I think the people who keep talking about recruiting and talent are missing the point of where, at the least, I and other people who don't care about the football aspect are coming from.
College athletics is the exploitation of the poor and black. Most of these kids would not be going to college let alone private school if it were not for athletic scholarships. So many of these kids talk about how they had never left their county or state before being recruited. They're not taking the trips themselves to familiarize themselves with various campuses, schools, programs and coaching staffs. Hell a lot of them don't even have Internet to do the research online. What they know is what they can see. The schools around them. The teachers and education right there.
If we REALLY care about the kids and really believe the bull **** we spew about college sports opening up a world of opportunity - that's why we refuse to pay the players right? Because the education and opportunities are already priceless - and we truly believe the education comes first, then why is the NCAA going out of its way to block avenues for these kids to access information about the schools and specifically the teachers and coaches they'll be, let's keep it real, working for for 60 hours a week over 3-4 years.
The NCAA already makes it near impossible for kids to transfer if a school or program is a bad fit. Then why the **** are we making it so hard for kids to find the right fit?
It's *** backwards. They claim one thing, then do the other. What they're worried about is essentially Jim Harbaugh "tampering" with Alabama's recruiting base but they don't want to use the word tampering because that would expose this for what it really is.
Do what's in the best interest of the kids first. We shouldn't give a **** about school's protecting their recruiting base advantage. I can't wait til the NCAA topples.
