This is a great conversation.
I spoke with an administrator recently who raised the same point around the long-term mental health implications of the current system.
The reality is that most of this kids will never make this type of lump sum money again.
Are they earning it? Yes.
Are there going to be adverse long-term effects as they transition to “regular” life post college? Absolutely.
And at the moment there is no unified structure to support that reality. A CBA is needed and will come.
Ding. Ding. Ding. It’s not the top kids that this system will fail. It’s the kids who make $500k and then $600k. They graduate, their careers sputter out and then go to get an office job and make $75k. What are they going to do then. The ncaa won’t care…