Tim Tebow talks the future of NIL deals, college football realignment

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The college football offseason was all about tit-for-tats over name, image and likeness (NIL) deals and realignment across the major conferences in the sport.

Alabama’s Nick Saban, Texas A&M’s Jimbo Fisher and Jackson State’s Deion Sanders were all in a dustup over how NIL affected recruiting while USC and UCLA made the shocking decision to announce their intentions of moving from the Pac-12 Conference to the Big Ten Conference.

NIL deals and the extra pay for college athletes is a relatively new thing, but athletes have been cashing in. Alabama’s Bryce Young inked a deal with a local BMW dealership, Texas running back Bijan Robinson got a deal with Lamborghini, and USC transfer Caleb Williams got a deal with Fanatics Authentic and Beats by Dre after joining the Trojans.

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Tim Tebow speaks during the 2022 International Poverty Forum at Porsche Cars North America, March 4, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Derek White/Getty Images)

Tim Tebow was one of the biggest college football stars from 2006 to 2009. He led the Gators to a national championship in 2008. He also won the title when he was a freshman in 2006. Tebow was awarded the Heisman Trophy in 2007.

Over the last year, Tebow partnered with Clean Juice and became the company’s national brand ambassador. Clean Juice also announced Tebow’s first franchise will be opening in Florida next month. He told Fox News Digital in a recent interview that it was tough to say whether he would’ve been heavily involved with NIL during his collegiate career but said there should be "guardrails" in place.

"I think it’s so hard to answer a hypothetical," Tebow