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re: Yahoo Sports Claims Cancelling Football is about Union Busting

Posted on 8/12/20 at 9:32 am to
Posted by Gtmodawg
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Posted on 8/12/20 at 9:32 am to
SO Monday when the players all came out wanting to play the media and fans took heart that it was proof that the players union thing was simply a few malcontents. What no one discussed was the things the players were asking for...among them no loss of eligibility whether they played this year or not and, most importantly, recognition of a players representative. That little tidbit was never mentioned except in passing but it is the exact same thing the players union malcontents are on about. This is going to happen. The players are done financing Lacrosse with their labor....and they should be. CFB players are predominantly black men....when the realization that their labor is being used to support women's swim teams, almost all white women, settles into the mind of the public the players union is a done deal. There is simply no way major sponsors are going to be tied at the hip to a system which requires black men to play in a violent sport to financially support women's equestrian teams....especially when coupled with the fact that the vast majority of those black men spend 3-4 years working very hard to finance the gymnastics team only to find themselves with no future in the NFL, no degree and basically unemployable and with a body ravaged from playing football at a high level. They are gonna be paid, either by CFB or by a NFL developmental league...the market is there, the capital is there and the labor is there...its only a matter of time....
Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 8/12/20 at 10:13 am to
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specially when coupled with the fact that the vast majority of those black men spend 3-4 years working very hard to finance the gymnastics team only to find themselves with no future in the NFL, no degree and basically unemployable


I don't know about UGA, but LSU graduates almost all of their athletes and those guys all have a hand up in the hiring process because employers know what kind of work ethic it takes to play college football and companies love to have former LSU players as part of their team.
Posted by wutangfinancial
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Member since Sep 2015
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Posted on 8/12/20 at 10:24 am to
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They are gonna be paid, either by CFB or by a NFL developmental league...the market is there, the capital is there and the labor is there...its only a matter of time....


I get what you're saying, but the players lose out on a ton of media hype losing the branding of the colleges. There may be a market for watching a D-league with big time recruits but that market is miniscule without the history, tradition and branding of the college programs. I personally wouldn't GAF about watching a football D-league if my alma mater isn't on the helmet and my frenemies in the SEC on the other side. I know that I'm not the only one because the D-league for the NBA has way higher quality basketball than the NCAA does, but guess who watches it?

Edit: I say this knowing the recruits wouldn't GAF about branding if they are getting paid and still drafted in the 1st round in April.
This post was edited on 8/12/20 at 10:25 am
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