(SEATTLE, Wa) – Names, images, likenesses, the transfer portal and the chase of big money. WSU football Coach Jake Dickert’s departure for Wake Forest is just the lates in an NCAA shakeup that is leaving smaller schools behind and turning college athletics into nothing more than minor leagues for the pros. Bill Swartz takes a look at how things have changed, and not for the better.

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