It’s about time. For years, everyone in the collegiate sports industry has profited. The schools profit, the media profits, the divisions and NCAA profit, but Alabama Crimson Tide players and their counterparts across college sports, have not. Players have not been able to earn or accept money despite their hard work and dedication being the ones bringing the money in.
It really has never been fair. Some of the players come from nothing, with sports as their only escape from their circumstances. Yet they have had to continue to watch their family suffer as they grind through college in hopes of one day making it to the professional leagues.