VICE: Does racial resentment fuel opposition to paying college athletes?

[↓R↑LYB]

Yes it is.. most athletes just don't give a fukk about their education. And that's their own fault.
That's one of the biggest lies I've ever heard. Most athletes just don't care about their studies. All they do is practice and go to class how is it difficult to focus on studies? They just don't WANT to..

These schools put millions into training, equipment and nutrition and hiring the best coaches to make the players the best they can be. And if u take your education seriously u can have what's known as a career waiting for u after football. Which is worth a lot of money. Stop saying its not Its not like a 5 star athlete is going to play football for Villanova and making them any money. So how do we determine which athlete is worth what? That's the biggest problem..

If u take ur education seriously and get a good degree how is that not valuable? How is that a lie


Free education, free food and free living isn't being paid? I'm starting to think people that don't think that is payment are missing part of their brain.

My ex's brother played for a D1 college football team and before he started going to college I would have assumed they actually get what they need and they don't. His parents still had to buy him food and basic necessities even though the college made millions gong to the bowl game.

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

My ex's brother played for a D1 college football team and before he started going to college I would have assumed they actually get what they need and they don't. His parents still had to buy him food and basic necessities even though the college made millions gong to the bowl game.

Ok its not like ur ex brother would be one of the athletes getting paid. Only the top athletes are generating money for the school. And it would be even worse for him if that school had to pay their top players even more money on top of that

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Ok its not like ur ex brother would be one of the athletes getting paid. Only the top athletes are generating money for the school. And it would be even worse for him if that school had to pay their top players even more money on top of that

Man no the fukk it wouldn't, these schools are not broke and one of the main reasons they're making so much money is because of the black college athletes. The amount of money those young black men generate for those white schools is criminal for them not to be compensated.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Their free education, housing and meals is worth hundreds of thousands.

that "education" ain't free when these coaches are pushing these cats towards majors just to keep them eligible.

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

Man no the fukk it wouldn't, these schools are not broke and one of the main reasons they're making so much money is because of the black college athletes. The amount of money those young black men generate for those white schools is criminal for them not to be compensated.

Once again, the top schools are making money, but the rest of these schools are not. I attend a smaller D1 school and 3/4 of the tickets at every game are free student tickets. And they aren't making any money from selling jerseys, etc. Same goes for the majority of colleges.. I don't think u understand all the expenses that go into college athletics as well.

 

[mozichrome]

if paying them gets me ncaa football or college hoops on ps4.....fukk it pay them
i know its selfish but fukk that

 

[Robbie3000]

How many times have you heard cac say "I like College sports cause it's more pure. These kids are playing for the love of the game and not the money"

Meanwhile when it's time to pay coaches millions, no one bats an eye.

 

[tremonthustler1]

There's a simple solution to all your questions. How is the worth of most things in this country determined? The answer to that is called free market. The NCAA does not have to determine the worth of any athlete, let the free market decide that. The biggest issue isn't that athletes aren't getting paid it's that athletes are being RESTRICTED from being paid. By that I mean if a booster wants to give an athlete $50,000 to come to their school, Why is that a problem? If Ohio State wants to pay a player on top of the free education, room and board, etc that they offer, why is that a problem?

I'll use an analogy. Let's say there's a genius young scientist in high school. They do a project and it's really grounbreaking. And for that effort Harvard tells them hey, if you come to our school we'll waive all your costs and pay you $50,000 a year to your research efforts/stipend. But then Stanford steps in and says we'll match Harvard's offer but instead of $50,000 we'll give you $75,000 and a car. And on top of that Google steps in and offers them an additional $50,000 for them to go to Stanford because they want this scholar in the Bay Area. Would anyone have a problem with this?

Why is that situation any different than a premier athlete?

Here's the simple solution to this. You do not have to instate a rule that makes Universities have to pay players. All you have to do is remove the rules that restrict them from being paid by anyone (boosters, sponsors, etc). Let the free market decide. That's literally how compensation in EVERY industry in the united states works. Hell YOUR Doctor is being paid money by pharmaceutical companies to influence the medicine they prescribe you. That's a far more egregious abuse of out capitalistic society than anything. What about the politicians that are being paid to influence the laws that are passed that effect our daily lives? Those are the industries that need to be policed, not college athletics.

What if that free market involved pro teams paying you?

 

[TUA TAGOVAILOA]

What if that free market involved pro teams paying you?

I was going to bring this up as well. Just let these kids go straight to the NFL if they think they are worth so much money and don't need an education or college coaching to get better. Once they go undrafted a free education, free place to live and all the free food u want will sound pretty good I bet

 

[ExodusNirvana]

They should definitely be able to make money off their own likeness and get a cut of jersey sales.

To me that's like basic shyt.

Also if you get hurt or injured and are unable to play, you should get a free ride for the remainder of your time at the school (regardless of grades) as well as having all your medical expenses paid for in full.

 

[MJ Truth]

i agree with paying for athletes but y'all acting like they are modern day slaves.

d1 n1ggas live like kings on campus for 3-5 years. not to mention not graduating with 30k of student loans having to make $500 monthly payments and shyt.


in addition, bball and football (and to a lesser extent,baseball) are the money generating sports.yeah, places like alabama / lsu / ohio state and them blue bloods prob could afford to pay ALL their athletes. but what about mens golf at Kent St or some shyt?? volleyball at davidson?

and the argument in the OPis dumb. yeah, most likely dudes are gonna blow straight thru their money like military dudes when they get their stripends and buy mustangs and shyt. Thats what young guys do...

It's the dumbest argument ever anyway. Just because you're gonna spend the money on bullshyt doesn't mean you don't deserve to get paid. You "blowing" the money isn't a reason for me to not pay you for the work.

 

[Remote]

How many times have you heard cac say "I like College sports cause it's more pure. These kids are playing for the love of the game and not the money"

Meanwhile when it's time to pay coaches millions, no one bats an eye.

Message.

 

[Remote]

It's the dumbest argument ever anyway. Just because you're gonna spend the money on bullshyt doesn't mean you don't deserve to get paid. You "blowing" the money isn't a reason for me to not pay you for the work.

 

[MJ Truth]

Cool.

Question for the group. What about the football programs that LOSE money? Should we make those players pay money back to the school for their shytty performance?

Companies lose money every day. The employees there aren't forced to pay the money back. Professional sports teams lose money, they don't get their money back. That's not how shyt works. So what the fukk would you even be talking about?

 

[hayesc0]

How many times have you heard cac say "I like College sports cause it's more pure. These kids are playing for the love of the game and not the money"

Meanwhile when it's time to pay coaches millions, no one bats an eye.

Exactly if they don't want to pay the athletes then the coaches should be amateurs also how bout dat.