We can no longer ignore the obvious. No longer witness life-altering moments and avoid doing the right thing.
It's time to pay college football players.
"We put our career, our life, on the line every snap we play," Kentucky tailback Benny Snell Jr. told me last week.
And it's time we start listening.
To Ohio State defensive end Nick Bosa, who Tuesday decided it wasn't worth trying to return to the field this season from a torn muscle, instead leaving school to focus on preparing for the NFL draft.
To former UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen, who last year told me a majority of players leave early for the NFL not because they think they'll be first-round picks, but because they want to get paid before injuries ruin the very thing that allows them to earn.