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It's hard to know what to think here. I really don't like or care about college sports at all. Most of the debate tends to focus on how the kids are "exploited"

It's hard to know what to think here. I really don't like or care about college sports at all. Most of the debate tends to focus on how the kids are "exploited" because they're not paid while the coaches, administrators, and schools make a huge amount of money on the unpaid athletes. The general remedy seems to be that people want the athletes to be paid. This seems backwards to me. What does a sports team have to do with a university? Why are they even associated? The athletes get a free ride, and often don't really engage in much education. Why are they even there? And why are the coaches paid well at all? It seems like an enormous waste of money. It seems like the better solution would be to stop taking in so much money from the sport _and_ keep the athletes unpaid. If this isn't possible, it seems best to wholly separate the teams from the schools.

paulpauper 3y ago
athletes are not uncompensated. they get scholarships. but agree also that schools make huge sums of $ off them.
hotnfresh 3y ago
College sports are like NPR’s classical stations: they keep them around because the donors fucking love them.
onetimeusename 3y ago
that's how I feel about it. Also you see things like this pop up https://deadspin.com/haley-hanna-cavinder-miami-nil-infractions-ncaa-athlete-1850162567 https://deadspin.com/haley-hanna-cavinder-miami-nil-infracti... where a super rich donor met with the twins. Maybe I am completely wrong but I get the suspicion the meeting wasn't just to say hi out of the kindness of the donor's heart. Thinking about it, would universities sexualize their athletes to sell more and be able to solicit donations? Yes, this violated an NCAA rule but wouldn't surprise me if ways around it are found just like in the past where donors would sell cars to athletes for a dollar. Not sure it would be a positive development for universities.

paulpauper 3y ago

athletes are not uncompensated. they get scholarships. but agree also that schools make huge sums of $ off them.

hotnfresh 3y ago

College sports are like NPR’s classical stations: they keep them around because the donors fucking love them.

onetimeusename 3y ago

that's how I feel about it. Also you see things like this pop up https://deadspin.com/haley-hanna-cavinder-miami-nil-infractions-ncaa-athlete-1850162567 https://deadspin.com/haley-hanna-cavinder-miami-nil-infracti... where a super rich donor met with the twins. Maybe I am completely wrong but I get the suspicion the meeting wasn't just to say hi out of the kindness of the donor's heart. Thinking about it, would universities sexualize their athletes to sell more and be able to solicit donations? Yes, this violated an NCAA rule but wouldn't surprise me if ways around it are found just like in the past where donors would sell cars to athletes for a dollar. Not sure it would be a positive development for universities.