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College athletes on their way to a union.
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03-26-2014, 01:53 PM | #31 |
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03-26-2014, 01:54 PM | #32 |
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So receiving a scholarship => classifies you as an employee?
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03-26-2014, 01:56 PM | #33 | |
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If it isn't, the school can easily say "we're not paying" and cancel sports. Do you REALLY think they are going to do that? A few might, but not many.
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03-26-2014, 01:57 PM | #34 |
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Seems to me that this path could lead initially to a tiered semi-professional football system that to maximize profit will separate from the NCAA and from the colleges as the players and league chase top dollar. From there some would thrive, some would survive and some won't last long at all.
Colleges do have the benefit of existing infrastructure and branding at the cost of sharing the potential wealth available to players. Semi-Pro leagues would have the benefit of maximizing the football player's return on his value. In my experience, this is generally the direction people go. Ultimately if this happened then players, instead of being Student-Athletes receiving an education and playing for a storied program, would be professional football players legally unaffiliated with the university. Why would they stay and concede top $ to other sports? |
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03-26-2014, 01:58 PM | #35 |
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I don't think that's true at every school. Not every school is making millions on their football or basketball program.
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03-26-2014, 01:58 PM | #36 |
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The NLRB is a pro-union entity that won't rule against the workers and has only gotten more progressive since the Black King was elected.
This is nonsense-what until they are locked out and try to strike! LOL
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03-26-2014, 01:59 PM | #37 |
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I think the schools will ultimately still have way more leverage.
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03-26-2014, 01:59 PM | #38 | |
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Having a set hours per week to work for the university, a work place to report to on time, a boss who you have to obey, and the fact that keeping your scholarship often depends on your performance, does make you an employee.
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03-26-2014, 02:01 PM | #39 |
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And at those schools, the wage is going to be less. The best employers who pay the most also can be picky and hire only the best employees in the real world.
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Also...I think that'll they'll have to be students to play there...and then why would you give them a scholarship? They'll just end-up paying that money back to the University. And Athletes can cost way more to house than a normal student. |
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03-26-2014, 02:04 PM | #41 |
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By the way, we can easily pass a law carving out a "college athlete exception", declaring that student athletes are not employees and the schools are under no obligation to pay them.
That is something the congress CAN do, and I'm not necessarily opposed to that, I'm not sure how I feel about passing that kind of law. But this silly fiction we currently live in where we all pretend that college athletes are not employees and that their scholarship is enough is crap. If we want college athletes to not be paid, then we need to explicitly make that clear in our laws.
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03-26-2014, 02:05 PM | #42 |
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Not a good idea IMO.
I know people want to point to kids not getting paid for playing for a school that is cashing huge checks for their performances...but that's bullshit. Players are paid in scholarships and lots of other ways not shown in their bank accounts. This is gonna be a game changer. |
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Another thing that sticks out too...is oh....you have an income now....we're gonna need you to pay income tax.
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