Jackson Wells did live out his dream to be an Arkansas Razorback baseball player. Never mind that none of us saw it.
Wells was deep into Arkansas' summer workouts when he signed a free agent pro contract with the Houston Astros this week. But anyone who questions the motivation for leaving the Razorbacks' baseball program after only a few weeks does not understand the wildly changing landscape of college athletics.
Name, Image and Likeness payments and the revenue share model that began July 1 isn’t a windfall for everyone, especially the rank and file of the SEC baseball world.