re: How much pride is too much pride?

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There are bogus, arbitrary rules that force a player to keep playing for free when he should be being paid for his ability. If I was the player I would rebel against that.

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free? They're getting free tuition, room and board, coaching, nutrition, tutoring, the use of billions of dollars of state-of-the-art facilities, massive exposure under the university's brand, the ability to make valuable connections, etc.

They don't play for free.