I think this might be it for me as a college sports fan. There's nothing left in the tank when there's nothing to really enjoy about this stuff. It's turned into such a business, but, until it actually ever functions like real businesses, it's a sham. It's definitely anti-competitive; anti-trust is long overdue.

You don't get to this point unless you look at some of the habitual abusers of recruiting and hoarding, like Alabama and USC football or Kentucky basketball and say "well, I can't beat them, so let's join them." You're essentially telling D1 that what those programs do is fine. It is not. Getting kids and then letting them go so they can't instantly play again across the field from you is such a dirty play. Ok, you take away the risk assumed by student athletes a bit...you still don't come close to the actual root of the problems. And this is just getting stale.

What saddens me the most is that these are places of higher learning and culture. This is what they do with athletics? This is okay to college presidents to do to students? I mean, it makes sense; schools turn increased costs onto the students like it's nothing without any concern, and then expect states and other sources to back them up financially. What the heck is happening? This is what sits at the top of D1 institutions. I am sad for what students have to deal with and pay for. They are wasting money.