At this point I think it is inevitable whether it is an improvement or not. Look I don't blame them for being lured in by big offers and (in some cases) impossible promises but sooner or later the bottom will fall out. Sure the top of the top will get their money but if we don't think the big money booster guys or the shady NILs won't start screwing over the players then we are being beyond naïve. Promises will be reneged on, money will be with held (or lawyered to the point that it is much less than originally promised) and lord knows what else will happen.The players unionizing would be an improvement at this point.
We already have seen, prior to this mess, that jumping into the Portal is no guarantee. Now even more players are doing it...top players from top teams. While we get a lot of tweets saying "X amount of teams have contacted Y player" that means very little. Sooner or later teams with boatloads of cash are going to only focus on the creme de la creme and players like say Hawkins (no insult to him he is just an example) are going to jump into the portal and end up not liking what they find. (no matter what NIL agents tell them) No one is looking out for the players (especially the agents and boosters) so one day they will have to protect themselves...from everyone including themselves.