Fan or athlete, the NCAA hates you
Zachary Faria
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As college football gets back underway, it is important to remember all college sports are under the control of an organization that hates its athletes and you, the fans.
The NCAA for years was the obnoxious elitist in the college sports world, declaring that athletes receiving any amount of money, no matter how small, was a violation of the pristine conditions of amateurism. At the same time, the NCAA raked in hundreds of millions of dollars in merchandise, television deals, and video games, among other things. The NCAA wasn’t in the sports business as much as in the greed business.
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That is still the case, to the point where North Carolina Tar Heels tennis star Fiona Crawley was forced to decline her $81,000 in winnings from the U.S. Open to maintain her college eligibility. While the NCAA now allows athletes to make millions in endorsement deals, tennis players are capped in tournament winnings at just $10,000. Amateurism saved!
The issues extend to the gridiron. North Carolina’s Tez Walker is ineligible under NCAA rules because he transferred twice, even though his first transfer was to leave a program that shut down its football team because of COVID. Walker petitioned NCAA President Charlie Baker (the former Massachusetts governor who now makes nearly $3 million a year ruining college sports), but no dice. He was forced to miss the team’s first game and remains sidelined.
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Luckily, though, the NCAA has its eye off the ball and on the commercials, because the league changed its clock rules to make football games shorter. Have no fear, though, the broadcasts are just as long, because that time previously filled with touchdowns and tackles is now filled by more ads. Just what fans have been asking for all along.
For a time, it looked like the NCAA may entirely lose its grip on college sports. Nothing could be better news for both players and fans. The NCAA hates everyone involved in its product, except for the thousands of Benjamin Franklin’s that go into its pockets at the expense of players and fan enjoyment.