John Oliver exposes the economic plantation model that is the NCAA

[Poh SIti Dawn]

man you nikkas just like saying aimless shyt huh?

The definition of irony

 

[sportscribe]

I'm kind of torn with this argument.

At the heart of it though, schools should always be about education first, and economic prospects second.

If you start paying student athletes, it might open up a can of worms that the NCAA is not prepared for. You will incentivize young kids to attend schools simply to get paid. It will dilute the quality of education the kids will receive, and create an unnecessary professional atmosphere. When you introduce a salary into the equation, then everything becomes performance based. Star athletes will begin to ask why they are receiving the same salary as some dude that is riding the bench all season long. Professors will be pressured into passing students even more than they already now; after all, millions of dollars in potential earnings would be riding on it.

And where would the salary or compensation end? What if students now start demanding that they receive compensation for endorsements, because after all, their "likeness" is being used to generate money for the school? What about jersey sales? What about ticket sales? Again, you don't know how far deep the rabbit hole would go. And where athletes salaries are concerned, the illegal performance enhancing drug market will surely follow. It will introduce a culture of professionalism that will not only dilute the level of education students receive, but the quality of the schools as well. And what about agents? I mean, the students will want to make sure they get the best deal worked out for them? Will it also introduce a market economy similar to professional sports where athletes can now be traded to another school?

It seems like the reasonable and humanist thing to do, but it would be a step in the wrong direction. What the NCAA can do (if they don't already do this) is give the students stipends - or consider increasing stipends based on the amount of money each school generates. After all, since student athletes' study and sports schedule would not permit them to have jobs, they should have a sufficient stipend to take care of their daily needs. Like Olympic athletes (who do not get paid by the way), they can get a bonus based on their performance in tournaments. What they shouldn't do is get paid to the point where they can forego their education entirely.

I think a solution would be to create a post-graduation fund for the students where money accrues for them for each year they stay in college, and upon graduation the money is divvied up and given to them. It would be a win-win. It would give the students an incentive to complete their four-year degree, they would be adequately compensated upon graduation, and the school would have a chance to hold on to their premier athletes longer. Just a thought.

 

[Biblical Goon]

man fukk sports, black people should not be participating in any white owned sport league tbh. The only reason we were allowed to play because they found out it was extremely profitable due to our physical superiority. We are fukking GODS, why do we allow these insects to exploit us in everything that we excel in? Why is the coach making more money any educator at these schools? shyt is all fukked up. You got schools out here that can barely afford text books and computers but they make sure they have these goddamn sport programs.

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

I have two degrees from top 20 universities and working on a third

Let me know when you need a recommendation

you really be changing your story on here





i fukking swear mane

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

Who says they live in poverty?

The athletes who say they can't afford Ramen even after generating billions of dollars

I think they should pay student athletes, and I always didn't agree with this but they raised some good points.

The problem is if you pay student -athletes you have to pay EVERY student athlete not just Football and basketball players or whatever sport thats the cash cow. More importantly Teachers and Professors need a raise in salary, some of them make pennies.

No you don't. That'd be like a TV network saying that "If we pay Seinfeld, we have pay people on TV shows nobody watches." If a sport aint makin' no money, then they can get out

College is great buffer for professional development. Plus Football is NOT a sport where you can go straight to the pro's from high school, Thats why you rarely see.

How is football different from Rugby, boxing, and MMA in every country in the world

I'm kind of torn with this argument.

At the heart of it though, schools should always be about education first, and economic prospects second.

If you start paying student athletes, it might open up a can of worms that the NCAA is not prepared for. You will incentivize young kids to attend schools simply to get paid. It will dilute the quality of education the kids will receive, and create an unnecessary professional atmosphere. When you introduce a salary into the equation, then everything becomes performance based. Star athletes will begin to ask why they are receiving the same salary as some dude that is riding the bench all season long. Professors will be pressured into passing students even more than they already now; after all, millions of dollars in potential earnings would be riding on it.

And where would the salary or compensation end? What if students now start demanding that they receive compensation for endorsements, because after all, their "likeness" is being used to generate money for the school? What about jersey sales? What about ticket sales? Again, you don't know how far deep the rabbit hole would go. And where athletes salaries are concerned, the illegal performance enhancing drug market will surely follow. It will introduce a culture of professionalism that will not only dilute the level of education students receive, but the quality of the schools as well. And what about agents? I mean, the students will want to make sure they get the best deal worked out for them? Will it also introduce a market economy similar to professional sports where athletes can now be traded to another school?

It seems like the reasonable and humanist thing to do, but it would be a step in the wrong direction. What the NCAA can do (if they don't already do this) is give the students stipends - or consider increasing stipends based on the amount of money each school generates. After all, since student athletes' study and sports schedule would not permit them to have jobs, they should have a sufficient stipend to take care of their daily needs. Like Olympic athletes (who do not get paid by the way), they can get a bonus based on their performance in tournaments. What they shouldn't do is get paid to the point where they can forego their education entirely.

I think a solution would be to create a post-graduation fund for the students where money accrues for them for each year they stay in college, and upon graduation the money is divvied up and given to them. It would be a win-win. It would give the students an incentive to complete their four-year degree, they would be adequately compensated upon graduation, and the school would have a chance to hold on to their premier athletes longer. Just a thought.

1. It's already professional. The only people not being paid millions of dollars are the people generating the money

2. A post graduation fund does nothing to help the kid who has a 2 year old daughter now or who can't afford Ramen noodles now, meanwhile his coach is making 7 million a year and everyone else is making BILLIONS.

3. There is no post graduation fund for anyone else who generates money in this country. Football and basketball are the only case.

 

[sportscribe]

1. It's already professional. The only people not being paid millions of dollars are the people generating the money

2. A post graduation fund does nothing to help the kid who has a 2 year old daughter now or who can't afford Ramen noodles now, meanwhile his coach is making 7 million a year and everyone else is making BILLIONS.

3. There is no post graduation fund for anyone else who generates money in this country. Football and basketball are the only case.

1, No, it's not professional...otherwise they would be getting paid a salary for it.

2. It's a school, not a social workers organization. If the teenager can barely afford to buy Ramen noodles for himself, then perhaps he has no business having kids.

3. What does this mean? What post graduation fund exists for college basketball and football players?

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

1, No, it's not professional...otherwise they would be getting paid a salary for it.

2. It's a school, not a social workers organization. If the teenager can barely afford to buy Ramen noodles for himself, then perhaps he has no business having kids.

3. What does this mean? What post graduation fund exists for college basketball and football players?

1. It's professional because everyone else is being paid billions of dollars

2. Really, you're going with the right-wing "personal responsibility" argument instead of the "why are people who have millions of paying fans and are generating billions of dollars not making enough to buy a hamburger" argument?

3. It means that nobody else who generates billions of dollars in society are forced to only accept payment in college scholarship. They are generating money today. They should be able to make money today.

 

[lotteryplaya]