The era of college sports being the minor leagues for professional sports is approaching its end. I don’t know how I feel about that, I really don’t. Only 1% of college athletes go pro- the rest get a degree when they very possibly would not otherwise. Now what is that degree in? A fair question. Tough to answer.
But the Universities bear a significant portion of this blame, it isn’t just the NCAA. The NCAA made rules about the emphasis on “student athletes” and what did the football factories do? “Communication” degrees. “Fill in the blank studies” degrees. None of them legitimate, all designed to allow a “student” an easier pathway to eligibility so they could make them money on the whatever field/court.
But this is why I’m conflicted- there are 10s of thousands of kids getting degrees in countless universities that will not and never had made or had potential to make money for anything. These kids far outweigh the ones who are part of these big giant universities making football $$$. What’s going to happen to them?