I get your point but my feeling is players should take responsibility for their opportunity to get a free education. Counting on corrupt people or “system” to take care of you just won’t work. How do you do that? Simple, by picking schools and coaches who are committed to the educational part of the deal, they are out there and available.Just a note , not to criticize these 2 former Players but, rather the current system.
This is Curbelo’s 3 rd team in as many years , same for Jones . Notice I use Team since using School just doesn’t seem applicable .
The Covid transfer rules and now , NIL have made a mockery of College Athletics . The term Student Athlete is now obsolete as the NCAA has hastened its demise .
How much of a Education are any of these Players today going to get ? Will they get a Degree ? Or , the necessary knowledge to find a Career after their BB playing days are over ?
Sure , Curbelo and Jones and countless others will find BB in Europe or elsewhere for maybe 10 years but , will that be enough to sustain them and their families for the 30 years after that ? I don’t know the answer .
Even , if it does , do they go into Coaching or Teaching ? Probably not , without a Degree.
Maybe the NIL money will help College players but , that’s a short duration income stream .
These are unanswerable questions right now for College Athletics . Let’s see what comes next .
I’m sure there are Colleges, Coaches who are genuinely interested in their Player’s future post BB but , I’m not certain it’s the norm rather than exception .
I just hope NIL doesn’t decline into 1 more exploitation scheme that looks good but , really isn’t . Sure , it pays the Athletes for playing but , does it do anything to provide for their Education ?
Along the same lines, NIL won’t decline into exploitation schemes if players are smart with their money.