Yep, it will be just like the NFL then. Might as well give them salaries and remove the free education part.
What happens to college sports when these kids try to decide if and when they strike? Taxes and agents will rule in this scenario. College sports will struggle in the next decade.
I think where we're headed is where players are simply hired by universities to represent them on a football team. They aren't there for an education and don't go to class. They just train and play football all the time.
It's a very tricky situation. Before college football became a multibillion dollar industry, it made sense to compensate players with room and board, free education.
We have problems surrounding it that could wreck the whole thing. The tampering or illegal contacts or outright recruiting other team's players – it's fast becoming the wild Wild West again. Just as parity was starting to keep things interesting, the Haves will again dominate the Have Nots under this system and without some sort of enforcement measures.
