I am troubled, as I am sure many others are as well, about how college sports are trending. I firmly believe college athletes should be given the right to NIL. However, the nature of the transfer portal and the come hither and go away nature of the sport is troubling (with complete tampering mixed in). There is NOTHING like this in sports across the globe. Contracts are contracts. The NCAA is the wild west. While I believe the old way was way too one sided to the school (locking kids in even when it is against their best interest), the pendulum has swung WAY to far the other way.
How does the NCAA, the schools, and the kids get control over what is becoming a dysfunctional system? 2 year contracts? Collective bargaining? "Salary caps?" etc.
I do not see how this current environment is sustainable.
Thoughts?