It’s far to easy to lump primary blame on the colleges. Yes, they are a contributing factor, but prima donna/sense of entitlement culture begins long before they start playing college ball. Over the past couple of years, schools have started offering scholarships to seventh graders. Think about that for a moment. The kid hasn’t spent a single day in high school and his path as an elite athlete is already being formed.
Take a kid from a dysfunctional home, with no positive male role models and a marginal education. Then, you tell him he’s the next LeBron or Tom Brady or whomever. What kind of spoiled brat will he be by the time he accepts that scholarship? As long as he produces on the court or the playing field, there will be plenty of enablers to give him what he wants, and cover-up any mistakes along the way.