College football is broken, and the NCAA can’t fix it
College football players should be paid.
Even writing that makes me feel ill, but after half a century of believing that the system can be fixed, I’ve crossed over to the dark side. Like a broken VCR, the system isn’t even worth fixing. What’s the use in trying to keep the athletes themselves pure as the driven snow when the conferences, the bowls, the boosters, the schools, even the parents are all so dirty?
What’s more, the only authority remotely in position to fix the current situation seems to want nothing to do with governing the sport…