"Extremely" - Nope...the free market is showing they're underpaid.

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Apr 25, 2024
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"Extremely" - Nope...the free market is showing they're underpaid.

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BlueKarma

Bio page: BlueKarma
Joined: Jun 26, 2023
Last login: May 17, 2024
Total posts: 224 (0 FO)

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With NIL the way it is...If I were a pro team owner, I would be wondering how

BlueKarma

Apr 25, 8:09am

Most Universities weren’t making boatloads, the money gets distributed across

palangi

Apr 25, 8:12am

This is a huge part of college athletics that ,any football and basketball fans

Littlerich

Apr 25, 8:16am

So what you're saying is the Universities were making boatloads of money...but

BlueKarma

Apr 25, 8:17am

No, the boatloads of money pays for all the sports to operate and covers the

Littlerich

Apr 25, 8:18am

What I'm saying is they're misappropriating their revenues and should change

BlueKarma

Apr 25, 8:22am

They aren’t misappropriating the revenue, they are spending it in a way that

Littlerich

Apr 25, 8:23am

And that model is broken. They should pay the players who earn the money.

BlueKarma

Apr 25, 8:28am

Do the players earn the money? How many fans pay for tickets and donate because

Littlerich

Apr 25, 8:50am

I think you are forgetting about Title IX

TSTTKB

Apr 25, 9:20am

RE: I think you are forgetting about Title IX

Littlerich

Apr 25, 9:26am

No, I get it. Let's say out loud what we all know: they have been exploiting

BlueKarma

Apr 25, 9:34am

They aren’t slave labor. They are student athletes who get free schooling,

Littlerich

Apr 25, 9:51am

Thank you for making my point. Student athletes = Underpaid slave labor!

BlueKarma

Apr 25, 10:02am

I didn’t make your point. College athletes are extremely well taken care of and

Littlerich

Apr 25, 10:10am

"Extremely" - Nope...the free market is showing they're underpaid.

BlueKarma

Apr 25, 10:15am

They are first college students. They are extermely well taken care of, despite

Littlerich

Apr 25, 10:21am

Ahem...The flow of money isn't an indication of athletes being underpaid.

VenomFarmer

Apr 25, 10:58am

We already have pro football.

TSTTKB

Apr 25, 9:56am

Yes...and pro football has benefitted by this CFB scheme by using CFB as their

BlueKarma

Apr 25, 10:06am

Med schools, dental schools, grad schools, and employers have benefited from

Littlerich

Apr 25, 10:17am

If fans stopped watching football or basketball it would be different.

VenomFarmer

Apr 25, 10:13am

Partly mismanaging the money,but more about the redistribution across all sports

palangi

Apr 25, 8:48am

That money mismanagement. Upgrading facilities that were just fine.

kalifi

Apr 25, 8:25am

Agreed. I prefer some regulations on NIL vs universities paying salaries mostly

Rexy Coug

Apr 25, 8:42am

Much of the revenue goes to overpaid coaches. Case in point Whitingham highest

sfeuz

Apr 25, 9:08am

Originally I wondered about the same thing. However I’ve been told that the

BlooCoug

Apr 25, 8:12am

The fans are paying the players in the pros. Just in a way that actually makes

shoganai

Apr 25, 8:15am

The fans do pay pro salaries by consuming tickets, merch, concessions and TV

pink22

Apr 25, 8:17am

NBA probably gets some sort of kickback whenever TNT complains about david stern

TNT

Apr 25, 8:19am

Cha-CHING!!

BlueKarma

Apr 25, 8:24am

Has TNT mentioned lately how much he hates the guy? Pure evil

TNT

Apr 25, 8:31am

They pay colleges too, in the same manner. Schools just need to share it with

BlooCoug

Apr 25, 1:05pm

For one, they kind of do via endorsements. It’s why big market teams have an

titlecoug

Apr 25, 8:30am

I know this is semantics, but we don't "Have to pay" anything

VenomFarmer

Apr 25, 9:23am

Yes...I agree. And thus my point that pro team owners are busy trying to figure

BlueKarma

Apr 25, 10:10am

People's appetite for entertainment is what drives this.

VenomFarmer

Apr 25, 3:31pm

I believe BYUtv should be paying the AD for sports content.

Rocketman

Apr 25, 11:28am

Crazy thing with NIL is that businesses aren't really benefiting much at all

BluebloodOR

Apr 25, 2:43pm

There should be more of this kind…

Iman23

Apr 25, 3:15pm

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