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This is not an entirely different issue though. You trying to make it but it is not. They are both related. If everything was all hunky dory, whyis it that when a college football player goes into the draft, he can't go back to college? If, he's an amateur player, and he doesn't make it tothe pros, should he be able to go back to school and get his degree???? This college system is already designed to make players focus on their ATHLETICS skillsfrom the get go, why not pay them for it while they are using them to make money???? That's what I don't get. These are 18-22 year olds that should begetting paid by a system, that is milking them for their god given abilities, and on top of that they are controlling their futures by NOT letting them comeback to school if they DON'T get drafted. Now tell me where's the love????? I could have sworn there is love when they are recruiting them.Originally Posted by infamousod
Originally Posted by FromThaTown
it's funny to me and I know this is off topic, but you got YOUNG entertainers like miley cyrus making millions because of her talent, yet you can't have a youngsta with major talent ahead of his game in the sports world making millions. To me, the reason is college folks like to exploit that special god given talent that they try so HARD to recruit to make money for them. They just attach the STUDENT label to them and it makes them amatuer so they shouldn't get paid????? Like I said this is going to be off topic again, but I know my cousin and plenty of people in the 3rd world are working at 12 and 13. I'm not saying it's a good thing. I'm seeing these kids work JUST to feed their family and get over to the next day. I don't see why it's wrong for an American kid to feed his family and help them get ahead in COLLEGE. 18 is legal and they should be getting paid rather than get exploited by these money hungry cats that can give a damn about the sport.
that's an entirely different issue. if you want to take it up with the NFL and now the NBA on how they use college sports as a free minor leauge go ahead. but consider that they do a lot to publicize college sports and go out of their way not to have conflicting schedules. that's why NFL games always state what college they went to.
amateurism is also a seperate topic seperate from this.
also keep in mind that the NFL generates revenue that's split among 30 teams. each athletic conference has to take care of its own 10-12 schools with hundreds of athletes each from a smaller pie than the NFL makes.