[BostonCard]

Hard to separate conference realignment, NIL, liberalized transfer rules, and the soon to be full discarding of the idea of a "student athlete" for "employee athlete" but all of them are a reflection of the same thing... collegiate athletics has become all about the money (for the athletes, the schools, the coaches, and the television networks) , and not at all about the college.  If I wanted to watch minor league professional sports, I would have started going to San Jose Giants games.

Last year was a major step back in my interest in collegiate athletics in general and Stanford in specific, and the move to the ACC just cements my apathy.  I'll go to an occasional volleyball match or two, and being who I am, I'm sure I will get caught up in some sports' storybook season, but I would no longer describe myself as a fan in the traditional sense.

It's a little sad, but it's also ok.

BC

[BostonCard]

Hard to separate conference realignment, NIL, liberalized transfer rules, and the soon to be full discarding of the idea of a "student athlete" for "employee athlete" but all of them are a reflection of the same thing... collegiate athletics has become all about the money (for the athletes, the schools, the coaches, and the television networks) , and not at all about the college.  If I wanted to watch minor league professional sports, I would have started going to San Jose Giants games.

Last year was a major step back in my interest in collegiate athletics in general and Stanford in specific, and the move to the ACC just cements my apathy.  I'll go to an occasional volleyball match or two, and being who I am, I'm sure I will get caught up in some sports' storybook season, but I would no longer describe myself as a fan in the traditional sense.

It's a little sad, but it's also ok.

BC