There are a lot of good points made in this thread. There are also some comments that miss the mark. Regarding those I offer a different perspective. In no particular order…. The NCAA has never existed to protect student/athletes. The NCAA’s singular purpose is to look out for it’s member institutions. They don’t care about the welfare of the players - they just acr like they do on occasion. On another topic, players have been recruited to try out for college teams for decades. Fall baseball is an extended tryout for all players that are not on athletic scholarships. It’s standard practice and it has been done that way for over 50 years. All players not on scholarship are keenly aware of this possibility. Also, players that are on scholarship know that it can be taken away from them for any number of reasons - some valid and some not so much. The advantage lies with the school and it always has. It seems like some people are looking for assurances that don’t exist and never have. RJM is correct that D3 is the closest thing to pure in the ranks of college baseball - and D3 isn’t totally allergic to politics, influence peddling, etc. But at least D3 hasn’t been ruined by being about money. At least not yet