re: Kareem Abdul Jabbar weighs in on pay for college athletes

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the sweat shop analogy is terrible because of hyperbole. if he just made a fairness argument and stuck to that much he would have been on solid footing.

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Yep. If you want to attack an aspect of college sports that's really BS, it's the complete sham of the 20 hour weekly limit. In season, you have a lot of these kids putting in close to 40 hours (and not just for the glamor sports) and that really puts a wrench into class and study time. Assuming you'll even be allowed to take the class you want in the first place.

But, of course, it's really all about the cash.