Respectfully disagree, money has always ruled this world and our personal limitations with it has always dictated our experiences.
That's been society for a while now, it's just become increasingly visible in the digital age.
Exactly....plus the assumption is that players will get greedier!!
The players, for many of them, get a free scholarship and education which is more than many in this country get so if they want NIL money then forget the scholarships and allow them to pay for their college like everyone else.
Yes, but a $10 mil endorsement deal isn't needed to buy your kid a happy meal.
I'm all for this. The athletes who get paid should be paying their own tuition. Leave the scholarships for the kids who want an education. Many of them are far more deserving than a greedy athlete.
I always thought it was odd to make athletes' "payment" an obligation to take Psych 101 and English 110. A lot truly want and benefit from this but the student athletes who are truly in college because they can't go pro yet don't care about Freud or The Great Gatsby and in fact their tutors end up doing a lion's share of the work. I always thought there should be an athlete major where kids who want to go pro, or work in a sport, take classes on how to manage money and the public rather than writing a compare/contrast essay.
some of your verbiage is gross.
It's stunning how overt they are about it these days. A lot of these players need adoration along with money. And it's gone past the point of greed into avarice. It's like a sickness.
Understand your thought process here but the reason that college is so expensive is because of Governments involvement in college loan and subsidies. Govt keeps making loans so easily available and thus colleges can charge more because students get free money while they are in college. No interest until they start to have to pay for. Cheap money causes inflation every time - just like the housing market!
They'll just get Nike, NoBull, Apple or whatever sponsor in the NIL game to pay their college.....same difference.
Guess you missed where I said I have no problem with them getting paid, they certainly deserve it. Just think they should have some guidelines and/or boundaries.
Yup. You see it everywhere in everything. Social Media destroyed humanity. IMO lol.
Why should a student athlete deserve to get paid while in school while the rest of the kids who have to pay their own tuition get nothing? One busted his/her butt to earn good grades and a spot in school while the other can throw a ball further and was given everything on a silver platter. Who is really more deserving? Military veterans who put their lives on the line don't even get that kind of a free ride.
It's not quite what you think it is. The scholarship is entirely free. While tuition is greatly reduced, the military vet still has to pay fees. Texas, for example, offers a grant called the Hazlewood grant which allows vets to go to college tuition free. But the vet is still responsible for the cost of their books, labs, etc, which we all know is extremely high.
Simple ..........millions of dollars pumped into colleges. They certainly deserve a share and please don't mention free college degrees coz many are barely worth the paper they are printed on today.
I agree there. A bioengineering degree will set you apart from most. But these athletes aren’t getting bioengineering degrees and the ones that do probably go to the NFL and then leave right afterwards. Knowing people and building relationships goes further than college degree does IMO.
Still pretty good. Books and labs are nothing compared to tuition.
I want UT to win national championships.
