« Reply #21 on: November 09, 2019, 08:50:58 PM »
It's absurd. The NCAA is such a hypocritical organization, making tons of money off these kids but not letting the kids make anything. And now the NCAA wants to ice out perhaps its most exciting player. Bravo.
first off they are not kids they are adults
Second off as adults they can make a choice - play for a scholarship or play overseas
Not every school is rolling in money, so don't even go there
Fine, they're adults. But all of the big programs (and their boosters) have plenty of money. These players comprise a product that the schools make money off, and the NCAA makes money off, but the players can't get any compensation for it? I think that's ridiculous and unfair. Of course, a lot of this could be avoided if the NBA would just allow people to go straight to the NBA and skip the token year of "college."
the students get paid
Free housing (thousands of dollars worth)
Free meals (thousands)
Free books
Free tuition
That's enough. us peasants and non athletes don't get there amazing benefits
You dont have the skills they do. In every other profession in this country people get paid according to the goods and services they provide. Except for the NCAA when for some reason the person(s) generating the money get paid only a tiny fraction of the money they deserve in order to allow others to profit. That a really dumb system.
Key word: profession
They are not professionals, they are students, and the NCAA isn't a professional league. It is a bunch of schools that you conveniently forget. Schools pay students thousands already to bounce a ball via free housing, tuition, etc
Us mere peasants don't get that luxury. They already get hefty rewards
This is a meaningless distinction, the only difference between the two in this context is the word you use to describe them. Again the benefits they receive are only a tiny fraction of the benefits they deserve given the value the generate. Thats wrong, and calling them "student athletes" doesn't change that.
the ceo of a company gets paid $60 million while the peasants are lucky to make $25k. Welcome to capitalism
If you want share the wealth economics, move to Venezuela or cuba
The CEO is worth that and the "peasants" aren't. That isn't the case here, where the most valuable people are the athletes. They are the ones that provide a skill only a tiny fraction can, and in the case of someone like Wiseman, is basically irreplaceable. The athletes generate the revenue. They are in fact the CEO in your scenario yet aren't paid like it.
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