Florida DB Jalen Tabor compares College Sports to a modern form of slavery

[RammerJammer]

The Southeastern Conference earned a whopping $527.4 million in total revenue during the first full year of the SEC Network and the College Football Playoff, USA Today reported Tuesday.

Though it should be noted that the $527.4 million figure is purely revenue and doesn't factor in expenses, it's safe to say the league isn't hurting for money, and this news will only serve to fuel the conversation that perhaps the players should receive a cut.

Upon seeing the report, Florida cornerback Jalen Tabor shared his thoughts on Twitter and it seems he was none too pleased.

The SEC Made 527.4 Million in Total Revenue and Players Ain't Get A Penny . Modern Form Of Slavery

— Jalen Tabor (@_31Flavorz) January 19, 2016
Tabor quickly admitted he may have gone too far, but stood by his opinion that the players are getting the raw end of the deal.

Went to far with slavery I can admit I'm wrong on that . But y'all get the message .

— Jalen Tabor (@_31Flavorz) January 19, 2016

Hardly ever see a player come out and say something like this, matter of fact you never see it. I imagine a lot of players feel this way too.

 

[CACtain Planet]

Hardly ever see a player come out and say something like this, matter of fact you never see it. I imagine a lot of players feel this way too.

I had an argument with some posters about this a couple of weeks ago im glad the players are articulating this

 

[PortCityProphet]

Didn't know people chose to go into slavery. I wish people would stop saying this shyt. It's so ignorant

 

[AITheAnswerAI]

He's right

When you make millions and your labor for that money makes nothing, and even gets penalized for trying to make a little himself....it's modern slavery. At the very least strong exploitation.

And I don't want to hear about a fukking scholarship....would you rather have a scholarship or a pice of that 500+ million pie? I know which one the SEC would rather have.

 

[FaTaL]

Well he's right

Nothing new here

 

[FS4LFE]

He's right but my dude will be a millionaire by this time in two years.

 

[Tha Gawd Amen]

It's not that he's necessarily wrong, it's just comparing to slavery, while even using modern day as a modifier, is just too much.

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

Its more of a modern form of pre-unionization industrial US where factory workers were exploited and worked in shockingly unsafe conditions for coins a day and long term health issues. I wouldn't expect most undergrad college students to know of this however.

Now that I articulate it, its incredibly similar to that, and realistically only unionization will solve the issue.

 

[Buggsy Mogues]

Didn't know people chose to go into slavery. I wish people would stop saying this shyt. It's so ignorant

Exactly, and I'm all for college athletes getting paid but what this bruh said is some typical smart dumb nikka shyt

 

[Freedman]

Is the burger flipper at McDonalds also entitled to the billions of dollars the company makes

 

[BlackAdam]

This is really disrespectful to our ancestors. I'll leave it at that.

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

Is the burger flipper at McDonalds also entitled to the billions of dollars the company makes

now that is an abysmal argument.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Is the burger flipper at McDonalds also entitled to the billions of dollars the company makes

Let's say there's a $2 burger. Im on the grill cookin the meat, my nikka Suarulez prepares the burger, and my homegirl Stephneisha is the cashier. That should be split in 4 ways. 1 each for us and the other goes to the company.

We make and sell 100 burgers that day, we should make $25 each off just that.

And don't even let me get into fries n nuggets.

 

[se1f_made]

Is the burger flipper at McDonalds also entitled to the billions of dollars the company makes

Are they actively recruited by Burger King, chick fila, whataburger? Are people paying hundreds of dollars to see them perform? Is Mickey Ds selling merchandise and brokering million dollar deals for them to perform on TV?
The case could be made that it is modern day slavery, especially if u consider that there's a few underaged players (I mean students). I prefer to call it what it is, pimpin

 

[WheatThins]

And don't even let me get into fries n nuggets.