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Mathieu
@mathieuw
NIL is pay-to-play. Has been since day one. Meanwhile normal students take on tens of thousands in debt to go to the same school, to actually get a degree. I refuse to watch college football.
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Evan
@evangreenberg
Still better than when the players weren’t being paid at all, while it became a multi-billion dollar business on their backs (and they got punished for even seeming to take a gift or trying to monetize a YouTube channel)
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Mathieu
@mathieuw
Strong disagree. Hundreds of thousands in free tuition, lodging, books, private tutors, food, clothes, transportation. I can go on. “On their backs” is wild turn of phrase. They’re amateur athletes, at least were. This is why minor leagues exist. Universities just don’t want to give up the money, but it doesn’t make it right.
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Evan
@evangreenberg
Now they get all of that plus money. And it’s not just college football. Athletes from much smaller sports have the ability to monetize their NIL with no chance of ever entering a professional sport or the minor leagues of a professional sport (think gymnastics, track, etc). Plus, there isn’t really a minor leagues for professional football
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Evan
@evangreenberg
There are also a lot of non-scholarship football players because rosters are so large
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Mathieu
@mathieuw
The reason there isn’t a successful minor league for football is because of college football. Over 50% of the money is going to mens football and basketball, and the median across all sports is less than 500$ for d1 athletes. The actually valuable names in these sports are in fact athletes that will go on to the pros. These other athletes with a social media presence frankly aren’t getting deals based off of their athletic prowess, yet their popularity is boosted by the notoriety of the schools they attend. Meanwhile tuition goes up higher, and normal students take on more and more burden to pursue higher education.
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