Last edited by bisonaudit; 03-20-2023 at 06:04 PM.
I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant - B.Aud
We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie
College of Business Alumnus
Reparations for all college athletes eh.
Lardsin must go!
The funny thing is the NCAA actually is arguing that. Their court filings reference Vanskike v Peters as a previous ruling saying certain workers aren't employees. The problem is this case was prison inmate workers not being employees because the 13th Amendment allows slavery as part of a criminal conviction. The NCAA is literally saying in court that student athletes are slaves. The plaintiff in Johnson v NCAA is black...
I'm not arguing for or against paying players. I just believe that the further college athletics venture into semi-professional status, the less engagement fans/alumni may have towards the programs. Right now they have carved out a niche in this country that is unique because of this status. Take that away and I fear that the uniqueness of college athletics will be diminished. Maybe that's totally off base. Whether they decide to pay players is a bit of a separate topic in my mind than the decision of the P5 or the SEC/B1G to separate from the rest. I just don't see the separation coming even if they start paying players.
Speaking of athletes not getting paid...
It's OK to not be OK.
The players should be paid. Instead of paying them the same (scholarships, tutoring etc.).Do an open/free market, pay each individual based on their worth to the University. Calculate how much they contribute to the success of the overall cost of operating a higher level education, then write the check. The tpp handful may be a contributor, the rest are a liability. Charge/ pay them accordingly.
St Francis of the NEC announced they are ending all 19 of their Division I athletic programs.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...m/11510364002/
I expect more to come if schools are required to pay athletes. This will have a lot of unintended consequences.