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re: Saban in Congressional roundtable speaking about NIL today
Posted on 3/13/24 at 9:36 am to FlyDownTheField83
Posted on 3/13/24 at 9:36 am to FlyDownTheField83
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Finally, in terms of being delusional your final two sentences in your post have me picturing someone out of touch with the reality that most large college athletic departments are money-driven win-or-else organizations that are almost completely divorced from the purpose of the college
This is what you are responding to:
quote:You state that I’m out of touch with reality. I want you to prove it.
US college sports have no true parallel anywhere in the world. It is a totally unique animal and should be treated as such if people want to preserve it. If it is allowed to become a true professional league, then its uniqueness will be lost forever.
Please tell everyone which country has anything remotely similar to the US involving college athletics and why the US’s system is not unique.
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Posted on 3/13/24 at 3:09 pm to GusAU
Gus, you talk about college football like it is some amateur sport that got tainted by NIL in the last few years. That is a ridiculous take and it is out of touch with reality. The reality is that it is a multi-billion dollar business that was exploiting 18-22 year olds for decades, those players worth as dictated by a free market was far far greater than the compensation that was being kept from them by the ridiculous system of the NCAA, coaches, and administrators. Now that NIL has started providing a path for players to get what the market says they are worth all the people that are part of the old system (most especially Saban) are fighting against it.
Maybe this will destroy college football completely, but I would rather see that then see the very founding principles of the economic might of this country undermined because a few boomers are upset because their illusion of the amateur purity of college football is being threatened.
By the way, I did provide you your direct quote with the time and date noted.
Maybe this will destroy college football completely, but I would rather see that then see the very founding principles of the economic might of this country undermined because a few boomers are upset because their illusion of the amateur purity of college football is being threatened.
By the way, I did provide you your direct quote with the time and date noted.
This post was edited on 3/13/24 at 3:10 pm
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