KillerPicklez said:

No sport requires college, it requires you to be a number of years removed from high school.

and you cant discriminate by paying some athletes and not others

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elax420 said:

Assuming they have to pay every athlete; The size of the stipend should be dictated by how much revenue the program brings in. Then everybody gets paid if they are profitable, sounds like the real world.

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zappaisgod said:

KillerPicklez said:

No sport requires college, it requires you to be a number of years removed from high school.

and you cant discriminate by paying some athletes and not others

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Of course you can.  They do it with scholarships.

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KillerPicklez said:

That's not what I was saying

I was saying that sports like swimming, track and field, cross country, hockey, ect wont get paid

So how is that fair?

You are going to say that only football and basketball players get paid because those are the only programs that generate money?

I just think it's a stupid idea in general to start paying people who are already receiving an education. I think the right way to do it would be to give free education, free room and board, and free medical. I think that is more than fair for people who play a game.

You are talking about over $100,000+ over the course of 4 years, so 25k a year which is plenty.

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KillerPicklez said:

elax420 said:

Assuming they have to pay every athlete; The size of the stipend should be dictated by how much revenue the program brings in. Then everybody gets paid if they are profitable, sounds like the real world.

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Equal sharing based on profit sounds like the real world? What world are you living in

zappaisgod said:

KillerPicklez said:

No sport requires college, it requires you to be a number of years removed from high school.

and you cant discriminate by paying some athletes and not others

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Of course you can.  They do it with scholarships.

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That isnt the same. That's providing something for free based on performance... Not the same as paying everyone

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KillerPicklez said:

A large majority of student athletes use their degrees.... A lot more use their college degrees than end up playing professional sports

And the days of athletes all getting bullshit degrees has long passed

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elax420 said:

It kinda fucking pisses me off that a lot my tuition goes to pay for athletics in the first place. Im here to get a degree not pay for the fucking womens water polo team to lose every game.

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KillerPicklez said:

So you think the schools being forced to pay athletes will lower your tuition? If anything it will cause tuition to increase.

elax420 said:

It kinda fucking pisses me off that a lot my tuition goes to pay for athletics in the first place. Im here to get a degree not pay for the fucking womens water polo team to lose every game.

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And just because the 3 athletes you know are dipshits, most likely because you are a dipshit and birds of a flock, ya know....

I know tons of student athletes from Ohio State and Arizona State and a couple from other major universities who got degrees in business, chemistry, education, ect and now how jobs in those fields... Not in the NBA or the NFL..

And my buddy who did get drafted my the Miami Dolphins is now using his degree from Michigan State because he only made it 1 season in the NFL.

Yes there are marque athletes who use college as purely a launching pad for their pro careers, but that number is a MINORITY of the whole of what represents the typical student athlete

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My point about tuition is the whole system is so fucking corrupt. Where is all this money going? no one ever says. We do know the guys who organize the bowl games, and work maybe one week of the year make 800k.

Aren’t you the kid who couldn’t even fucking graduate, and bounces in and out of jail? Bitch i got a 3.4 and clean record 
Ya there are quite a few football players in the Business school, they never go to class and still pass, I wonder why? You make up some bullshit personal experience angle because you can’t come up with a real argument and you are trying to detract from point at hand.


So fucking what if some athletes use their degrees after school, good for them, every other student on the damn campus plans on doing the same. You have no numbers backing your claims anyway. If you knew anything about recruiting you would know the entry standards are severely lowered for athletes, and they get shown the easiest path possible to graduate once accepted. Sure they can deviate but most of them wouldn’t even be there if they weren’t good at sports. I know for a fact Stanford, one of the worlds premiere universities, only requires a 4.0 GPA and fucking 20 on the ACT. Do you know the kind of shit regular people have to do to get into Stanford? 4.0 and 34 probably wouldn’t cut it.


Im all for education, but acting like d1 football players at programs like OSU are there primarily for education is a flat out lie and you know it. It is reckless and irresponsible for the institutions to profit off the sweat of its athletes under the guise of education. I don’t know how the NCAA managed to corner the market on Amateur Football, but its starting to seem like its only a matter of time before they get slapped with a major anti-trust lawsuit and their slave labor scheme dies.


If the institutions support their “student athletes” so much why don’t they sign a contract with the players guaranteeing them a 4yr full ride in return for services rendered?

If you can’t argue the economics or law behind this what is there to even talk about? Personal experience is bullshit.

KillerPicklez said:

A large majority of student athletes use their degrees.... A lot more use their college degrees than end up playing professional sports

And the days of athletes all getting bullshit degrees has long passed

So you are in favor of paying all college athletes? Is that your stance?

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elax420 said:

Right now they just need to do something to make it appear as if they are working towards a solution to keep the government from coming down on their asses hard. Plus it would be good for PR.

I know its not exactly applicable in this situation but in Torts its called a post remedial measure. 

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