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Apr 25, 2024
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Littlerich
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I didn’t make your point. College athletes are extremely well taken care of and
Receive benefits the regular college student would never receive.
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With NIL the way it is...If I were a pro team owner, I would be wondering how
BlueKarma
Apr 25, 8:09am
Most Universities weren’t making boatloads, the money gets distributed across
palangi
Apr 25, 8:12am
This is a huge part of college athletics that ,any football and basketball fans
Littlerich
Apr 25, 8:16am
So what you're saying is the Universities were making boatloads of money...but
BlueKarma
Apr 25, 8:17am
No, the boatloads of money pays for all the sports to operate and covers the
Littlerich
Apr 25, 8:18am
What I'm saying is they're misappropriating their revenues and should change
BlueKarma
Apr 25, 8:22am
They aren’t misappropriating the revenue, they are spending it in a way that
Littlerich
Apr 25, 8:23am
And that model is broken. They should pay the players who earn the money.
BlueKarma
Apr 25, 8:28am
Do the players earn the money? How many fans pay for tickets and donate because
Littlerich
Apr 25, 8:50am
I think you are forgetting about Title IX
TSTTKB
Apr 25, 9:20am
RE: I think you are forgetting about Title IX
Littlerich
Apr 25, 9:26am
No, I get it. Let's say out loud what we all know: they have been exploiting
BlueKarma
Apr 25, 9:34am
They aren’t slave labor. They are student athletes who get free schooling,
Littlerich
Apr 25, 9:51am
Thank you for making my point. Student athletes = Underpaid slave labor!
BlueKarma
Apr 25, 10:02am
I didn’t make your point. College athletes are extremely well taken care of and
Littlerich
Apr 25, 10:10am
"Extremely" - Nope...the free market is showing they're underpaid.
BlueKarma
Apr 25, 10:15am
They are first college students. They are extermely well taken care of, despite
Littlerich
Apr 25, 10:21am
Ahem...The flow of money isn't an indication of athletes being underpaid.
VenomFarmer
Apr 25, 10:58am
We already have pro football.
TSTTKB
Apr 25, 9:56am
Yes...and pro football has benefitted by this CFB scheme by using CFB as their
BlueKarma
Apr 25, 10:06am
Med schools, dental schools, grad schools, and employers have benefited from
Littlerich
Apr 25, 10:17am
If fans stopped watching football or basketball it would be different.
VenomFarmer
Apr 25, 10:13am
Partly mismanaging the money,but more about the redistribution across all sports
palangi
Apr 25, 8:48am
That money mismanagement. Upgrading facilities that were just fine.
kalifi
Apr 25, 8:25am
Agreed. I prefer some regulations on NIL vs universities paying salaries mostly
Rexy Coug
Apr 25, 8:42am
Much of the revenue goes to overpaid coaches. Case in point Whitingham highest
sfeuz
Apr 25, 9:08am
The fans are paying the players in the pros. Just in a way that actually makes
shoganai
Apr 25, 8:15am
The fans do pay pro salaries by consuming tickets, merch, concessions and TV
pink22
Apr 25, 8:17am
NBA probably gets some sort of kickback whenever TNT complains about david stern
TNT
Apr 25, 8:19am
Cha-CHING!!
BlueKarma
Apr 25, 8:24am
Has TNT mentioned lately how much he hates the guy? Pure evil
TNT
Apr 25, 8:31am
For one, they kind of do via endorsements. It’s why big market teams have an
titlecoug
Apr 25, 8:30am
I know this is semantics, but we don't "Have to pay" anything
VenomFarmer
Apr 25, 9:23am
Yes...I agree. And thus my point that pro team owners are busy trying to figure
BlueKarma
Apr 25, 10:10am
People's appetite for entertainment is what drives this.
VenomFarmer
Apr 25, 3:31pm
I believe BYUtv should be paying the AD for sports content.
Rocketman
Apr 25, 11:28am
Crazy thing with NIL is that businesses aren't really benefiting much at all
BluebloodOR
Apr 25, 2:43pm
There should be more of this kind…
Iman23
Apr 25, 3:15pm
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