I do not believe athletes were being taken advantage of prior to NIL. It drives me nuts when people (not suggesting you are doing this) say athletes weren't taken care of before NIL. I would love to see side by side comparison on scholarship athletes:
career earnings for athletes who finished school w/a degree vs career earnings for athletes who did not
I'd pretty much go all-in that athletes who took their scholarship seriously were paid dividends the rest of their life - not just 2-3 years of payment for a couple of years of production.
Fair point. But would you rather your university president fight for that revenue or let the TV networks keep all of that money? I'm not an expert in that field, but I'd have to imagine that money is going in someones pocket - might as well go to the schools who are demanding the viewership.
I would rather my president stop referring to his athletes, as Student-Athletes under false pretenses. The cost of scholarship, housing, tuitions, medical treatments and nutrition have a monetary value. By adding in a stipend and the NIL, the are now receiving income above that monetary value. They are semi-professonal athletes.
Durke to Rice. Can’t believe he passed up the 38 SEC offers
What I think is a joke and very hypocritical is the fact that when you hear ANYONe associated with any school, conference or the NCAA talk about the athletes, they always say STUDENT ATHLETE. I guess they are trying to convince the audience that education is still what’s more important, rather than the money!
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