I'm saddened that instead of guaranteed rides for kids, which never cemented itself at this level, and all of the posturing about it needing review and whatnot, this complete abandonment comes along, and it's got the votes.

And a shift from "this is what we should be doing" to "this is what the kids will want."

Things have gotten so out of control, and for the life of me, I just can't understand why schools can't just say when someone is on the clock at an institution and when they're not. "I want to keep playing" and "but I haven't exhausted my eligibility" should be one of the last things on these schools' minds. Commit to them, get them to a degree, and be done. If they're just there to toss a football or basketball around, schools should just pass altogether on it. Like, why isn't the NCAA laying this on the front porches of the NFL and NBA and saying "we can help a lot of these kids but not all of them. What are you going to with the rest?"

Schools should be in the business of education. Not sports.