look at all these ignorant "oh athletes make millions for the school" while that is true, the universities have formed a platform for which to generate the revenue.
if player A doesn't sign with a school, then the school will sign another willing and capable player who will bring the revenue.
it's not the athletes that generate but the name and fanbase of all the schools that really generate the money. the universities and NCAA should and do hold all the cards here. we all know that the high school football players have no viable options.
You couldn't be more wrong.
1. It's a fact that winning teams generate more branding for a school than alumni, school, fans. Alabama now admits more out of state students then instate for the first time. Reason? Football. The same can be said for Miami's history. Any honest administrator will tell you that. How'd you miss it?
2. Platform from which to make money... I'll just stop the nonsense as almost all universities and definitely all the ones that play major college football are non-profits. Is their mission to educate or make money? Now throw in that the only schools that make money are the winningest programs and it becomes near criminal to choose to not educate all students (hey, they admitted them, they're responsible for educating them)
3. Fanbase's don't do anything but live vicariously through the kids that are being taken advantage of; the athletes generate the name. Miami's fan base didn't popularize "The U", the players did. ****, the Cane "fanbase" can barely bother to come to games. The "fanbase" gives itself far too much credit for something they have zero responsibility for. But they're real good at praising these kids when they do well/win and throwing them away or calling them JAGs when they don't pan out.
4. As for "...signing another kid...". LOL. You can't win with any old kids. Any old kids get bitter at the good kids and say things like "you're getting a free education" because they mistakenly believe that the "free" scholarships would be their's if only for those unqualified/criminal kids who don't belong, but the facts are that they wouldn't take any old kids if they were the only athletes left. Witness Miami using less than 75 of available 85 scholarships. Any old kids can rootand be bitter about kids who actually have athletic talent they lack.