re: Taking care of players

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Because College athletics is a business, and what is demanded of Athletes is more grueling both physically and schedule wise than a normal student. If you attend Bama as a student, the exchange between the two parties is education for money via tuition/fees. In the case of Athletes, they are providing a service to the University in exchange for education rather than exchanging money, but because athletes are asked to not only fulfill obligations on the academic end, but also be representatives outside of the classroom, and are also asked to potentially sustain long term PHYSICAL injuries on behalf of the University, (something that is not required by ordinary students), they should be compensated via benefits in the same way a chancellor, who serves as a spokesman, or a landscaper who may be injured on the job is compensated beyond their employment if they can no longer work. The NCAA has a narrative that athletes should be the same as normal students, but the reality is, what they contribute to the University via revenue, time, and public relations is beyond what a normal student is asked to do, in my option, they are not equal.

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At what point do you feel like the college should be off the hook for the compensation of an athlete that sustains a career ending injury? 1 year after graduation? 5 years after graduation?

Surely you don't expect the university to pick up the tab for the entire education plus all health insurance for the rest of the athletes life?

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This is my case for SEC Autonomy away from the NCAA, SEC Network revenue in addition to current revenue sharing via merchandising and ticket sales should suffice.

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so you have 85 scholarship players plus 15-20 walk ons for each school, every year. You think 14 schools can afford to provide any player with a lingering injury lifetime support off the revenue they bring in? The NFL has a hard enough time giving ex=players anything substantial, and they have a hell of a lot more revenue than any SEC school has.