Tsk tsk. Shame on the NCAA for still not allowing current student-athletes to enjoy the same inherent financial liberties as literally every single non-athlete on every single campus in this country. And simply nixing the rule that prohibits Duke basketball players and their counterparts from profiting off their name, image, and likeness (NIL) — likely not to go into effect until the 2021-22 school year — is simply not enough.
Why? Because there should have been a rule — no, a law — to prevent such an inexcusably asinine rule from ever existing. And such legislation should have been in existence before James Naismith thought to erect a peach basket.