LAST THURSDAY the NFL inadvertently and unintentionally made a case for paying college players. Minutes before he was expected to go within the top three or four picks in the NFL draft, Laremy Tunsil found out both his Twitter and Instagram accounts had been hacked, sharing with any potential future employer a two-year-old video of him smoking out of a gas mask bong and messages suggesting he was paid under the table while playing for Ole Miss.
Tunsil tumbled to the Dolphins as the 13th pick overall - the Eagles original draft position - costing the offensive tackle by, even modest estimates, more than $8 million in lost wages.