Between the increasingly bloated NIL budgets (that fans sometimes find themselves on the hook for), a crazy transfer portal period every winter, and professional players trying to find their way back onto college rosters, it's getting harder to feel the same passion for the game many once held so dearly.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.
This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.But you don't need to take my word for it, even former college athletes from a time not-too-long ago are voicing their displeasure with the current state of college football.COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS FINALLY BACK AFTER MONTHS OF NCAA LAWSUITS, NIL DRAMA AND CONGRESSIONAL FIGHTSOne of those former college athletes who is fed up with it all is Lee Brice.Singer Lee Brice performs on stage at the 35th annual Barnstable Brown Gala on Friday night.May 3, 2024 (Maggie Huber/Special to Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK)The country music star was once a scholarship player for the Clemson Tigers, and he joined the "Tomi Lahren is Fearless" show to discuss the issues plaguing his favorite sport."I'm not a fan of the way things have changed," Brice said.While he doesn't disagree with the idea of paying college athletes who bring in millions of dollars in revenue to their universities, Brice was expecting there to be more rules in place.SENATE MOVES TO REIN IN COLLEGE SPORTS 'WILD WEST' WITH SWEEPING NEW RULES FOR PLAYERS, SCHOOLS"In the NFL, you go and sign a contract.
You can't just leave," Brice states."But in college, you can go get paid all that money and then go, 'I just want to go somewhere else.'"That lack of commitment, as Brice puts it, isn't teaching the young men who are having all this money thrown at them any of the values they will need as they get older.The need for guardrails in the college game is precisely why Congress has become a battleground for pa...