re: Great read on why paying college athletes would NOT be doomsday

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I don't value amateurism at all. It is an outdated concept dating back to 19th century gentlemen. They valued amateurism because it demonstrated they did not work. It was inherently elitist and completely inapplicable to a student athlete. The question is, should the courts continue to value amateurism as a valid concern?

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i agree with this

but there is so much shite federal law that it makes directly paying players an albatross (ignoring the economic reality of the entirety of the college sports spectrum)

Title 9 is the biggest issue

Anti-trust legislation is another (but in avoiding that, they've created the false reality that you referenced above)

hell, this fricking class action is based on shitty law (essentially a contract of adhesion)

it makes this difficult to create real, rational changes to the system to get away from the false reality that both you and i acknowledge exists.