re: BOOM! WSU's Response To Players That Support PAC-12 Player's Demands

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Lol... when it was pre-segregation and money was still driving the sport, was it white people being exploited?

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Pre segregation the Head Coaches had to sell cars and sell insurance in the Off-season to supplement their income, there were no big TV Deals back then and even if you adjust for inflation, the Top70 P5 Colleges didn't come anywhere close to grossing $5 billion dollars each year

IMO since the Money was not nearly as massive, the exploitation of white Athletes just didn't exist at the same level as it does today

A bachelor's degree is a good deal when the HC has to hustle a 2nd Job in the off-season to make ends meet

A bachelor's degree isn't as good a deal when the HC makes $9 million per year and makes so much that he can buy a Mercedes Benz Dealership

In summary, way less money way less exploitation

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Your lack of understanding of the real world is astounding, its not surprising at all that you are a leftist

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She truly is one of the most ignorant posters on this site.

And that is one hell of an accomplishment.

I may become a Cougars fan after reading that.

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When do you propose conferences/schools stop giving into player's demands?

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Yesterday.

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Goddamn you are THE most insufferably, ignorant pieces of shite that have ever posted on this board.

AND THAT SAYS IT ALL!!!!!!

Here is an excerpt from the article. Notice the part in bold you fricking moronic loser.

Among the specifics are:

1. Player-approved health and safety standards enforced by a third party selected by players to address COVID-19 and serious injury, abuse and death.

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the complete piece of s*** needs to be banned from this board what GT has to do with the SEC is beyond me he's over here for no other reason than to stir up s***.

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IMO since the Money was not nearly as massive, the exploitation of white Athletes just didn't exist at the same level as it does today

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I'd disagree. For every adjusted dollar figure less due to those masssive tv deals and marketing campaigns, there was equally or more reduction in oversight and control in the segregation era. The latter truly leads to "exploitation."

College athletes recruited in hordes by coaches never intending to play them; just keep them from playing for a rival. Increased physical, mental, and emotional abuse with scholarships and continued team membership held over their heads. No cameras or social media around to capture the more taboo "teaching moments." A more prevalent cultural norm of respecting your elders, not whining about harsh conditions, and doing what your told existed, all of which sets conditions for athletes to truly be "exploited" by the university athletics system. And, they certainly were for the most part. There would have been no "Junction Boys" today. Even non-student athletes were more inclined to get gigged through student fees earmarked specifically for the athletic dept, which still occurs today. But, is much less frequent or costly across the whole.

College sports is and should always be about amateur athletics. The cost of college has certainly risen alongside the increase in athletic revenue from the NCAA. The cost of a scholarship and everything that goes into support of a player is astronomical, even at smaller universities. Simply because the system is more profitable now than in the past doesn't mean the "labor force" is more entitled to larger wages, which I’d argue they are already receiving in spades comparatively to decades past.

This has nothing to do with supporting a movement. It is taking advantage of a cause to try and leverage a situation for personal gain under false pretenses. They are selling a cause and adding in the riders they have been demanding all along. It has nothing to do with anything but greed. It is union mentality that will ruin college sports, as it generally ruins everything else.

My new 2nd favorite school. Its hard to believe its in the same state as Seattle.

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This could be a different deal though.

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I bet the NCAA and the Conference give the players that were "cut" immediate eligibility

The players at this point had not missed any team related required activities

The Coach wanted to show out for his fan & alums and jumped the gun with this knee jerk reaction, the Coach never gave the Players a chance to skip anything, he just cut them based on their verbal comments

This HC will never Recruit worth a darn, he basically ended his own Career on the College Level, he forgot rule #1 in CFB:

Recruiting is 80% of what makes you successful at the P5 level, it is the single most important thing that a college HC can do to win Games

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2. 50% of a sport's revenue distributed evenly to athletes.

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Another better written article specified that they wanted 50% of the sports Revenues that were distributed from the Pac12, that isn't the same as %50% of ALL REVENUES" which is the quote being thrown around here

The 50% of a Sports Revenues distributed from the Pac12 only includes TV-Radio Money and not 50% of ALL REVENUES

I guess I'll have to find the article and make you look stupid

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What you call "entry level positions" another person calls them the centerpieces and the frontline labor in an Entertainment Enterprise that grosses $5 Billion Dollars among the 70 P5 Colleges

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There will always be players willing to play.

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It is all about perspective, most intelligent people would say that my perspective is likely to be more fair

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Since when is life fair?