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Jul 30, 2014
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QuinneyCoug
That's why lawyers can sympathize with them. On the other hand it isnt
as if being a local celebrity who thousands scream for each week isn't its own reward.
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Student athletes are interns
Y05
7/30/14 4:46pm
Except that is only true for a teeny fraction.
QuinneyCoug
7/30/14 4:48pm
The rest of them are not good enough to actually get paid. One more reason they
Bluedomination
7/30/14 4:50pm
+boxy
boxydutch
7/30/14 4:52pm
Do college football programs not pull in significant revenue?
hessrp
7/30/14 4:53pm
They do get paid. Free room and board, food, and tuition. If it wasn't worth it
Mikey
7/30/14 4:56pm
I got the same type of scolarship for music
hessrp
7/30/14 5:01pm
Why should it? When I worked in consulting, I was billed out at $500/ and was
Mikey
7/30/14 5:06pm
If you quit your job, would your company lose its product?
hessrp
7/30/14 5:17pm
Yes. I provide a service. Now, the company could hire someone else to do that
Mikey
7/30/14 5:22pm
They do have a choice. Just like people who go to law school
QuinneyCoug
7/30/14 5:23pm
Maybe music wasn't yo' "thang"
Sportsroof
7/30/14 7:17pm
Revenue is misleading, most athletic depts run in the red. So no there isn't
Bluedomination
7/30/14 5:00pm
Gratitude for whom? The bowl execs that work one week out of the year,
hessrp
7/30/14 5:11pm
and 90% of athletixs could go away, including the
TXSmith
7/30/14 5:14pm
I agree. I hope it does go away.
hessrp
7/30/14 5:24pm
dude you make me cringe
boxydutch
7/30/14 5:37pm
Again, Fiddler on the Roof
hessrp
7/30/14 5:40pm
I'll buy you a one-way ticket to France.
boxydutch
7/30/14 5:42pm
So it is TV money that changed the game. Should non football athletes be
QuinneyCoug
7/30/14 5:48pm
don't bother, either hess is a troll, blinded by CFB, or has no interest
boxydutch
7/30/14 5:54pm
au contraire. I've been a lifelong lover of all things BYU and BYU football
hessrp
7/30/14 6:04pm
Sorry for doing this, but I have to...
hessrp
7/30/14 5:54pm
OK- now a troll who certainly never played sports at any level
boxydutch
7/30/14 5:56pm
minor league football would be a disaster
cougarmanguy
7/30/14 6:01pm
Yeah, your comparison to slavery pretty well undermines your entire
QuinneyCoug
7/30/14 6:01pm
lol, because paid sports is very ethical
cougarmanguy
7/30/14 6:05pm
tell me how professional sports are as corrupt as college football?
hessrp
7/30/14 6:11pm
yeah, you have your head in the sand
cougarmanguy
7/30/14 6:12pm
explain to me how pro sports would die if college football changes?
hessrp
7/30/14 6:13pm
well, let's make it easy
cougarmanguy
7/30/14 6:15pm
Be careful, that slope looks really slippery
hessrp
7/30/14 6:23pm
very sad view of the future. I would hate the whole idea of what you want
cougarmanguy
7/30/14 5:59pm
You are fighting the wrong fight then. Go after coaches, don't enable students
Bluedomination
7/30/14 6:32pm
*deep breath*... where do you draw the line?
boxydutch
7/30/14 5:01pm
Your concerns are very valid. I think college athletics should cease to exist
hessrp
7/30/14 5:05pm
ummm no it's not.
boxydutch
7/30/14 5:12pm
When did you attend BYU? TV money is a game changer
hessrp
7/30/14 5:20pm
who are these "athletes"
boxydutch
7/30/14 5:32pm
fiddler on the roof stuff is getting dumb
cougarmanguy
7/30/14 6:09pm
why? because it's valid?
hessrp
7/30/14 6:13pm
cougarmanguy
7/30/14 6:13pm
We can all agree the consequences to student athletes and amateur athletes
QuinneyCoug
7/30/14 6:41pm
Revenues - yes. Profits for most schools - NO.
OptimisTIC
7/30/14 7:27pm
Then they should sign a minor league agreement.
KGKUGR
7/30/14 7:34pm
of lawyers
Cougarclaw
7/30/14 4:50pm
That's why lawyers can sympathize with them. On the other hand it isnt
QuinneyCoug
7/30/14 4:52pm
"fame is its own reward"
yahtzee
7/30/14 4:59pm
or was that "virtue..."
yahtzee
7/30/14 5:06pm
Same is true for unpaid Interns.
Admiral Ackbar
7/30/14 5:09pm
True few make it NFL but others go into coaching, broadcasting, training field.
scott715
7/30/14 6:51pm
it does open doors to other opportunities
Y05
7/31/14 6:04am
Probably the best comparison I've heard. Bingo.
KingDave
7/30/14 4:54pm
Student athletes don't enrich universities,
Archaea
7/30/14 5:04pm
They get free tuition and room and board
AxelDC
7/30/14 5:12pm
And BYU is a bad example. Think Northwestern or even a state school
QuinneyCoug
7/30/14 5:18pm
The food cost is about to go up.
lawboy
7/30/14 5:39pm
Most athletes don't enrich the university
donnerstag
7/30/14 5:16pm
it helps marke the athletic department.
Archaea
7/30/14 5:48pm
I'm sorry Hessrp, apparently you were seriously hurt (maybe your child) by
BYUALWAYSNUM1
7/30/14 7:33pm
One major issue with athletes being slaves...
Tweege
7/30/14 7:42pm
a better comparison is the 19th century robber baron economy
Basicn3
7/30/14 10:30pm
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