The biggest thing wrong with the NCAA and college sports was the NCAA making the money. College sports are almost dead to me at this point anyway so I'm probably biased. Used to love 'em, now I rarely watch or care much.
Even in DIII our good athletes were set up by people near the school with cush jobs and all sorts of food and clothing perks. They couldn't give scholarships.
as for why I don't think they should be paid? They aren't pro's. When they contribute to the best AT's, PT's, MD's, Ortho's, and invest in the state of the art training facilities and also pay for the best coaches to teach them and then build the multi million dollar stadiums in which to showcase their talents in front of an audience of millions thru lucrative TV endorsements every Saturday (or whatever day now) maybe you can convince me.
Until then the only thing wrong is the NCAA doing things like licensing their likeness to things like EA sports and profiting from them rather than the money going back into college academia and sports 100%.
IMO, there isn't really any other profession that is set up to more completely showcase someone than NCAA sports for their professional career.
Even in DIII our good athletes were set up by people near the school with cush jobs and all sorts of food and clothing perks. They couldn't give scholarships.
as for why I don't think they should be paid? They aren't pro's. When they contribute to the best AT's, PT's, MD's, Ortho's, and invest in the state of the art training facilities and also pay for the best coaches to teach them and then build the multi million dollar stadiums in which to showcase their talents in front of an audience of millions thru lucrative TV endorsements every Saturday (or whatever day now) maybe you can convince me.
Until then the only thing wrong is the NCAA doing things like licensing their likeness to things like EA sports and profiting from them rather than the money going back into college academia and sports 100%.
IMO, there isn't really any other profession that is set up to more completely showcase someone than NCAA sports for their professional career.
