Wetzel: Mad about college football eligibility chaos? The NCAA should have seen it coming
Posted Aug 25, 2026
College athletics is always about self-dealing and self-interests. They talk a good game about "student-athletes" and paint slogans like "family" and "team" on the weight room wall, but if some NFL camp roster cut might help convert on third down, many won't hesitate to dial up a sympathetic magistrate and bump a sophomore down the depth chart.
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