Zeus-cat
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I heard on the radio today that the NCAA has agreed to a deal where certain Division I college athletes will get paid.
I'm undecided on this. I see both bad and good things here. On the good side people deserve to be paid if they do work. And they certainly make the universities a tremendous amount of money for what they do. And the AVERAGE NFL career is 3.3 years, so many players play 3 years or less as a pro. Not much time to make a lot of money after playing high school and college for 8 years for nothing. Plus you could suffer a career ending injury in college and never get paid as a pro.
On the bad side it just seems to cheapen the game. Now we have removed all doubt that big time college sports are a business from top to bottom. I don't know the details of the deal as for how much they get paid. Is it by position? Playing time? A guaranteed minimum for all? I guess I might have more faith if I thought the NCAA could actually solve a complex issue equitably. And of course, pumping even more money into college sports seems like everyone is begging for more problems.
I'm undecided on this. I see both bad and good things here. On the good side people deserve to be paid if they do work. And they certainly make the universities a tremendous amount of money for what they do. And the AVERAGE NFL career is 3.3 years, so many players play 3 years or less as a pro. Not much time to make a lot of money after playing high school and college for 8 years for nothing. Plus you could suffer a career ending injury in college and never get paid as a pro.
On the bad side it just seems to cheapen the game. Now we have removed all doubt that big time college sports are a business from top to bottom. I don't know the details of the deal as for how much they get paid. Is it by position? Playing time? A guaranteed minimum for all? I guess I might have more faith if I thought the NCAA could actually solve a complex issue equitably. And of course, pumping even more money into college sports seems like everyone is begging for more problems.