It has become immediately clear that the success of all U.S. university athletic programs is now totally dependent upon how wealthy or how poor each university is.
The schools that have the most money and the richest alumni supporters will more consistently have an opportunity to be conference and national champions. Those universities that do not have the ability to match the money of the rich schools and recruit and sign the most talented athletes will never have those championship opportunities – and only because of money.
Naturally, top athletes will go to a university that pays them the most money. You can’t blame them for doing so. However, the result now is that every year the conference, bowl and national champions will be crowned mostly because their school had the ability to pay huge sums of money. They outbid the many other schools that did not have the ability to pay more for the most talented athletes.
In America, this is not an equitable, reasonable or fair way to decide who will or who will not have the opportunity to be a college athletic champion. I hope that those who made the current rules will see their errors and will soon make corrections to provide an equal opportunity for success to all U.S. athletes and universities.
Gary Wilson, Gresham
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