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Southpark nailed why this needed to happen in their episode "Crack Baby Athletic Association" [1], where Cartman essentially poses as a Slavery-era plantation o

Southpark nailed why this needed to happen in their episode "Crack Baby Athletic Association" [1], where Cartman essentially poses as a Slavery-era plantation owner, and wants to ask the University of Colorado for "business advice" on how to make people work without paying them - like their college athletes ("slavery"): >> "Now when we sell their likeness for video games, how do we get around paying our slaves…erm - student-athletes then?" - Cartman NSFW / Trigger warning etc: I realize Southpark isn't for everyone. But on this issue I feel like they nailed it by showing just how ludicrous the NCAA really is. [1] - https://www.businessinsider.com/the-crack-baby-athletic-association-cbaa-2011-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/the-crack-baby-athletic-asso...

dmix 7y ago
The media talked about a 'plantation mentality' by NBA owners ad nauseam with the Donald Sterling affair, but the NCAA is where the real analogy lies. South Park indeed hit this one on the head. Additionally, the whole amateur vs professional sports thing has always been questionable grey area, with artificially created red lines.
macspoofing 7y ago
>Southpark nailed why this needed to happen in their episode Yes and no. The problem is that the NBA and NFL had an implicit requirement of college before making to the league. This meant that players with no interest in college were nevertheless funneled through the college system. That's not fair to the players that wanted to start earning money from their profession. The NBA has lifted the restriction on high-school players graduating to the NBA - so at this point young athletes can move directly to the NBA, or G League, or play overseas. Under these conditions I think it's fine to leave NCAA as is, since college is no longer mandatory. Professionally-oriented football players don't really have that option, and NFL careers are much shorter as well. It's not a great look that those guys can't make any money in their college career.
- jordanpg 7y ago
  > It's not a great look that those guys can't make any money in their college career. Especially since someone else with none of the talent and assuming none of the risk, is making wheelbarrows full of money.
- dfsegoat 7y ago
  > It's not a great look that those guys can't make any money in their college career. ... And especially when the ones that don't make it to the NFL are basically left broken for the remainder of their lives (position specific of course). Once you are a valuable player on an NCAAF team - particularly offensive line - your body and academics pretty much go out the window in favor of your performance. These guys are broken and have no long-term healthcare, no financial incentive, etc. [1,2,3] To top it off - we have entered a bizarro world where the NCAA now SELLS INSURANCE [4] to student athletes so they can protect against future earnings losses as a result of injury in college.... It's just crazy to me, but hey they have this going for them: >> Student-athletes approved for this program are automatically eligible for a loan... The interest rate is very competitive, and a co-signer is not required. ... which is nice. 1 - https://kdvr.com/2015/05/13/masking-the-pain-toradol-in-college-sports/ https://kdvr.com/2015/05/13/masking-the-pain-toradol-in-coll... 2 - https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/05/i-trusted-em-when-ncaa-schools-abandon-their-injured-athletes/275407/ https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/05/i-... 3 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4628259/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4628259/ 3 - http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/insurance/exceptional-student-athlete-disability-insurance-program http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/insurance/exceptional-st...

dmix 7y ago

The media talked about a 'plantation mentality' by NBA owners ad nauseam with the Donald Sterling affair, but the NCAA is where the real analogy lies. South Park indeed hit this one on the head. Additionally, the whole amateur vs professional sports thing has always been questionable grey area, with artificially created red lines.

macspoofing 7y ago

>Southpark nailed why this needed to happen in their episode Yes and no. The problem is that the NBA and NFL had an implicit requirement of college before making to the league. This meant that players with no interest in college were nevertheless funneled through the college system. That's not fair to the players that wanted to start earning money from their profession. The NBA has lifted the restriction on high-school players graduating to the NBA - so at this point young athletes can move directly to the NBA, or G League, or play overseas. Under these conditions I think it's fine to leave NCAA as is, since college is no longer mandatory. Professionally-oriented football players don't really have that option, and NFL careers are much shorter as well. It's not a great look that those guys can't make any money in their college career.

jordanpg 7y ago
> It's not a great look that those guys can't make any money in their college career. Especially since someone else with none of the talent and assuming none of the risk, is making wheelbarrows full of money.
dfsegoat 7y ago
> It's not a great look that those guys can't make any money in their college career. ... And especially when the ones that don't make it to the NFL are basically left broken for the remainder of their lives (position specific of course). Once you are a valuable player on an NCAAF team - particularly offensive line - your body and academics pretty much go out the window in favor of your performance. These guys are broken and have no long-term healthcare, no financial incentive, etc. [1,2,3] To top it off - we have entered a bizarro world where the NCAA now SELLS INSURANCE [4] to student athletes so they can protect against future earnings losses as a result of injury in college.... It's just crazy to me, but hey they have this going for them: >> Student-athletes approved for this program are automatically eligible for a loan... The interest rate is very competitive, and a co-signer is not required. ... which is nice. 1 - https://kdvr.com/2015/05/13/masking-the-pain-toradol-in-college-sports/ https://kdvr.com/2015/05/13/masking-the-pain-toradol-in-coll... 2 - https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/05/i-trusted-em-when-ncaa-schools-abandon-their-injured-athletes/275407/ https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/05/i-... 3 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4628259/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4628259/ 3 - http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/insurance/exceptional-student-athlete-disability-insurance-program http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/insurance/exceptional-st...