re: Out of state tuition and room and board is about 50k per year

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When did college athletics become a profession?

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It's always been

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School sports at all levels are a completely voluntary activity.

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whatever field you work in was a chosen voluntary decision

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College sports doesn't.

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Now it does

I don’t really care what you label it, I’m not here to argue with you over the word profession.

I would only assume you consider college football to be a business, correct?

Most top tier CFB facilities are lightyears better than NFL facilities. They have a much larger access to trainers on standby and rehab equipment. Big difference is that CFB have strength coaches and NFL players usually have personal trainers. Personal chefs vs. university chefs.

The access to rehab equipment alone is worth tens of thousands a year. Cryotherapy, Alter-G machines, underwater treadmills, HyperIce boots, cupping/deep tissue massage in standby. You name it.

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would you work for free if someone paid your lodging and health insurance?

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broooo, bro, going to college and working is different man. Come on brah.

Nil is poison to college athletics. His point is the college athlete get free

Room and board
School
Books, supplies
Tons of clothing and shoes
Food all day
Tuition

At the end of the day, after 3 years that's a lot of money. Prolly adds up to close or more than 500k.


When NIL started, all of the above should have been burdened on the athlete getting nil. Pay with his nil money you wanna make money , we'll pay for all your stuff now.

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Sure, the same way a University is a business.

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Definitely both businesses. Definitely not the same type of businesses. lmao

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going to college and working is different man. Come on brah.

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College football is working. The university is making money off of their performance. That is working.


Furthermore, the market is the market. As a booster/university, You pay what you can afford. If you do not think it is worth it, don't pay it. But you are clearly seeing what these players are worth to big universities, and how much money is at stake by being successful. It is a whole lot more than room and board and a private chef.

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That puts a 5 year scholarship at a quarter of a million dollars.

is that really not enough money to play football?

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That's nothing compared to what the athletes are making for the school. Plus they put their bodies on the line every practice and every game. They literally can not get a job to make themselves money

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would you work for free if someone paid your lodging and health insurance?

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99.9% of colleges athletes are being grossly overpaid if you want to truly compare it to the corporate world

Very very very few college athletes actually make more money for the university than what they cost

For example LSU spent roughly 200k on me total and I made them $0

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Not being compensated while working a performance-based job is kind of crazy, don't you think?

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Obviously, hundreds of thousands of student athletes found enough value in it to voluntarily sign up for it.

So, again, your original premise is kind of moot.

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The market & your performance determines your worth. Again, college football is big, big business.

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Now that the can has been opened up, I agree with this and I don't fault the players for chasing money.

My contention is that there is enough value in college sports where it's not needed. And historically that has been proven due to the number of voluntary college athletes. Acting like it was some unfair agreement is silly.