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I simply can't get all that worked up about this when the entire sport at that level is filled with hypocrisy and hands out, grabbing billions of dollars, while an infinitesimal percentage gets to those creating the value. No, I don't advocate paying players, but I don't care if they sign a piece of paper or a photo or a jersey or grabs some other crumb while everyone else is gorging on cake.
Ben Simmons is ready for his career, did what he was supposed to do according to the rules right now, and is likely only in college in the first place because of the 1 yr eligibility rule preventing him from going and making a living out of the gate in the first place. He doesn't need to be a college student for his career. And even if he wanted to be, the time demands of a Power 5 basketball or football player are extreme. They get 'encouraged' out of taking tough classes, shepherded away from real majors way too often, or in the case of UNC, corralled into outright fake classes. Ben didn't make this system a sham, it was like that a long time before he got there.
In the top 10 list of things wrong with college athletics, this is about 17th in my opinion.
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