Reading that ESPN piece about the top 500 draft prospects just makes me sick. It’s not about developing a player for three or four years anymore, it’s about showcasing them for one good season to get their draft stock up and cash in. We used to watch kids grow from freshmen to men, like watching the 2003 team gel over years. Now? A kid has a decent spring game and his agent is shopping him for the highest NIL bid before fall camp even starts. The whole sport has become a transactional minor league, and the soul of it, the team building, is gone. They don’t play for the name on the front of the jersey, they play for the price tag on the back. It’s a damn shame.