There has always been a significant percentage of college athletes that are not concerned about getting their degree. When I graduated from Texas A&M in 1979 I was one of 10 seniors that year. 5 got degrees and 5 didn’t. That made no sense to me at the time. But my how times have changed. A college degree isn’t worth the same today as it was 40 years ago. Theoretically players today can make more money off NIL and other side deals than many of their non-athletic peers trying to enter a terrible job market. I see a lot of critical comments about NIL and it’s impact on college athletics. And I will be the first to admit that it’s out of control at the moment. But college athletes have been screwed for decades so let them make hay while they can w/o a bunch of hate. It will come to an end as soon as the NCAA can figure out a way to have all the NIL money funneled to them. And you can bet your ass they are working on that right now.