re: Jalen Tabor says college football is "Modern Form of Slavery"

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As it is, college football perpetuates a system that takes advantage of young athletes

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You do realize that this is exactly how businesses work, right? Successful businesses make millions of dollars while paying their employees a fraction of what they bring in. It is called....economics. If schools did not make that money on athletics, other sports would have to be cut. Unless it has changed, Football makes money...basketball breaks even and all other sports lose money.

I know this is horrifying to think about, but did you know NFL teams make many millions of dollars, too? That is the goal of ALL businesses.

A college gives a young athlete an education that could be worth several million dollar of his lifetime, if he chooses to take advantage of it. If the young athlete is good enough to go on to the NFL, he can do much better than that.

And there are alternatives.....the European Football League, Canadian Football League, the Arena Football League. But everybody wants to go to the NFL. can't blame them. That's where the money is. So, the young athlete that is being taken advantage of is also taking advantage of the schools, are they not? Would they go to the school if there was another way...or easier way to get to the NFL?