College football isn’t even pretending the sport matters anymore

College football has always been a farce, but it has never been more clear than in 2020.

A sport where unpaid players play for millionaire coaches for universities making hundreds of millions off of their talent. A sport where a team like Central Florida can win 25 straight games and never get a chance to play for a championship. A sport with five major conferences and only four playoff spots.

We have always known this, though. The sport was always about making marketing executives and university presidents money, and dressing up the money making machine with the allure of tradition and prestige. We still tune in for 12+ hours of football every Saturday to watch one of the most exciting sports in the land, pretending we do not know about the inherent evil and greed that allows this sport to take place at all.

Still though, in 2020 college football has managed to outdo itself in exposing how much of a farce it is. The sport was always just a front to make money, but now the money making machines has gotten to the point where the sport itself does not even matter anymore.

Lets start from the beginning. Much of college football pushed on this offseason without proper protections in place for the unpaid players as COVID-19 ravaged the nation.

The Clemson Tigers, the defending runner-ups and offseason favorites to win the national title, suffered an early COVID outbreak that has left at least one player…