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Do you anti-student athlete posters wish they were paid now?
Posted on 8/9/20 at 8:48 pm
Posted on 8/9/20 at 8:48 pm
It would be a lot easier to have a path forward if we could call student athletes “employees”.
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Posted on 8/9/20 at 8:49 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
Nah. I wish they would do away with athletic scholarships altogether.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 8:50 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
No it wouldn’t
Posted on 8/9/20 at 8:51 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
What would be different?
Posted on 8/9/20 at 8:53 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
Sure. I say we pay them exactly what tuition, room and board costs. Plus medical and a nutrition program. We should do that. Oh wait.....
Posted on 8/9/20 at 8:55 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
Not at all. However, since you bring it up.... the fact is they aren’t playing and may not play this fall. Yet, their housing, meals, school, books, etc... will all be covered.
Now tell me again how they aren’t getting paid. Why don’t you go post to fakebook?
Now tell me again how they aren’t getting paid. Why don’t you go post to fakebook?
Posted on 8/9/20 at 8:56 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
Not at all.
They will learn a difficult lesson of what happens when you protest too much and try to breakdown everything you deem bad or wrong, and it’s not. They will soon see what life is like without the game that sustains them.
They will learn a difficult lesson of what happens when you protest too much and try to breakdown everything you deem bad or wrong, and it’s not. They will soon see what life is like without the game that sustains them.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 8:57 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
The Olympics went non-amateur decades ago. Let the free market run and take its course. We are a free country and if players can make bank while in college then they should be allowed to do so. This may ruin a sport we all enjoy but major college football and basketball portrayed as an amateur sport played by “student athletes” has been a charade for 20 years.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 9:01 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
They are paid.
It’s also quite the leap in logic to assume that this has anything to do with the current pandering to the leftist mob that is happening
It’s also quite the leap in logic to assume that this has anything to do with the current pandering to the leftist mob that is happening
Posted on 8/9/20 at 9:02 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
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to have a path forward
Can we agree to kill this phrase along with "new normal" and "these uncertain times"?
Posted on 8/9/20 at 9:05 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
Yes, pay them and make them employees.
That way they are required to follow workplace conduct rules, which include zero politics, protesting, inflammatory things on clothing. Plus we can tax their income. Absolutely do it OP.
That way they are required to follow workplace conduct rules, which include zero politics, protesting, inflammatory things on clothing. Plus we can tax their income. Absolutely do it OP.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 9:31 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
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It would be a lot easier to have a path forward if we could call student athletes “employees”.
then these "employees" would want to unionize and make more demands...
Posted on 8/9/20 at 9:36 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
You are so awful
Posted on 8/9/20 at 9:38 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
I would rather see schools do away with sports than pay athletes. College sports were not meant to be minor/developmental leagues and I think running them as such takes away from educating students.
I'm not arguing that college players are treated properly, because they're probably not. What I am arguing is that a scholarship is very generous and should be plenty incentive for college athletes. We can treat players, and students, better by removing the money grab from sports and by stop treating players as property.
But if scholarships were removed, then it wouldn't be a big deal. Students would represent their school out of pride, rather than gifts, like how it should be. Schools would have nothing to hang over the heads of athletes, and wouldn't owe them anything, either. The level of athleticism would be lower, but if that were important, than I'd watch professional sports, instead.
I'm not arguing that college players are treated properly, because they're probably not. What I am arguing is that a scholarship is very generous and should be plenty incentive for college athletes. We can treat players, and students, better by removing the money grab from sports and by stop treating players as property.
But if scholarships were removed, then it wouldn't be a big deal. Students would represent their school out of pride, rather than gifts, like how it should be. Schools would have nothing to hang over the heads of athletes, and wouldn't owe them anything, either. The level of athleticism would be lower, but if that were important, than I'd watch professional sports, instead.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 9:39 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
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Do you anti-student athlete posters wish they were paid now?
No. If they don't like their free education most wouldn't qualify for otherwise and free training table with plush recliners in the locker room and God knows what else in their dorms along with the career marketing playing at a big-time university on national TV provides, they're welcome to go get a job and see how the rest of the world operates.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 9:43 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
LOL, no.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 9:58 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
Your hot takes get shittier and shittier every breath you take.
Posted on 8/9/20 at 10:17 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
Yeah you tell these SEC rant posters! This thread will make them rethink their stance next time
Posted on 8/9/20 at 10:19 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
Why? I am pretty sure pro sports are on the chopping block as we speak for this year. Paying them is of no consequence at this point
Posted on 8/9/20 at 10:23 pm to PlateJohnsonIII
No and the fact you believe paying them changes any of this proves how out of touch you are.
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