College Football

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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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

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.

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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“Athletes make those sacrifices to be at the top of their craft, not for some future financial benefit”

Is an unequivocally a false generalization. Maybe yes if someone is privileged growing up and can afford to play a less popular sport. 

But, man it’s so not true for 50% of Americans. There are so many kids and parents who are in it for the money and to better their situation.

Effort isn’t a measure of deserving. Athletes in every sport work hard yet the benefits have always been around the money. Athletes make those sacrifices to be at the top of their craft, not for some future financial benefit, otherwise there would be nobody playing the less popular sports. Universities are meant for education, and many succeed without top sports programs.

If your going to blame someone blame the universities, the NCAA, but the players have worked extremely hard to get where they are and deserve the money. 

2 practices a day, don't come home for thanksgiving, don't have a summer break, barely get to go out and drink. Besides tuition fees, they are the largest generator of revenue for these schools. Finally, one could argue that football has generated more revenue for schools like Alabama, as people are often applying because of the football!

Players deserved to be paid.