Why are college athletes not unionized?

[Saluki]

I don't even know why this thread is still active, your argument has more holes than swiss cheese.

 

[Sven Draconian]

I don't even know why this thread is still active, your argument has more holes than swiss cheese.

*SHHHH* he's a sophisticated intellectual who makes arguments that us mere, "normies" who haven't been persecuted by society can't understand.

If you were gay, you'd understand why this argument makes sense.

 

[bringbackjimmy]

College tuition is good enogh.. they are playing a gad damn game for crying out loud. They get to go to a prestiogous school like Michigan, penn state, USC, Notre Dame. IF they smart they use that free schooling to actually improve their lives than they can do something with their lives after football. If they want to be paid before going to the NFL go join the CFL...

 

[JBauerisGod]

One of the things that I love about college football is the fact that the athletes are playing the game for the sake of the game. Some athletes obviously have the NFL in the back of their minds, but they are still working towards something. When I watch the NFL, I can't help but feel like some of the players are simply going through the motions, waiting to collect their massive paycheck.

Paying college athletes may cause them to lose some interest. Maybe they'll start taking plays off, knowing that in the end they'll still get a check. Psychological studies have shown that once a person starts receiving payment for something that they love, their interest in that activity decreases.

Would some third string nobody get the same compensation as Mark Sanchez? That's where a problem exists. If a two or three star recruit has the choice between going to USC and being stuck on the practice squad or San Jose State and starting for three or four years, some would choose USC just for the fact that they would get a much greater share of the revenue at USC than they would at SJSU.

As others have pointed out, the university isn't selling Mark Sanchez's jersey. Technically, they are selling a USC jersey with the number six on it. That creates problems because Mark Sanchez wasn't the first USC player to ever wear the number six. Who's to say these people aren't paying for a jersey that represents a former player who wore number six?

 

[Youk]

All I'm asking is for a cogent explanation why allowing athletes to market their image would be damaging to the sport of college football. That's all. It's not that much. Someone here should be able to provide it.

You should read the past four pages.

And the top of this one.

 

[Sven Draconian]

Nobody has, yet, put forth a cogent argument as to why players shouldn't be allowed to market their image.



All I'm asking is for a cogent explanation why allowing athletes to market their image would be damaging to the sport of college football. That's all. It's not that much. Someone here should be able to provide it.

Did you miss the part about Title IX?

Besides that:
1) They are student athletes, and are thus resigned to honor their scholarship requirements.
---It is no different then those on academic scholarships maintaining a 3.0 (whatever it is), members of the national honor soceity staying out of legal trouble and any other selected group.

2) No student-athlete should get priveledge over other student athletes. Are athletes at Michigan more important than those at Grand Valley State? Are football players more important than Track?
---If the point is to make things fair, how is one student athletes time more important than any others? You don't think the other sports have to put in hours of practice time?

3) Should only a handful of players on each team get the money? Since Vince Young practically won that National Championship by himself should he be the only person to get any money. What about his backup who did just as much off the field as Young did to prepare the team.
---How is his backup any different then a track athlete? His backup didn't earn the university a dime, Vince Young won that championship.


EDIT to add:

So if athletes don't live up to the hype, I assume they should get their schollies pulled as well? I mean, if its a business they shouldn't waste time on the busts.

 

[Point Blank]

Hokie and Point Blank = Woodward and Bernstein............... VSN=Watergate

Good one..