The Lost World Of Amateur Sports

How long has it been since you had an easy knowledge of the players on your favorite college team’s roster? Has that roster changed so much from year to year that you just can’t keep up? For that matter, are there now turnstiles on your locker room doors? Does your quarterback show up in a chauffeured limo?

The days of big business college sports have consumed us. The innocence of true amateurism has become a 50-watt bulb in a 500-watt world.

Am I the only one who longs for the good ol’ days when the word “amateur” didn’t include players in double-vested suits and $40,000 gold necklaces?

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