NCAA = Slavery You can't make this stuff up

#26
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bamawriter said:
Yeah, it is. Compensation, insurance, schedule, health and safety...

Scholarship athletes are not "amateurs" by any logical definition of the word.
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This can all be solved with one simple solution. Allow them to declare for the draft straight out of high school for every sport.

If they succeed great, if they flame out then that’s on them.
 
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n_huffhines said:
You would feel differently if you were good enough to make $1M/yr off your talent.
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No I wouldn’t.

If I were that good I would take the Brandon Jennings route. Go overseas and dominant for a year, get paid, then enter the draft.

Football it isn’t even possible to go pro straight out of high school, even if it were allowed no one be successful in trying it.
 
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bamawriter said:
Yeah, it is. Compensation, insurance, schedule, health and safety...

Scholarship athletes are not "amateurs" by any logical definition of the word.
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My original point......Take away athletic scholarships and make it like D3. Let them pay their on way,take out student loans, or get a job. Take away the free health insurance and meals as well. Make the athletes schedule their own classes and pay for their tutors. make them buy their own clothes (no free shirts, sweats, shorts, or shoes).

Then see how much crying there is!
 
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FleeceItOut said:
This can all be solved with one simple solution. Allow them to declare for the draft straight out of high school for every sport.

If they succeed great, if they flame out then that’s on them.
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Absolutely.....If an 18 yr old thinks he is good enough to play against the best, let him. Problem is 99% of them will end up broke and unemployed and tax payers will be taking care of them.
 
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peaygolf said:
My original point......Take away athletic scholarships and make it like D3. Let them pay their on way,take out student loans, or get a job. Take away the free health insurance and meals as well. Make the athletes schedule their own classes and pay for their tutors. make them buy their own clothes (no free shirts, sweats, shorts, or shoes).

Then see how much crying there is!
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There simply wouldn't be any major college sports.
 
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n_huffhines said:
It's a bad analogy for the most part, but slaves were compensated too. They had health care, room and board, even educated them, and brought them to Christ. Can't beat salvation.

There are parallels because a system has been created that denies people the ability to negotiate fair compensation for the product of their labor. In that sense, it is like slavery.

It's a bad comparison because they are free to do other things and actual slavery was 100x more distasteful.
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Set them free
 

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bamawriter said:
There simply wouldn't be any major college sports.
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Perfect!!!!!

Then those that whine like babies about the "poor" student athletes need to shut up and realize what these guy's (and girls) get.

Let's pay Little League kids. They bring in snowcone, hot dog, and drink revenue to the local parks department.

Let anyone turn pro that wants to!
 
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n_huffhines said:
That's sad that he has to go to a "socialist" country to get paid, right? Is that how things should work?

What about football players?
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Football players actually need college to get them physically ready for the next level. They benefit the most from it.
 
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peaygolf said:
Perfect!!!!!

Then those that whine like babies about the "poor" student athletes need to shut up and realize what these guy's (and girls) get
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What they get and don't get is the issue. Disagreeing with it doesn't mean we are unaware or unknowledgeable
 
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bamawriter said:
True.

My issue is how players are restricted while in school.
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I think they should be able to capitalize on their likeness by getting paid to sign autographs or jerseys. Get money to do the local Buddy Garrity Chevy dealership spot or the burger and hot dog place down the street. I wouldn’t have a problem with that at all, but I think there should be some sort of regulations, like making sure that stuff like that runs through the SID office and keeps dirty agents and runners away from programs as much as possible.
 
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peaygolf said:
Perfect!!!!!

Then those that whine like babies about the "poor" student athletes need to shut up and realize what these guy's (and girls) get.

Let's pay Little League kids. They bring in snowcone, hot dog, and drink revenue to the local parks department.

Let anyone turn pro that wants to!
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The flip side of that is the people making $ off them and the people who love to watch them pay will realize they should have been properly compensated.

Yes, why shouldn't everybody get paid for things they are good enough to do professionally. If LL is profitable enough to pay players, go for it.
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
I think they should be able to capitalize on their likeness by getting paid to sign autographs or jerseys. Get money to do the local Buddy Garrity Chevy dealership spot or the burger and hot dog place down the street. I wouldn’t have a problem with that at all, but I think there should be some sort of regulations, like making sure that stuff like that runs through the SID office and keeps dirty agents and runners away from programs as much as possible.
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I don't really disagree with that.
 
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I think the best solution is for the NBA to modify the G-league to have HS grads play in it. People would pay good $ to see Zion Williamson in the G-league. There would be a much better TV/streaming market for G-League.

Who knows, it could make college hoops better, or it might make them change their system. It'd be nice to find out.
 
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The NBA needs to adopt some type of system similar to MLB. These kids can declare for the draft and if they’re not drafted or get drafted in round 2 they have the option to go on to college to play for a couple of years.

The system screws the kids over from this aspect. Now they can’t go out and take money or gifts from agents which will be hard to monitor.
 
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