WADR, "this is the way it is, like it or leave it" is just as tired an old guy argument as the one you don't like.
For media or older fans, the question is a simple one. Do you want to be a fan of modern college sports or not? If not, fine. There are other joys in life
But whining for a return to the era of unpaid labor and supposed โpurityโ of the sport is the most tired old guy argument