All of this. Thoughtful, sensible, complete perspective on how screwed up college sports are.
@GottliebShow Doug: aren’t scholarships year to year? Could the dynamic change if the schools offered 2,3 or 4 year agreements? I think the schools don’t to protect themselves, no?
@GottliebShow College players are in a better position now that they can get a piece of the pie.
there is no logic here and definitely not a complete perspective. college athletics have always been transactional - scholarship (money) for play. the only thing that has changed is that the non-compete has been removed i'll follow that up with i really don't like what the new transfer rules have done to ncaa. i can't argue they are wrong by any means, but disliking something and it being wrong are different things you want to coach and it be about relationship? go to the high school level - it will be a while before NIL and transfer rules really disrupt that level IMO
@GottliebShow In my day, we didn't have to be paid to play. We just stole our roommates' credit cards and charged whatever we wanted.
@GottliebShow Cuts both ways. Now college coaches see what players had to go through when their coach left them high and dry in the past
@GottliebShow Ok, except the player he used as an example from SH played there for four years, graduated, and then left to experience a better program.
College sports left the building a long time ago. This is a P&L center for major universities and players are employees who attend school as a condition of employment. Networks and sponsors are channel partners and the biggest donors are activist investors. Coaches can still build relationships with players whose interests are served by remaining in place. I am more concerned by the earnings inequity between the top tier players and their teammates and the rest of the student body. This cannot be healthy on a team or for the campus community. Same goes for the exorbitant coach’s salaries in revenue producing sports. Simply put, are athletic departments entertainment or academic enterprises? I think we know the answer to that.