OPINION: Baker’s Bombshell
In a move that was hailed as revolutionary by supporters and dismissed as reactionary by critics, NCAA President Charlie Baker has taken a long-anticipated first step: leading the tradition-bound organization to acknowledge that amateurism in big-time college sports is a myth.
WHAT HAPPENED: In a widely circulated letter to member institutions, Baker provided the broad outlines of a new way forward for college sports, designed to stave off the inevitable collapse of the current model and[…]