EAST LANSING, Mich. -- From courtrooms to Congress, college athletics has spent the past half decade decrying how name, image and likeness rights for players and the transfer portal have adversely affected competition, if not supposedly destroyed the soul of collegiate competition.
Monied mercenaries have ended the concept of team. Transfers leaving after each season mean players no longer play for each other. Coaches are thus incapable of building and teaching. It's a wonder they even still bother with March Madness.
The man standing Tuesday behind a lectern, previewing his latest trip to the NCAA men's basketball tournament, has never been shy to chime in with his complaints.