His team having dazzled the nation during an unexpected run to the Final Four, UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin is something of an expert in the inequities of a business model that generates billions of dollars for the NCAA while providing athletes with little more than a free swag bag.
That model appears to be further crumbling with the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision Monday clearing the way for additional compensation for college athletes as long as it’s directly linked to their education, part of what Cronin sees as a day of dual reckoning for the NCAA.