People keep saying this, it was ALWAYS like this. The only difference is that the talent was drastically underpaid and coaches, administrators and everyone else was able to benefit from the players not being able to participate in the free market.
Imagine how much a guy like Eric ****erson would get today, he was worth far more than a Trans Am.
No, it wasn’t always like this. This isn’t the a same as some of the best players getting cars and cash behind the scenes like the old days.
Players are openly being paid more than NFL starters and they can switch teams multiple times much more easily than NFL players can (without even having to sit out a year).
It’s completely different from how things used to be.