{"id":44302,"date":"2014-08-11T21:14:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T03:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/11\/college-sports-of-a-multi-million-dollar-business.html"},"modified":"2014-08-11T21:51:12","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T03:51:12","slug":"college-sports-of-a-multi-million-dollar-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/11\/college-sports-of-a-multi-million-dollar-business.html","title":{"rendered":"College sports is a multi-million dollar business"},"content":{"rendered":"
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,<\/i> not having the best sportsball teams. But if that’s how we want to treat higher education, then the actual workers<\/i> involved deserve a piece of the pie.Reshared post from +Doug Dunfee<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

ICYMI, this is way overdue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Judge Rules NCAA Can’t Stop Athletes From Profiting From College Sports<\/a>
\nIn a landmark ruling, a federal court has found that the NCAA can no longer restrict college athletes from directly profiting from their sports activities.<\/p>\n

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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 … Continue reading “College sports is a multi-million dollar business”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,46,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-school-daze","category-media-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40774,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/sports-uber-alles.html","url_meta":{"origin":44302,"position":0},"title":"Sports uber alles","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 12-Jan-14 12:11pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The basics behind this -- student athletes at big universities being\u00a0\u00a0allowed in and allowed to continue in college even if they are manifestly inadequate academically -- are nothing new. \u00a0I won't say that things have gotten particular worse in the way of college sports programs being the tail wagging the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":49160,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/05\/an-athletic-tail-wagging-the-dog.html","url_meta":{"origin":44302,"position":1},"title":"An athletic tail wagging the dog","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 5-Jan-15 10:09pm","format":false,"excerpt":"One does wonder sometimes why universities don't just go into the collegiate sports business. More than they already have, that is. Originally shared by +George Wiman: I don't know why anyone is complaining about football coach salaries. They should be complaining about valuable space and resources being wasted at universities,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25822,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/30\/jesus-hates-educated-kids.html","url_meta":{"origin":44302,"position":2},"title":"Jesus hates educated kids","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 30-Jan-12 11:02am","format":false,"excerpt":"Apparently, if one listens to Rick Santorum. Who believes that Obama is trying to push kids into college because colleges apparently make kids irreligious. 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And it is indoctrination.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":276,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/05\/10\/maybe_we_should.html","url_meta":{"origin":44302,"position":3},"title":"Maybe we should stick with Shop and Driver’s Ed","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 10-May-03 12:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm sure there are probably a number of folks out there who think that the classics are a waste of time, goofy stuff like medieval history classes are silly, and...","rel":"","context":"In "Politics & Law"","block_context":{"text":"Politics & Law","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":131361,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/27\/the-unexpected-nationalizing-of-state-universities.html","url_meta":{"origin":44302,"position":4},"title":"The unexpected nationalizing of state universities","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 27-Aug-16 4:34am","format":false,"excerpt":"A number of states have tried to balance their budgets (ravaged by tax cuts, among other factors) by reducing funding to their public college and university systems -- raising tuitions, reducing in-state advantages, etc. These public, state-run schools were generally intended for local state residents to attend, but rising costs\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":133829,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/10\/we-dont-need-no-higher-education-republicans.html","url_meta":{"origin":44302,"position":5},"title":"We don't need no [higher] education!" — Republicans","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 10-Jul-17 5:32pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Who'd've thought that Republicans would become such big Pink Floyd fans? 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