Joe Nocera is right that paying college athletes has created a mess. But as iPINIONS argues, this is good mess… the kind that exposes old injustice, shatters NCAA hypocrisy, and forces long-overdue reform.
The chaos around NIL, transfers, and athlete pay is not the problem. It is the moral bill finally coming due.
Read my full take on Substack:
https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/hey-nocera-paying-college-athletes
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