re: NCAA should not pay players; debate me:

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What's with this either/or bullshite?

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Yea, he has no logic behind that, he just keeps saying it for some odd reason.

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Congratulations, now the girl who was fulfilling her dream playing college soccer while also getting a scholarship to school will no longer get that opportunity because a power-five, five-star DB wanted new shoes on top of his free education, free housing, free meal plan in a private cafeteria, free athletic gear, free books and weekly nationally televised audition for professional football.

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What's the problem with this? The girl playing soccer is not bringing any value to the university, IMO, she doesn't have any instrinsic right to be able to play soccer in college if she wants to.

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Sure that works for SEC schools but now schools like ULM, Louisiana Tech, ULL and many other G5 schools will be forced between choosing between figuring out a way to pay student athletes or start shutting down programs. 

Congratulations, now the girl who was fulfilling her dream playing college soccer while also getting a scholarship to school will no longer get that opportunity because a power-five, five-star DB wanted new shoes on top of his free education, free housing, free meal plan in a private cafeteria, free athletic gear, free books and weekly nationally televised audition for professional football.

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This is my argument against players getting paid. People are naive if they think they coule get away with paying football and basketball teams, while the rest of the sports don't get a dime.

But players should be allowed to make money off themselves absolutely.

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The NCAA is about giving young athletes the opportunity to continue competing athletically at a higher level while also providing them an education most will use once their four years are completed

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In theory. In practice, they are a bribe taking organization with unilateral power that exploits young people. They make rules for athletes that don't apply to any other students on campus to make sure they keep all the money.

If you think a player not being able to go on a commercial for money or sign autographs is right, I don't know what to tell you. The NCAA was putting out a video game of its players and taking all the money from it for God's sake.

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There is no logical reason taxpayers should fund sports that function as the minor leagues for the NBA and the NFL.

Outside of that, funding for these students should be like how any department at a university funds graduate students. The better, richer programs can offer higher stipends.

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I could get behind this, step in the right, more fair direction I mean its more the case in football than basketball but those football players put their bodies on the line for a minimum of 3 years before they ever get paid over the table for taking those dangerous risks, logically they should be compensated accordingly and wouldn't affect my fandom for my team one bit, free market the bitch

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That ship sailed a looooong time ago. The NCAA is about making billions of dollars, that is there #1 priority.

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That is true but my option is that while the NCAA has become money-focused organization, it still offering a lot of benefits to a wide spectrum of student athletes.

Just because they have already dug this hole, doesn't mean they need to dig deeper and destroy all of the good they have created.

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If you think a player not being able to go on a commercial for money or sign autographs is right, I don't know what to tell you. The NCAA was putting out a video game of its players and taking all the money from it for God's sake.

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Where have I said this? You're arguing something completely different than I am talking about. This is about a school paying a student-athlete an hourly wage.

Paying players would need serious tweaks to title IX

Just in general no woman sport is as profitable as the men’s sport and most don’t make a profit at all.

Most sports don’t make a profit.

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A lot of people don't realize the ripple effect schools paying football players would cause. You think you are going to only pay football players? Lol, you will be paying soccer, volleyball, bowling and every other non-revenue sport as well.

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I doubt the money would be taken from the general athletic fund it would probably be booster money. And just so you know players already get paid for basketball and football and it other sports still get scholarships.