Tuesday, July 02, 2013
College Game of Thrones
The latest article:
This [athlete] transfer epidemic, it turns out, is just the fever dream of a gaggle of overheated coaches. Actually, it’s more disturbing than that. All of these complaints about impatient, instant-gratification-seeking athletes obscure college sports’ real transfer scandal. The NCAA is America’s worst workplace—at least they pay you a little something at Wal-Mart. Now, coaches are trying to exert still more control over one of the most highly controlled groups of people in existence. How’s this for a deal: We’re going to call you greedy even though you’re not getting paid, and we’re going to try our hardest to keep you from leaving. One, two, three—team! ?