Sports
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College athletes should be paid salaries just like professional athletes
The NIL era has begun, but is it enough compensation?
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Agree
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1 day ago
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.
1 day ago
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?
1 day ago
That sounds nice in theory but it doesn't hold up when you look at what actually happens.
1 day ago
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.
1 day ago
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.
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1 day ago
A scholarship worth $50-80k per year IS compensation. Free education, room, board, world-class coaching and facilities. That's enormous value.
1 day ago
This debate feels very different when you're actually living it versus just discussing it online.
1 day ago
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.