[ExI] letter

[William Flynn Wallace]

I'd be in favor of removing obstacles to paying athletes but I hardly think
it's comparable to slavery.

-Dave

Yes, they are volunteers, but the real slaves made big money for the
plantation owners and received very little in return.  ESPN paid NCAA $470
millions of dollars and the players get a scholarship?  That IS comparable
to actual slaves.

bill w

On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 9:40 AM, Dave Sill <sparge at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 10:22 AM, William Flynn Wallace <
> foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 1.6% of college football players make it to the pros.  So what?  So after
>> perhaps making tens of millions of dollars for their schools winning
>> conference titles, bowl games, the vast majority of the players graduate
>> having gotten mostly nothing in return.
>>
>> It is time to pay the players.  Where else do we see employees contribute
>> a great deal to the organization's bottom line and get a pittance in return?
>>
>> The idea that they are amateurs is ludicrous.  Even the Olympic
>> organization got the right idea on that awhile back.  How much has Michael
>> Phelps put in the bank?
>>
>> It is not a question of having the money. It's a question of sharing it.
>> The players and coaches earned it.  The coaches certainly get their share
>> and their schools too.  The real money makers get next to nothing -
>> tuition, books, a very few spending dollars.
>>
>> This blatant hypocrisy needs to stop.  This is slave labor, isn't it?
>> Where else can they market their skills?  Nowhere.
>>
>> Outside of actual slavery, I can't think of another situation that is
>> this unfair.  Absolutely unAmerican.
>>
>
> The better players get athletic scholarships. That's substantial.
> Athletics are voluntary: nobody is making anyone play football. Ask players
> why they play. I think most just enjoy playing the game and the experience
> of being a varsity athlete. I'd be in favor of removing obstacles to paying
> athletes but I hardly think it's comparable to slavery.
>
> -Dave
>
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