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Re:CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profi... by scott_s on Monday September 30, 2019 @04:30PM (#21119382)
I think an illuminating question is what do you consider more important, fair compensation to the workers, or maintaining the sports magic? Or, even, do you care about the tension of the two at all? For example, I don't care about the sports magic, which makes the solution simple to me - pay the athletes, and whatever happens as a result is a better result, because we're not longer exploiting them.
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Re:CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profi... by RandallBrown on Monday September 30, 2019 @05:40PM (#21119922)
It's a tricky question, because they're not workers. They're players.
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Re:CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profi... by tunared on Monday September 30, 2019 @07:05PM (#21120502)
How are they not workers? They have to show up to work (practice) and play in games. If they get hurt, they loose their scholarship (just like an hourly contract employee).
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Re:CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profi... by scott_s on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @09:56AM (#21125349)
Training for and playing the game is their labor, which generates enormous revenue for the institution they belong to. In any other setting - including professional sports - we would call them workers. And it's brutal, punishing work that they will live with for the rest of their lives.
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