I was at lunch with somebody that is involved with sports at the collegiate level this past week, and we were talking about how sports have become a "rich kids" game.
In the state of utah.. the power programs have always revolved around affluent areas (Olympus Cove, Harvard/Yale area, South Jordan, Alpine, Draper.. etc). If you follow where 'money' moves over the past decades you will find the majority of HS state championships. Kids that have access to high-end camps and training are always going to have an edge.
The same model is slowly moving into the college level.. College players who have the means to work out with personal trainers and private coaches will take the spots from kids who don't have that same access.
It's why BYU has great success with their walk-ons. Kids with money. (the argument that BYU isn't expensive doesn't work.. I know a few current BYU walk-ons that will probably quit this year due to financial problems).
Agree or disagree? over the next few years, the best college athletes will come from money?