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re: TJ Moe speaks obvious truth about CFB unionizing
Posted on 3/27/14 at 1:38 pm to StopRobot
Posted on 3/27/14 at 1:38 pm to StopRobot
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allowing a free market for endorsements would also ruin the sport because a free market with college athletes could not be a true free market. Inevitably the boosters would strike deals just to get a kid to sign with their school.
Yeah, that does open up a huge can of worms. The gist of what he's saying, he's right about though.
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Posted on 3/27/14 at 1:42 pm to The_Joker
Personally, I'd rather live in a land of players working the free market as opposed to players unionizing and effectively killing collegiate athletics as we know it. Unless the NCAA gets off its high horse (doubtful), we're running out of middle ground upon which to plant a compromise.
ETA: A free market would work itself out; boosters can't keep offering gobs of cash to every recruit every year. Nor can Nike or other companies continue to sign on new deals to athletes without oversaturating the market with 1000+ additional athletes on billboards and advertisements. What needs to happen is all athletes at these schools start getting a piece of the TV Network and Nike/Adidas/Under Armour deals. Cut every student athlete a check for appearing on the SEC Network, for appearing on EA NCAA 2015, and for wearing Nike apparel.
ETA: A free market would work itself out; boosters can't keep offering gobs of cash to every recruit every year. Nor can Nike or other companies continue to sign on new deals to athletes without oversaturating the market with 1000+ additional athletes on billboards and advertisements. What needs to happen is all athletes at these schools start getting a piece of the TV Network and Nike/Adidas/Under Armour deals. Cut every student athlete a check for appearing on the SEC Network, for appearing on EA NCAA 2015, and for wearing Nike apparel.
This post was edited on 3/27/14 at 1:47 pm
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