Josh, I feel your pain but I also don't agree with your premise. I don't think it's EVER been a level playing field in college sports. No one ever played by the same rules; teams never had equal proximity to recruits; teams were never located in equally attractive cities; teams never had the same level of alumni support, etc., etc. More …
Josh, I feel your pain but I also don't agree with your premise. I don't think it's EVER been a level playing field in college sports. No one ever played by the same rules; teams never had equal proximity to recruits; teams were never located in equally attractive cities; teams never had the same level of alumni support, etc., etc. More importantly, teams were never equally scrutinized by the NCAA, the very organization responsible to keep the field level. Yes, NIL will be exploited by some but it's also making some mid-tier teams more competitive. Spreading the wealth, so to speak. Better yet, it's getting more kids off the bench and onto the field. Point is, wherever someone can get a competitive edge, they'll do it. Can't stop it.
Yes. The difference now is that the money goes over the table instead of under it. The NCAA too often looked the other way, sanctioning small and mid-level programs for doing what the traditional powers were did -- and had been doing for many years.
Josh, I feel your pain but I also don't agree with your premise. I don't think it's EVER been a level playing field in college sports. No one ever played by the same rules; teams never had equal proximity to recruits; teams were never located in equally attractive cities; teams never had the same level of alumni support, etc., etc. More importantly, teams were never equally scrutinized by the NCAA, the very organization responsible to keep the field level. Yes, NIL will be exploited by some but it's also making some mid-tier teams more competitive. Spreading the wealth, so to speak. Better yet, it's getting more kids off the bench and onto the field. Point is, wherever someone can get a competitive edge, they'll do it. Can't stop it.
Yes. The difference now is that the money goes over the table instead of under it. The NCAA too often looked the other way, sanctioning small and mid-level programs for doing what the traditional powers were did -- and had been doing for many years.