This is entirely the NCAA and more importantly title IXs fault. If schools weren’t forced to used funds from three male sports to finance 30 sports teams then football players would all have had free rides long before now, and deservedly so considering that football brings in more revenue to colleges compared to any sport period.
Title IX is the death of sports. When I was in college(about 20 years ago) they had a fencing club that was trying to form an official team. They had enough guys lined up to form an official team but the administration said no because they needed to have women's team first to comply with title IX and that any men's team would have to be formed at least one year following the women's team.
This is entirely the NCAA and more importantly title IXs fault. If schools weren’t forced to used funds from three male sports to finance 30 sports teams then football players would all have had free rides long before now, and deservedly so considering that football brings in more revenue to colleges compared to any sport period.
Title IX is the death of sports. When I was in college(about 20 years ago) they had a fencing club that was trying to form an official team. They had enough guys lined up to form an official team but the administration said no because they needed to have women's team first to comply with title IX and that any men's team would have to be formed at least one year following the women's team.
To date they still have zero fencing teams.