After the NCAA’s settlement allowing college and universities to directly pay their athletes, varying opinions shot in every direction across the country.
From excitement to disgust to confusion, people loudly shared their thoughts about just one of the many latest changes to the college athletics scene.
Most recently, Robert Sanchez from the Miami Herald published an op-ed suggesting that it may be time for the Miami Hurricanes to drop sports entirely.
Lawsuit settlement will change college athletics. It may be time for UM to drop sports | Opinion https://t.co/JOAPscxIB3
— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) June 14, 2024
Almost immediately, loyal Canes fans were up in arms, screaming and shouting that the idea of getting rid of college athletics was completely asinine.
They actually charge money for subscriptions to read content like this? Embarrassing. Do better @MiamiHerald https://t.co/PaO4nfeNl6
— Locked On Canes (@LockedOnCanes) June 14, 2024
Not gonna hold back on this:
— Rowdy Baribeau (@rowdybaribeau31) June 14, 2024
What idiot (editor) allowed another idiot (Sanchez) to write such a hit piece like this? It may be time to drop the Herald entirely, starting with Robert Sanchez. Opinions are debatable. Not this one. It’s flat ignorant and wrong. https://t.co/Ppm0MwnQCH
Within the article, Sanchez supports his argument for dropping sports with examples from the early to mid-1900s, dating back to nearly 100 years ago.
It may be time for the Miami Herald to drop Robert Sanchez after this stupid article, which uses an example of a university dropping sports in 1936…. 1936!
— Geo Milian (@GeoMilian) June 14, 2024
How did this make it past an editor? https://t.co/rKrbFcUzhh
What are we even doing here? https://t.co/TBvXKBfrKe
— MIAMI (@MiamiSportsHQ) June 14, 2024
One fan did some digging, researched Sanchez’s past, and learned that the writer used to be a professor at rival university Florida State.
This may be the single worst take I have ever seen on this app… read what I could trying to navigate all the pop ups, but this is a bunch of hot garbage spewed from a failing publication…
— DIRTY BIRD (@dirtyyybird) June 14, 2024
Then I looked at the author… All makes sense now! 😂🖕 https://t.co/DIxDdnmmmm pic.twitter.com/kruoAIcFch
I read this awful column so you all didn’t have to. The author lives in Tallahassee, thinks college sports is evil because of NIL and sports gambling, takes a shot at the Orange Bowl, and thinks Miami athletics revenue doesn’t help support the bottom line. https://t.co/GLDmbpMLTG
— Jeremy Marks-Peltz (@JMP1063) June 14, 2024
As Miami races toward yet another season in the ACC, the possibility of on-field sponsorships, increased NIL revenue, and other revenue-creating ventures are available to the Hurricanes.
College sports culture (and finances) is rapidly changing and schools have had to constantly adapt to the new rules laid out by the NCAA. The $2.8 million settlement is just one example of many changes that have occurred since the end of the 2023-24 football season.
As the dust settles, Miami Hurricane sports are, more likely than not, here to stay. Maybe Sanchez should stay in Tallahassee with his Seminoles.