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The "league" has billion dollar revenue, multi million dollar coaching salaries, enormous capital expenditures, and more. They are not "break even." If in fact
by themartorana 10y ago
The "league" has billion dollar revenue, multi million dollar coaching salaries, enormous capital expenditures, and more. They are not "break even."
If in fact you believe that student athletes are not exploited to an unconscionable degree, here is just a little educational material to get you started.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/10/the-shame-of-college-sports/308643/ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/10/the-sham...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591846323/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_TTMoxbWF9FGEF https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591846323/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_TTMo...
https://youtu.be/pX8BXH3SJn0 https://youtu.be/pX8BXH3SJn0
http://time.com/3586037/exploitation-is-everywhere-in-mens-college-basketball/ http://time.com/3586037/exploitation-is-everywhere-in-mens-c...
https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/four-years-a-student-athlete-the-racial-injustice-of-big-time-college-sports https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/four-years-a-student-a...
http://www.thenation.com/article/ncaa-poster-boy-corruption-and-exploitation/ http://www.thenation.com/article/ncaa-poster-boy-corruption-...
https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2016/02/21/does-ncaa-exploit-student-athletes/OnIF5KDFbt6oYACJlBBsSP/story.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books/2016/02/21/does-ncaa-...
And I'm not alone calling it slave labor. I'm just one in a massive chorus.
https://www.google.com/search?q=ncaa+slavery&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari https://www.google.com/search?q=ncaa+slavery&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF...
- arcticfox 10y agoIt's an extremely complicated issue. Trust me, I understand the points in those articles. For those unacquainted, head's up that it is hardly as unambiguous as the parent post implies. https://www.google.com/?q=why+college+athletes+should+not+be+paid&gws_rd=ssl# https://www.google.com/?q=why+college+athletes+should+not+be...