BlazingViper92
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
The 'student-athlete' thing is a legal fiction. These guys train 40+ hours a week. They're recruited for sports, not academics. They're employees in everything but name.
RedJaguar46
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
Minor league baseball pays players. Minor league hockey pays players. Why is college the one place where it's noble to not pay the labor?
LuckyOwl66
Disagrees
Jan 14, 2026
A scholarship worth $50-80k per year IS compensation. Free education, room, board, world-class coaching and facilities. That's enormous value.
GreenViper23
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
One injury and your career is over before it starts. You risked your body for the university and got nothing but a scholarship they can revoke. At least pros get paid while they can play.
SwiftMustang47
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
The racial dynamics are hard to ignore. Mostly Black athletes generating wealth for mostly white coaches and administrators. The whole system has echoes we shouldn't be comfortable with.
MightyMountain49
Disagrees
Jan 14, 2026
Pay athletes and rich schools just buy all the talent. At least now there are some constraints. Open salaries would make the inequality way worse.
IronShark68
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
These salaries are possible because ticket prices are insane and cities build stadiums with tax money. We're all subsidizing this excess.
CrystalRaven27
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
A guy who throws a ball makes 400x what a teacher makes. Meanwhile teachers are buying school supplies out of pocket. Our values are completely broken.
SilverWarrior65
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
The same team owners crying poor and asking for public stadium funding are paying players $300 million. Something doesn't add up.
RapidCobra60
Disagrees
Jan 14, 2026
Entertainers have always been paid well - actors, musicians, athletes. It's not new. We value entertainment. That's human nature.
GreenJaguar64
Disagrees
Jan 14, 2026
Athletic careers average like 4-5 years and destroy your body. Most of these guys need that money to last 50 more years.
StormChampion80
Disagrees
Jan 14, 2026
Athletes get paid what the market will bear. They create value that people voluntarily pay for. Nobody forces you to buy tickets or jerseys.
BlazingDolphin44
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
I'm not saying no one should have kids. But acting like it's an obvious good thing without considering the reality these kids will face seems irresponsible.
WildDolphin72
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
Mental health crises, political instability, economic inequality - the trend lines are bad. I don't think we can promise kids a good life anymore.
GreenPhoenix17
Disagrees
Jan 14, 2026
Who are you to tell other people their reproductive choices are 'irresponsible'? This moralizing about other people's families is pretty presumptuous.
CosmicLion55
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
There are already kids who need homes. If you want to parent, why not adopt instead of creating new people when existing ones need families?
BlazingMustang72
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
The world is overpopulated. Resources are strained. The most impactful environmental choice an individual can make is having fewer children.
CrystalFox62
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
Climate scientists say we have decades before catastrophic changes. These kids will live through the worst of it. Is it fair to create someone for that future?
MysticPanther77
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
I have 500 Facebook friends and feel lonelier than ever. Scrolling through everyone's highlight reels makes real connection harder, not easier.
StormPanther53
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
FOMO is a mental health condition that didn't exist before social media. We invented a new form of anxiety for engagement metrics.
BraveTitan18
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
We've replaced deep friendships with shallow engagement. Liking someone's photo is not the same as actually being there for them.
IronRanger29
Disagrees
Jan 14, 2026
The 'social media bad' take is so overdone. It's a tool. Some people use it badly. Others use it fine. Blaming technology is lazy.
ThunderEagle19
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
People are so addicted to their phones they can't be present even when with others. I've watched couples sit in silence both scrolling. That's not connection.
WildChampion58
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
Social media is designed to make you feel inadequate so you keep coming back. It profits from insecurity. How could that not affect mental health?
DarkRiver87
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
Colleges have become businesses focused on amenities and administration. Tuition goes to fancy dorms and layers of management, not education.
MightyTiger67
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
Average student debt is like $30k and growing. Average starting salary for grads hasn't kept pace. The math just doesn't work out anymore for most fields.
RapidWolf78
Disagrees
Jan 14, 2026
The student debt crisis is real but the solution is fixing costs, not telling people education is worthless. We should make college affordable, not give up on it.
ThunderDragon79
Disagrees
Jan 14, 2026
For many careers - medicine, law, engineering, research - you literally cannot enter the field without advanced degrees. College isn't optional for everyone.
RapidWarrior34
Agrees
Jan 14, 2026
I know so many people with degrees working retail jobs. They're exactly where they'd be without the degree except now they have debt.
IronChampion38
Disagrees
Jan 14, 2026
Education isn't just about job training. Learning to think critically, exposure to different ideas, becoming a more informed citizen - that has value beyond salary.