got no problem with players getting more help
some are sacred for life & earning potential is destroyed.
saw where minor league base ball players are now sueing
for fair wages, they make like 7,000 a yr.

when does this get moved down to high school level,
it's the same deal, kids are losing earning potential
& scalorships because of injuries

That's what I've been saying for years. Why should college kids be paid for playing a game? In high school, I payed a participation fee for the privilege to play that game and represent my school. Sometimes we'd play in front of 4,000 people so you know they weren't losing money on us and they didn't really need the participation fee except to subsidize the other sports.

Why should adults get paid for playing a game, either?

How many millions of dollars of revenues are flowing from the networks and fans to the college athletic departments?

I still say if the schools and conferences wouldn't have been bragging so much about the millions and millions of revenues generated and the millions spent on coaching salaries and facilities, the colleges may not have this problem.

But, they did, so they do. So it goes.....the law of unintended consequences busts one's ass every time.

(07-21-2014 06:45 AM)TerryD Wrote:  Why should adults get paid for playing a game, either?

How many millions of dollars of revenues are flowing from the networks and fans to the college athletic departments?

I still say if the schools and conferences wouldn't have been bragging so much about the millions and millions of revenues generated and the millions spent on coaching salaries and facilities, the colleges may not have this problem.

But, they did, so they do. So it goes.....the law of unintended consequences busts one's ass every time.

Adults get paid for playing a game because others are willing to pay them to do so. There are many, many leagues out there that are more than willing to pay 19 year olds to play football or basketball. But that doesn't mean that all 19-year old football/basketball players are entitled to a salary. If they choose to go to college, that college has the right to decide not to pay them (although many choose to give them free tuition, room, and board; a $40-$60,000 benefit).

The idea that some schools should not be allowed to sponsor football teams unless they pay their athletes large cash salaries is absolutely ridiculous.

To summarize, I don't see how anyone can outlaw the D-1A system without also outlawing the D-1A, D-3, and high school systems. They depend on the exact same principles, and both often make large sums of money (for perspective, EMU averaged 4,051 in attendance last year, which is less than a lot of D-3 teams and is less than 1/2 of a lot of high school teams).

If someone can tell me how the D-1A model is different than the D-3 or high school models, then I would love to hear it.