Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="Rumrunner, post: 4454924, member: 1252"] This sucks, but it is the way that the powers-that-be have slowly pointed the direction of college athletics. Most of these athletes would have minimal compensatory value but for the name of the school, its fan base and the tv money that watch them. So long as schools tolerate that an offensive lineman is going to make more than the school president at Texas A&M, all the while receiving free tuition, room and board and a stipend to boot, the show will go on. I've said it before, I don't begrudge any athlete trying to maximize his personal situation at the expense of the team. At the same time, the kids that get forced out prematurely when a portal transfer comes in, that sucks, but it is the way now. Primetime and Colorado are the new normal. These guys are hired guns. The coaches, the players, everybody. So long as they wear the UConn uniform I'll root for them. Just because amateurism is dead doesn't mean the show doesn't go on, it just goes on in a bit more tawdry, yet open, manner. When the madness stops, you'll see the top 40 or 50 schools standing tall with their fists of money, ruling over the NFL-lite realm bearing the "team brought to you by the University of Alabama" or "the team brought to you by University of Southern California". UConn is in a better position than almost any other G5 school, and a handful of P5 cellar dwellers, so hopefully our ride continues for a bit longer. [/QUOTE]