Every Time the Little Guys Benefit, the College Football Playoff Changes the Rules

Has College Football turned into Pro Wrestling?

The talking heads are losing their minds right now. A Louisiana judge granted a temporary restraining order allowing 16 football players—some who signed NFL contracts and joined training camps—to pursue a return to college football for an extra year of eligibility. 

The outrage is deafening. How dare they? Where's the integrity? Where's the amateurism?

Spare me.

Where was all this outrage when the College Football Playoff got rewritten—three times in three years—to protect the brands that control the money? Where was the hand-wringing over competitive balance when Power 4 programs started spending $13 million to $30 million on football rosters while most G5 schools scrape by on $1 million to $5 million?

College football isn't a meritocracy. It's sports entertainment. And like the WWE, the outcomes are predetermined by the people holding the checkbook.