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[ceebeegee]

I'm watching CNN right now and there is a debate about college athletes and whether or not they're exploited. There is a guy who is actually advocating that NCAA athletes be paid. Oh. My. God. My eyeballs are about to roll right out of their sockets onto the floor. Spare me the fucking violins. Hey, if they want to get paid--go professional. Enter the NBA draft or show up at the NFL camps. But as long as you're in school, your scholarship is your pay. The guy was whining about how much money they generate, and one of the other panelists said exactly what I would've said--that money goes towards other activities that don't generate as much revenue. Because it's school, not a corporation--you're part of the scholastic community (at least officially :-/ ) and there's so much attention and privilege lavished on these programs, it's only fair they give back.

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[ceebeegee.livejournal.com]

The CNN debate only talked about the big revenue producing sports like basketball and football--I'm not sure if the for-advocate had even thought about those other sports, he was panting so hard about how much money the coaches made vs. those poor athletes. Obviously the fencing coach doesn't exactly haul it in ;)

But you're right to bring them up, of course. And those examples you cite are ridiculous--clearly the system needs to be overhauled, but if it's a straight case of salary for playing time, it's obvious the only ones to benefit will be the big $ athletes. No one pays to go watch fencing.

[planga.livejournal.com]

People would go for fencing if they knew how cheap they could get car stereos.