[ExI] letter

[William Flynn Wallace]

spike wrote - Good athletic talent costs money.  The more talent, the more
it costs, and the more tickets the college makes.  It really is first-tier
professional sports.  The players are already paid what they cost.

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But not what they are worth.  bill w

On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 11:29 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] letter
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> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 11:55 AM, William Flynn Wallace <
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> 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
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> >…In the sense that they're poorly compensated, yes. But slavery is about
> a zillion times worse than voluntarily playing a game.  -Dave
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> As in everything else, it is all about supply and demand.  Colleges have a
> nearly inexhaustible supply of good high school level athletes with big
> dreams.  Currently they compete and do pay (in one way or another) the
> high-end talent in big positions, for the competition for that talent is
> intense.  Like pro-sports, the compensation they offer athletes varies
> widely.  Colleges really can’t do anything about that.  If they offer the
> same compensation package to all their players, they will end up with all
> linemen and no QB.
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> Good athletic talent costs money.  The more talent, the more it costs, and
> the more tickets the college makes.  It really is first-tier professional
> sports.  The players are already paid what they cost.
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