UConn head coach Randy Edsall made the surprising move Friday to call for the NCAA to allow its players to be paid.
Edsall’s comments were inspired by the recent revelation by Yahoo Sports that several high-profile college basketball players received payments from a sports agency. He sent a tweet on Friday critical of a recent NCAA rule change that will allow schools to employ more people as player evaluators.
With @NCAAFootball proposal 2017-99 adopted Colleges and Universities will employee more people in their scouting departments than the NFL and still not paying the players with all the money being brought into the Conferences.