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Cuttlery  Title: Wanna see what you missed?
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Basketball and Football College Players: Should they be paid a 'salary'? |
murron2 posted:
Cuttlery posted:
Absolutely not.
Why not?
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For a multitude of reasons.
They get free school. There are millions who would give up everything for that. There are all kinds of issues with Title IX. Most schools lose money on athletics already. I personally dont want my tax money going to support paid athletes at a state college.
Now with all that being said I do think they need to ease up on the restrictions on what student athletes can do and how they can earn their own money, but there is absolutely no way I think they should be paid.
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murron2  Title: Bloom where you are planted!
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Registered: 2002-1-6 08:40:46
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Would you consider a 'stipend' the same as a salary? Suppose the monies were NOT gotten from your tax dollars, have problems with it then? Just curious 
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Cuttlery Title: Wanna see what you missed?
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Basketball and Football College Players: Should they be paid a 'salary'? |
Do students who get scholarships based on their high school GPA get stipends as well? They are going to contribute more than an athlete in the long run. There are also the Title IX issues still. I would feel more comfortable if I wasnt paying for it with my tax dollars but that brings up another issue. If you have a school like Oregon who has major backers like Phil Knight paying all of the football team or a team like Utah State who has no Phil Knight paying football players what school are all the players going to pick? It would make the competitive balance very bad, we'd see the same 5-10 teams every year.
I really think the solution is to ease restrictions on how players can make money. I think they should be able to market themselves at least on a limited basis, and the work restrictions on them are ridiculous.
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murron2 Title: Bloom where you are planted!
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Basketball and Football College Players: Should they be paid a 'salary'? |
Some of this addresses what you are talking about Cuttlery
Mandatory summer workouts, health care coverage for injuries incurred while playing, etc.
I thought it interesting...Truly!
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Sith_Mauler Posts: 1,851
Registered: 2002-12-21 13:40:03
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I wanna say yes but for every successful money making collegiate sports program that exists there are many more that have programs that aren't profitable.
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NeoKarnak  Posts: 346
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I do not want to see college players getting paid a salary. The comments above pretty much cover it.
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OG_Loki Title: *Pelvic Thrust*
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Registered: 2002-1-26 18:18:46
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Basketball and Football College Players: Should they be paid a 'salary'? |
ArchrikerHG posted:
murron2 posted:
Cuttlery posted:
Absolutely not.
Why not?
Truly...
~Murron~
for the reasons already posted. If they are worth being paid, they should already be getting paid through a scholarship (free school). If they aren't that good, then it's obvious why they shouldn't. Also, why should a dumb jock get paid when someone who becomes a high dollar defense attorney who contributes regularly to the school fund after graduation does not get paid? They probably do more for the school than the sports player.
Also, they aren't pro, they are in school and paying their way through school by doing sports, just like regular people go through with a job.
I had another good reason when I started this, but I was helping put christmas decorations up and I've forgotten by now.
LOL So Jelly.
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Jezza_Belle Title: =^.^=
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Date Posted:
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Basketball and Football College Players: Should they be paid a 'salary'? |
I think it would be nice for some of the poorer students to have their families taken care of, because it would be a load off their minds that they're not just leaving their parents and siblings in the ghetto to end up on drugs or dead. It would allow them to relax and enjoy their college days more and focus on school and the game more IMO.
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Greyfox_MT  Posts: 117
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Basketball and Football College Players: Should they be paid a 'salary'? |
I'm a complete anarchist.... you want sports? Separate it out of the schools.
I'm tired of hearing that all these people have to have sports to get an education. And don't even think about blowing the hot air that the sports programs support the educational side of the schools unless you have the accounting sheets to back it up.
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