Fair enough and I respect you not wanting to pay the athletes. BUT- it’s here. We can either get on board now or we might as well go join the Mountain West with the PAC 12 leftovers in 3 years.
Where it saves us some is when we talk about high quality 3 stars, or the occasional 4 star even...... those guys don't command big checks.
But I do see your broader point.
What I want to know is when will the NCAA sack up and actually tack on some rules with this, b/c we need them. For instance - if you get a big bonus $ for signing out of high school, is it reasonable to say that should be a 2 year commitment to stay at that school? I don't think that's unreasonable.
OR - bring back a sit out type rule where if you leave you have to miss a full season or half a season. We can't have a universe where coaches invest two years to recruit high school prospects, and then kids efing leave after 1 year. That's a joke. Its especially joke when a Spencer Rattler gets paid massively and then ups and leaves after a few months at OU.
In the pros when you get PAID, you have stay and play with one club to a contract's stipulations. College now needs similar guard rails. You can't have a system where it's pros without contracts.