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Johnny Manziel sticking it to the NCAA
jecornel
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Interesting article
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324653004578650312328142282.html#articleTabs%3Dcomments
Interesting points made on the boreds...
Okay, I want to start a business. I want it to be non-profit so I don't have to pay any taxes. I want to create a labor force in over 120 different cities with about 200 workers in each- all at least of legal age (18 or older) and I want to pay them zero in salary. I want my free labor force to generate over 2 billion dollars a year so as President I can collect over 3 million in salary and perks. And, I do not want any competition. I don't want anyone allowed to do what I am doing. Oh, and I want to impose my own laws. If the actions of my slave labor force does not break any Local, State or Federal Laws, but threatens my ability to profit off of them, then I want the policies that I make up to over ride the exisiting laws of the land so I alone have the power to destroy the future of anyone working for me for free.
Okay, anyone have any ideas? Oh wait... It already exists. It's called... The NCAA.
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324653004578650312328142282.html#articleTabs%3Dcomments
Interesting points made on the boreds...
Okay, I want to start a business. I want it to be non-profit so I don't have to pay any taxes. I want to create a labor force in over 120 different cities with about 200 workers in each- all at least of legal age (18 or older) and I want to pay them zero in salary. I want my free labor force to generate over 2 billion dollars a year so as President I can collect over 3 million in salary and perks. And, I do not want any competition. I don't want anyone allowed to do what I am doing. Oh, and I want to impose my own laws. If the actions of my slave labor force does not break any Local, State or Federal Laws, but threatens my ability to profit off of them, then I want the policies that I make up to over ride the exisiting laws of the land so I alone have the power to destroy the future of anyone working for me for free.
Okay, anyone have any ideas? Oh wait... It already exists. It's called... The NCAA.
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Not true. These guys end up with opportunities to graduate debt free, room and board free, tutors free....not to mention the networking opportunities offered to them because of what they do. If it's such a shit deal, why are guys clamoring to get in? What's next...getting rid of internships? I think they should get more money but not because they generate millions but because they aren't allowed to work. That's the real tragedy.
Football is a game where even the most elite guys aren't ready for the NFL right out of high school. Rosters spots are precious in the NFL. You can't have guys on there who can't play if/when called upon. In the NBA, the end of the bench past the tenth man hardly matters and there is the D League to stash guys who aren't ready. Not all that many elite baseball players go to college. They get big signing bonuses and go straight to the minor leagues. The guys who do play college baseball normally do because they weren't drafted high enough to justify not going to college.
How is it a good deal for football players? They have to stay three years no matter how good they are. It's a game where you can have your career ended in one play. These guys should be able to capitalize if they are generating millions. It is also the sport that generates the most money for the NCAA, and it's not even close. Like I said before, there is no other option for these guys but to play college football, unlike basketball and baseball players. It's not a good comparison.
You can continue to repeat that they don't have other options but other football leagues do exist. You may not think they are good options but your beloved European basketball also isn't a good option, as the only guy I can think of that has done it will tell you http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/sports/basketball/24recruit.html?_r=0 that's why no one else is selecting your great option. Of course there is always another option, don't play. If its such a hardship, such a bad deal then just don't accept it. Why, year after year, does everyone accept the deal that colleges offer if its so bad?