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Sure, sign them to contracts so they are required to play in bowl games, can't transfer under any circumstances, and can be fired/released if they don't perform up to expectations out of high-school or get injured.
If all the petroleum companies formed the National Petroleum Association of America (NPAA), and that association dictated that all new petroleum engineers had to work for 30k and room and board for a couple of years while the industry raked in billions, you and the federal government would be dropping the metaphorical hammer on such an unamerican, unfair, illegal, laughable monopoly.
For some reason, because it's the status quo, you dunces support the N(C)AA and support not letting the principals negotiate for compensation.
Doesn’t matter. It has ceased being an amateur sport decades ago. It’s a multi billion dollar industry. In fact, just one school’s program is in the seven digits.How many NCAA programs make a big profit from athletics?
So, you've never heard of interns?If all the petroleum companies formed the National Petroleum Association of America (NPAA), and that association dictated that all new petroleum engineers had to work for 30k and room and board for a couple of years while the industry raked in billions, you and the federal government would be dropping the metaphorical hammer on such an unamerican, unfair, illegal, laughable monopoly.
For some reason, because it's the status quo, you dunces support the N(C)AA and support not letting the principals negotiate for compensation.
Interns aren’t principals. Vince Young wasn’t holding clipboards and getting coffee for the staff meeting.So, you've never heard of interns?
There are plenty of industries where people either don't get paid to learn on the job, or get paid WAY less than scale for sometimes a few years before they can make what they deserve.
This is the dumbest comparison I've ever heard. To be an actual engineer, you have to have a college degree. I've never heard of a college athlete who has gone to school long enough to have a degree who isn't eligible to go pro and get paid. And guess what? If they have a degree and somehow can't go pro, they're free to go off and do anything else they want and get paid. You know, like any other person alive. Except the difference is they have 0 debt, compared to millions of other grads who have to deal with it.If all the petroleum companies formed the National Petroleum Association of America (NPAA), and that association dictated that all new petroleum engineers had to work for 30k and room and board for a couple of years while the industry raked in billions, you and the federal government would be dropping the metaphorical hammer on such an unamerican, unfair, illegal, laughable monopoly.
For some reason, because it's the status quo, you dunces support the N(C)AA and support not letting the principals negotiate for compensation.
If only these players had the option to not have to play football and just go to college as a regular student.The vast majority of scholarship athletes don't turn pro. They end up with degrees, serious professional contacts, a resume grabber, and no student debt. All while playing a game they love in front of thousands of people and all that TV exposure.
Sure, they are abused.