo72 said:
Ok you win, it was stated as an opinion but prove me wrong
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I agree with ya. If Miami wanted him until he's 42, he should be allowed to 'go to school' until then.

Seriously, why not? He makes 4-6M a year. Why can't he continue playing for Miami at that rate. Now, he has to get hit by larger human beings and get 1.4M a year and yes I know he can still collect endorsements but maybe he won't now that he's in Arizona and not in the Miami scene. I think we have a restraint of trade case here or at least something the NLRB should look at.
 
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I agree with ya. If Miami wanted him until he's 42, he should be allowed to 'go to school' until then.

Seriously, why not? He makes 4-6M a year. Why can't he continue playing for Miami at that rate. Now, he has to get hit by larger human beings and get 1.4M a year and yes I know he can still collect endorsements but maybe he won't now that he's in Arizona and not in the Miami scene. I think we have a restraint of trade case here or at least something the NLRB should look at.
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NLRB typically doesn't look into individual cases.

A case can be made that the NCAA eligibility rules constitute a restraint of trade. But in order for them to be overturned, someone has to file a complaint in court (the NCAA got away with violating antitrust laws for years because no one challenged them).. That takes time and money. But it worked for Diego Pavia and in relatively short order, so maybe Beck can contact him and get a referral.
 
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NLRB typically doesn't look into individual cases.

A case can be made that the NCAA eligibility rules constitute a restraint of trade. But in order for them to be overturned, someone has to file a complaint in court (the NCAA got away with violating antitrust laws for years because no one challenged them).. That takes time and money. But it worked for Diego Pavia and in relatively short order, so maybe Beck can contact him and get a referral.
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Something along these lines will happen sooner or later.
 
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Or we'll see a players union and it will be subject to a CBA. That will take longer because right now there is no interest anywhere.
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It takes two to tango when it comes to unions. (The wife just called me to the table. More later.)

Continuing: It seems to me that the players have a sweet thing going nowadays, amirite? What would they have to gain by unionizing?
 
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