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Re:The million-dollar hustle changing US sport by freitzkriesler2 on Friday September 08, 2023 @02:21PM (#37437344)
But they get paid with an education! /s

What I want to see is higher education have their tax free status stripped and their endowments taxed as a total percentage (like property tax).

Both for creating the student loan mess and for having this ridiculous sports system that uses athletes as chattel.

Re:The million-dollar hustle changing US sport by bruceb on Friday September 08, 2023 @02:34PM (#37437547)
"that uses athletes as chattel."

There is no shortage of people who want to play college football. Many would play even with out a scholarship. Division 2 and Division 3 teams less than half the team is on scholarship. They are almost never on TV and there is very little chance they will make the NFL.

Re:The million-dollar hustle changing US sport by dessimus on Friday September 08, 2023 @03:21PM (#37438184)
And yet when you see the Big Schools, like an Alabama or Clemson, playing much lower Division schools, those schools are getting a massive payout for that game, while their students get whooped, and not getting anything for the abuse other than experience.

That would be like a lower weight class boxer, say Canelo Álvarez taking on a fight with Tyson Fury (each in their respective class) for the "pay day", sure he may have a "puncher's chance" but few would consider it a fair fight.

Re:The million-dollar hustle changing US sport by Ekaros on Friday September 08, 2023 @05:03PM (#37439395)
Actually why not franchise the whole thing? Have the players be paid athletes. Let the schools own the teams and spot in franchise league. Thus allow them to keep the brand and whatever goodwill there to extract money from students.
Re:The million-dollar hustle changing US sport by Quillbert182 on Friday September 08, 2023 @02:36PM (#37437574)
Athletes are not forced to be play sports. They are there because they want to be. If they don't want to do it without pay, no one is making them do it.
Re:The million-dollar hustle changing US sport by fragmede on Friday September 08, 2023 @03:36PM (#37438362)
Just because no onehas a gun to their head, we shouldn't point out that the people doing the work aren't getting paid anywhere near what they're bricking

the ones that are getting paid? There's exploitation going on, in a rotten system, and

Athletes aren't forced to play sports any more than people are forced to work at McDonald's or Walmart.

Re:The million-dollar hustle changing US sport by fragmede on Friday September 08, 2023 @03:44PM (#37438469)
Just because no one has a gun to their head, we shouldn't point out that they're being exploited? We shouldn't try to change the system?

What's even the logic behind that? It's okay to mistreat people because they want to be an athlete over working at McDonald's?