(10-04-2019 02:59 PM)TrojanCampaign Wrote:  I wish people would just be honest about why this want this current system to stand.

People simply do not want athletes to take money away from the school. Fans and school administrators have grown to love those fat checks that pay for coach salaries, facilities, and the athletic department.

Absolutely no one has a problem if the child of a Doctor gets an academic scholarship. And then is able to work with his mom/dad at their practice as a medical assistant and get paid while in school. No one cares if Uncle Johnny buys that kid a brand new car so he/she can look fancy in medical school.

No one cares if a kid studying Biology gets an paid research grant while on academic scholarship.

No one cares if a MIT student on academic scholarship invents something and then gets rich. We even applaud them for doing so even if they are on academic scholarship.

-----------------

We only have a problem when it's a football/basketball player.

Notice how now one is even discussing other sports? Do you think Tiger Woods would not have gotten extra $$$ while he is in college? And women can benefit from this also.

Do you think an exceptional black female athlete could not make a Nike commercial during black history month? Do you think an a female athlete could not double as a model?

People who support this model just need to have the balls and just admit the only reason you like it is so your school can benefit at the expense of the athlete.

Totally agree - we need to call a spade a spade.

Heck, even beyond the doctor example, it's interesting that it's so easy for some people to give athletes an ultimatum that they can choose between a scholarship and outside compensation, but not both. Of course, that's no sweat for your average lacrosse, golf or tennis player at a Division I program that disproportionately come from higher income families that can pay for college, anyway. Yet, some people get all hot and bothered when it comes to endorsements for football and basketball players that, let's face the facts, come disproportionately from lower income minority households that don't have any other way to pay for college. Basically, those people are saying that we need to force some of the lowest income students on campus (particularly at virtually any Power Five school, nearly all of whom have affluent student bodies compared to the general population) into a decision at 18 years old to essentially forego college altogether if they choose to have outside compensation.

It's quite funny to me (and not in a "ha-ha" way) that this athlete compensation issue is what riles up emotions in some fans as opposed to, say, the fact that the highest paid public employee in virtually every state is a sports coach, or that hundreds of millions of dollars are funneled into athletic facilities instead of academic programs or financial aid, or a whole host of other issues that clearly turn college sports into straight up professional programs (much less "semi-pro") way more an athlete being able to receive third party compensation in a way that every single other student on campus is already able to do today.