I can see this happening, and that's a massive danger of the NIL stuff. The bigger problem is, IMO, it puts the coach in an odd position becuase his first and foremost obligation is to win games, and if the starter is the big NIL guy and isn't producing, then it would make sense for the coach to sit him down in efforts to keep the best chances of winning afloat; however, you end up sitting a fan-favorite like Nico (odd, even though he's never taken a game-time snap for us, yet), then you end up drawing the ire of the fans and those who paid / contributed good money to NIL.
I think NIL is an 'okay' thing, but only if managed correctly. And who knows what's really happening on the baseball team, but I have confidence it'll iron itself out. We have a lot of young guys that just need to learn how to handle the college game first.