Nobody Wants to Talk About The Real Problem With College Football

The NCAA wasn't built to protect athletes. It was built to protect itself. In 1906, they created "amateurism" to preserve class standing — not to help players. In the 1950s, they invented the term "student-athlete" so a dead football player's widow couldn't collect death benefits. For decades, they made every athlete sign a form handing over their name, image, and likeness — while telling them they couldn't profit fr...