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Cardale Jones unloads Twitter rant against NCAA for ‘exploiting its athletes’
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Cardale Jones made his opinions of the NCAA model known all-too-well a couple years ago. His infamous “classes are pointless” tweet made national headlines before he became a national name.
With basically his entire college career still ahead of him, Jones apologized for that and even returned to school in part because he wanted to get his degree.
But now that he’s no longer a college athlete, Jones isn’t likely going to regret his latest blast of the NCAA’s ways.
The former Ohio State quarterback had this to say on the matter:
I'm so happy to be done with the @NCAA and their rules & regulation. They do any & everything to exploited collegiate athletes.
— Cardale Jones (@CJ1two) April 11, 2016
It's deeper than athletes thinking we should get paid. The @NCAA control our lives with insane and unfair rules.
— Cardale Jones (@CJ1two) April 11, 2016
Why shouldn't a collegiate athlete be able to use their OWN likeness/brand to benefit themselves but yet the @NCAA can sell there jerseys🤔
— Cardale Jones (@CJ1two) April 11, 2016
That's my 2cent on the @NCAA .It's not like that's going to change how the athletes are exploited, even tho 98% of people feel the same way
— Cardale Jones (@CJ1two) April 11, 2016
It’s worth mentioning that while the satellite camp ban is a hot-button issue right now, Jones never mentioned satellite camps or the NCAA’s decision to ban them. Jones is just weeks away from likely getting drafted, where he’ll make plenty of money off his likeness.
He wasn’t the only Buckeye to publicly oppose the NCAA on Monday. His former coach, Urban Meyer, called the NCAA’s new rule that deregulates texting with recruits “ignorant” and that he hoped the NCAA would revisit its ruling to ban satellite camps.
There’s not much mincing of words these days in Columbus.
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.