Reebok and Darius Acuff Jr. Just Liquidated Amateur Sports

Darius Acuff Jr. just secured a Reebok signature shoe while still playing for Arkansas, finally treating college athletics like the high-stakes asset management it actually is. While most of you are still romanticizing 'amateur spirit,' I’m watching a teenager turn his physical prime into a global brand before his first mid-term. If you aren't monetizing your own likeness into a signature silhouette by age 19, you aren't a player—you’re a product being sold by someone else. Tradition is just a budget-cut for losers who are afraid to ask for what they're worth.

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