I have no problem with college athletes making some money from it. Treating them as “students” that are just playing for “the love of the game,” while the NCAA makes millions and college coaches rake in massive salaries and universities depend on sports revenue — well, it’s both absurd and patently unfair.Of course, I’d rather universities were actually all about, y’know, education, not having the best sportsball teams. But if that’s how we want to treat higher education, then the actual workers involved deserve a piece of the pie.Reshared post from +Doug Dunfee
ICYMI, this is way overdue.
Judge Rules NCAA Can’t Stop Athletes From Profiting From College Sports
In a landmark ruling, a federal court has found that the NCAA can no longer restrict college athletes from directly profiting from their sports activities.
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Given that I can't even watch bowl games, because the NCAA found a more profitable deal with ESPN than with broadcast networks…I'm not very sympathetic that they are doing it for "the public" or "the students."
The fact that they aren't paid a wage is just nuts. They rake in tons of money for schools. I had a friend tell me one, well they get tuition paid. Yes but that is missing the point, and not everyone has that perk.
I’m still amazed that all the US professional sportsmen are among the most intelligent and educationally gifted in the country. I’m sure there is no other reason they get to university and then earn a degree.
@LH – The ruse that this is all about educating kids who just happen to play sports very well wears awfully thin in a lot of cases. There are certainly many athletic kids who get athletic scholarships to school and do get an education and go on to be productive non-sporting individuals. There are far too many cases, however, where clearly the need to have a great free-thrower or fabulous running back on the collegiate team is more important than said young adult’s academic qualifications or achievement while at university.
PZ Myers is always fuming at this – “You can’t fail his paper, he’s our best ‘xxxx’. Regrade.” Even seen a photo somewhere of an “essay”, literally 100 words long.