AJ McCarron is never at a lost for words, especially when it comes to college football and the way he feels like the NCAA is ruining things.
The former Alabama quarterback and current head coach of the UFL's Birmingham Stallions gave some strong opinions on the NCAA when he was a guest on the NCAA State of Mind podcast.
AJ McCarron says the NCAA is trying to "mess up" student athletes
"Back in the day, it used to be about getting an education, bettering your life, being a guy like me, a first-time graduate from college ever in the history of my family. It was how to make you a better person. I feel like now it's how messed up can we make it for you," McCarron said.
McCarron goes into the issue with transferring to multiple schools over 4–5 years and issues with school credits from school to school and the difficulties of receiving a degree and lacking the connections that come from being an alum at one school.
The two-time BCS national champion also talked about the difficulties of getting into the NFL and how some student-athletes aren't getting the right information when it comes to the real probability of them continuing a career in professional football.
McCarron has some solid points, especially when it comes to relationships that can be built with alumni over a period of time. Having a degree from one school and using the time in college athletics to build that network has proven to be a pathway to success for many student-athletes that don't play professional sports.
There's a lot that college sports could change to make things more equitable for the student-athletes than it was 10-20 ago years while also promoting a level of stability that would control some of the frequent movement from school to school that we've seen over the past five years. It will never be perfect, and you can't simply put the toothpaste back in the tube, but McCarron is speaking from the heart and I believe he's truly concerned about the next wave of college football players.
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