It doesn’t pay to play Division I ball
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You do not see this kind of wide spread issue and debate in regards to hockey, baseball, track and field, tennis, etc.
The issue is really with two sports...the biggest money makers for colleges...football and basketball...the two sports that demand you go to college before you can play.
Kids that go to school for hockey and baseball go to school because they want to, not because they have to, necessarily. Otherwise, they go to the minors and play or go overseas and play.
Right now, you have kids that go to school only because they have to, to get to where they want to go.
We're here to get an education/degree so we can get to where we want to go.Warner2BruceTD: wait, that was schwayzed who looks like ryan gosling?
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I think it's a real interesting note that - according to the article LL put up - the moniker 'student-athlete' derives from the NCAA trying to avoid giving workmen's comp money to the widow of a former athlete. It was created and has been used to avoid liability.
“We crafted the term student-athlete,” Walter Byers himself wrote, “and soon it was embedded in all NCAA rules and interpretations.” The term came into play in the 1950s, when the widow of Ray Dennison, who had died from a head injury received while playing football in Colorado for the Fort Lewis A&M Aggies, filed for workmen’s-compensation death benefits. Did his football scholarship make the fatal collision a “work-related” accident? Was he a school employee, like his peers who worked part-time as teaching assistants and bookstore cashiers? Or was he a fluke victim of extracurricular pursuits? Given the hundreds of incapacitating injuries to college athletes each year, the answers to these questions had enormous consequences. The Colorado Supreme Court ultimately agreed with the school’s contention that he was not eligible for benefits, since the college was “not in the football business.”
Anyway, it seems unjust that the NCAA and the universities profit more from the performance of the players than the players profit from their experience with the university. That said, the point has been very well made that it's very possibly more the NFL's fault than any other body's. I just find it very irresponsible of the NCAA when they're supposed to be a non-profit organization.
I'm all for the endorsement idea.Comment
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I use to be against paying them, which I still am, because I just don't think its reasonable to expect universities to pay every single athlete on campus. However, I wonder why they don't let athletes take in endorsement money. If an athlete is good enough to earn an endorsement deal then let him make it. I understand the whole amateurism thing, but this isn't 1950 anymore.......times are different. The system is so corrupt now it really doesn't matter anymore. Grad students who work for the school getting grants generally earn money for their work, so athletes should be treated the same.
Like Atlas said, these student-athletes are pampered enough as it is on campus. I see this even at my D1-AA school, where during the winter you can find every player on the basketball team wearing brand new Dre Beats and Steep Tech NorthFace jackets. The easiest classes I've taken were the ones that were filled with athletes. They are allowed to pick their schedule almost a week before everyone else and their advisor picks out the easiest professors for them. All of their GPAs should be at least a 3.0 because of this, so finding a job after college shouldn't be TOO hard.Comment
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College degrees don't really equate to jobs anymore though. Yeah, the unemployment rate for non-degrees is 8%, but even those with a degree is still 4%. Even if they have decent GPAs if it's obvious they have no working experience, internships, etc. they'll be hard pressed to find real good jobs in whatever field.Comment
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College degrees don't really equate to jobs anymore though. Yeah, the unemployment rate for non-degrees is 8%, but even those with a degree is still 4%. Even if they have decent GPAs if it's obvious they have no working experience, internships, etc. they'll be hard pressed to find real good jobs in whatever field.Most HR reps will tell you nowadays then unless you have a highly specialized degree field all they are looking for is that you graduated college and have a 4yr degree. Regardless of what it's in. They just want to know you have the degree and are trainable. A degree is still very valuable.
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And let's be realistic about this, those 4% of people with degrees stand a hell of a better chance at finding work when the job market recovers than people without degrees anyways so the point is moot.Comment
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The national unemployment rate is over double that. I see what you are saying but excuse me if I don't hold a moment of silence for people with college degrees who can't find work.
And let's be realistic about this, those 4% of people with degrees stand a hell of a better chance at finding work when the job market recovers than people without degrees anyways so the point is moot.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Current Population Survey, the unemployment rate for college graduates between the ages of 20 to 24-year-olds soared five percentage points in the past month -- from 7.1 percent in May to 12.1 percent in June, compared with a three percent jump during the same period last year.Comment
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Anyway, it seems unjust that the NCAA and the universities profit more from the performance of the players than the players profit from their experience with the university. That said, the point has been very well made that it's very possibly more the NFL's fault than any other body's. I just find it very irresponsible of the NCAA when they're supposed to be a non-profit organization.
I'm all for the endorsement idea.
Why must everything be "fair" and "just"? Where did this idea come from that if somebody is making money, and you indirectly contribute, that you are entitled some sort of piece of that money?
The tradeoff is made clear to these athletes. You play for us, we won't charge you to come here. Whether the athlete values the education or not is irrelevent. If they don't think this tradeoff is fair, well, you know my answer to that. They have a bevy of options.
And again, too much focus on pro bound athletes here. Tiny percentage. Miniscule percentage. This idea that college athletes don't value the scholarship is ridiculous. Why are we so concerned with the Dwayne Wade's getting paid? They are going to get paid down the road, THANKS TO THE EXPOSURE THEY GOT FROM THE COLLEGE. And do you really think an of these players matter? They don't. There will be 100k at Michigan this week no matter who is playing.
But yeah, these poor kids, my god are they being scammed!
They aren't entitled to shit beyond what they already receive. Quite frankly, its not even their business how much money the schools or the NCAA generate.Comment
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its actually much worse for recent college grads:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_893495.htmlComment
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Yes, the job market is bad. We get it, but again people with degrees stand a tremendously better chance of getting hired than those with no degrees once the job market turns. Plus, I always hate early-mid summer hiring projections. A lot of companies go into hiring freezes around July for tax/fiscal year reasons. I always prefer the numbers for an entire year rather than looking at a 2-3 month span when many companies aren't outwardly hiring anyways.
these little fuckers expect to come out of college, having not had to deal with real world things (bills, 9-5 jobs, etc), and expect to make $90k a year...
the funniest thing i ever heard in an interview was when a former Ohio State FB told me he thought he was worth twice what we were offering to pay him (solely b/c he played football at OSU)... needless to say, he didnt get the job and was working at Disney World as a gate security guard (the wand waver) three months later (and is still working there, making $9 an hour)... but yea, lets pay them and make the whole thing much, much worse...Comment
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Originally posted by Atlasthese little fuckers expect to come out of college, having not had to deal with real world things (bills, 9-5 jobs, etc), and expect to make $90k a year...
the funniest thing i ever heard in an interview was when a former Ohio State FB told me he thought he was worth twice what we were offering to pay him (solely b/c he played football at OSU)... needless to say, he didnt get the job and was working at Disney World as a gate security guard (the wand waver) three months later (and is still working there, making $9 an hour)... but yea, lets pay them and make the whole thing much, much worse...
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