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re: Nick Saban pushes for players to 'unionize,' has 'no problem' with athletes being paid
Posted on 7/3/23 at 9:29 am to Anand0925
Posted on 7/3/23 at 9:29 am to Anand0925
If you go to college and take classes you are a student. There are academic standards set in place at different universities…. Meaning the NCAA or any conference governing body can’t force a school to lower their standards just to gain athletes.
College sports were built on the same foundations of HS sports as clubs and amateur teams. Now that it has become something tied to big money through TV deals, merchandise sales, and large scale gambling we are at a crossroads.
Either keep it as an amateur sport that’s a club/privilege/opportunity earned from auditions and talent, or separate it all together from the schools and start an amateur league.
If the student athletes unionize then it will open a can of worms like never seen from other organizations on campuses which in turn will alter the identity of a student on scholarship VS one who is not. This is about money, control, and power over a game which has now become more important than academics on some University campuses.
The NCAA has sat and done nothing since NIL was instituted and not come up with creative ways to allow students to participate while also containing pay for play. If they restricted the transfer portal then that would at least start some type of cap.
The problem is that we as a culture and nation lowered our standards for education by placing winning a football game over getting a QUALITY degree. Because we have given football and other popular sports so much money and power, we are now discussing allowing sports to alter the way we handle all scholarships in academia. If you don’t see that this would happen then you are blind and don’t understand how this will work.
Getting the federal government involved is one of the dumbest things to do ever. They already fricked up student loans when they federalized them back in 2007. Since then college tuition has skyrocketed because they can charge whatever the frick they want and the federal government wrote the checks. You do NOT want Congress or anyone from DC involved in this. The NCAA should do its job or dissolve. Let the conferences take over and set new guidelines across the board that ensure students can’t just jump teams each year due to being bought. frick the NCAA and frick DC.
College sports were built on the same foundations of HS sports as clubs and amateur teams. Now that it has become something tied to big money through TV deals, merchandise sales, and large scale gambling we are at a crossroads.
Either keep it as an amateur sport that’s a club/privilege/opportunity earned from auditions and talent, or separate it all together from the schools and start an amateur league.
If the student athletes unionize then it will open a can of worms like never seen from other organizations on campuses which in turn will alter the identity of a student on scholarship VS one who is not. This is about money, control, and power over a game which has now become more important than academics on some University campuses.
The NCAA has sat and done nothing since NIL was instituted and not come up with creative ways to allow students to participate while also containing pay for play. If they restricted the transfer portal then that would at least start some type of cap.
The problem is that we as a culture and nation lowered our standards for education by placing winning a football game over getting a QUALITY degree. Because we have given football and other popular sports so much money and power, we are now discussing allowing sports to alter the way we handle all scholarships in academia. If you don’t see that this would happen then you are blind and don’t understand how this will work.
Getting the federal government involved is one of the dumbest things to do ever. They already fricked up student loans when they federalized them back in 2007. Since then college tuition has skyrocketed because they can charge whatever the frick they want and the federal government wrote the checks. You do NOT want Congress or anyone from DC involved in this. The NCAA should do its job or dissolve. Let the conferences take over and set new guidelines across the board that ensure students can’t just jump teams each year due to being bought. frick the NCAA and frick DC.
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