![Quinn Ewers, at left, during a game against the Austin Westlake Chaparrals at AT&T Stadium on January 16, 2021.]()
Twenty years from now, football fans are sure to look back on this summer and wonder why the eighteen-year-old superstar quarterback at Southlake Carroll skipped his senior season of high school football to cash in on his fame. How could the folks in charge let that happen? You mean amateur athletes earning endorsement money was once against the rules?By then, we’ll have adjusted to the seismic change currently sweeping through amateur sports, and all the apocalyptic hot takes and endless hand-wringing from fans and media will feel like a waste of time. We still don’t quite understand the impact of the changes brought about by the removal of prohibitions that had long kept college and even high school athletes from pursuing business opportunities based off of…
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