With the transfer portal, any pretense of an interest in a university education among college football players has evaporated, and with NIL financial support the NCAA has essentially warped into the minor league system for pro football (and pro basketball), with the Power 5 as the equivalent of baseball’s triple A teams.
The games at the top of the pack are exciting, but the system itself is corrupt as hell, which is to be expected as higher ed devolves to higher ed, inc - just another racket, fronted by DEI incompetents like Harvard’s plagiarist-in-chief.
I see FSU just got DJ Uiagalelei, who already has played at Clemson and Oregon State.
Basically you root for laundry now, because you sure as hell can’t keep up with the players.
Zero school loyalty. Only care about numero uno.
“but the system itself is corrupt as hell, which is to be expected as higher ed devolves to higher ed, inc - just another racket, fronted by DEI incompetents like Harvard’s plagiarist-in-chief.”
You read a lot of dumbassery on these sports threads - but sifting through all the huffing and puffing the real culprit is the NCAA, they disgust me as much as Xiden. They think that the mentally ill sex pervert who goes by Lia Thomas is a girl. I feel bad for those west coast schools that have to come way out here, it’s not going to help them if it doesn’t work. You’ll have Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Washington, Oregon and others eliminating each other while their precious SEC gets an automatic team in. The NCAA is the GOPe of college football.