Who cares? The NCAA, its schools and ESPN makes hundreds of millions off these players. Let them benefit financially too. It’s THEIR talent nd THEIR risk if they get injured. I am so sick of this “amateur” hypocrisy. If the players must forego any “benefits” then let the NCAA and ESPN forego any ad revenue “benefits”.
But what about the teams that actually abide by the rules?
There’s one school that has never had a major ncaa infraction in ANY sport in their history - while graduating 90% of their athletes. Why were they punished for something they had nothing to do with?
So you think it’s ok to recruit illiterates, and pay them just to put together a good football team? I though college was supposed to be more than that.