Yup. There are a lot of concerns here, but the millionaire coaches and high-status administrators clutching their pearls undercuts the message.

Tangentially, that is why I think that as long as the “brand” of college football is managed carefully and pays the right amount of lip service to the traditions of the sport (e.g. making sure players have access to the university, playing on campus, not signing players with previous pro experience) , further movement in the direction of professionalization is not going to kill CFB as a spectator sport. There is already no sport that’s more hypocritical in its entire structure.