Re: McFeely's Tip Sheet: NDSU working toward Alston payments for athletes
Originally Posted by
steelbison
It is getting to the point that sports aren’t associated with colleges anymore. That’s where this is going Unions. Seriously?
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I mean it kinda went out the window when schools started recruiting kids that had no business going to the school academically in the first place. It’s been a de facto minor/developmental league ever since. I do think in the long run it’ll hurt the branding of college sports as the curtain is pulled back. But that’s not the kids’ fault. They just see all these people getting rich off the entertainment they provide and want some for themselves. Hard to blame them. In fact if you want to blame someone, blame the administrators who have turned college athletics into an absolute money grab above all else. They’re the ones who started it and how we got here.
As far as the union comment. Don’t all sports leagues have unions? From an administrative/owner standpoint, there’s the NCAA and conferences that fight on behalf of the schools, it would be only fair that the players can organize as well. Especially considering the monopolistic power of the NCAA.
Again, this is really only something that will affect the largest schools and in the long term will not be as big of a deal as it’s seen now. I’m sure desegregation and allowing freshmen to play seemed overwhelming at first but now we look back at them as milestones that were long overdue.
Mountain West, hope for the best.