If you want the short version of how to fix college sports, you have to start by admitting the obvious: Stop pretending this is still amateur sports.
That isn’t a hot take anymore. It is a reality check. And the clearest proof that the old world is gone arrived this week in Waco, Texas.
James Nnaji, a former NBA draft pick with professional experience, enrolled at Baylor and is expected to be immediately eligible to play college basketball. A few years ago, that sentence would have sounded insane, remember Enes Freedom? This is a player who was drafted by the NBA, played in the summer league, walking into a college classroom to play on a Tuesday night?