I get what you're saying but players should have been paid for decades now based on the revenue they're helping yo create. The TV deals prove that.Horse crap! If a full scholarship isn't enough, find something else to do. How much do jocks contribute to the classroom, anyway? As with so many things in our culture, the tail wags the dog. The purpose of higher education is personal growth and intellectual development, not paying mercenaries to tackle and shoot baskets. If they want to get paid, Amazon is hiring.
It is what it is, a nightmare.I get what you're saying but players should have been paid for decades now based on the revenue they're helping yo create. The TV deals prove that.
What caused the current nonsense is programs and coaches fought hard to prevent it so it left it in the hands of the courts. The players won the right to profit off NIL. That was inevitable and now it is what it is.