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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 271532" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>I think this is true of most youth sports situations, even up to high school. But let's not deceive ourselves into thinking that big time college sports is like this at all. It is, in fact, a multi-billion dollar business based on an exchange of equivalents (well … sorta) not found at other levels. And, like for the regular students at post-secondary institutions, it is preparation for a career and seen as such.</p><p></p><p>Team solidarity is a great thing and, of course, coaches, just like the execs at most businesses, want people to buy into it; it makes for personnel stability and helps keep the main players. It also helps teams to win, an important consideration. However, anybody who won't look dispassionately at their position and decide for themselves whether they are benefiting from it or not isn't being rational. And, given their short playing lives, college athletes have to do just that. Some will stay because they think they can work themselves onto the field as other players circulate off or because they value the education they are getting or because they've been snowed by their coaches. Some will be chased off, a la Bammer. Others will decide that they can have a better chance for a future elsewhere. I sure don't blame any player for that any more then I would blame any employee for leaving for a better job. That's the way the country works.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 271532, member: 265"] I think this is true of most youth sports situations, even up to high school. But let's not deceive ourselves into thinking that big time college sports is like this at all. It is, in fact, a multi-billion dollar business based on an exchange of equivalents (well … sorta) not found at other levels. And, like for the regular students at post-secondary institutions, it is preparation for a career and seen as such. Team solidarity is a great thing and, of course, coaches, just like the execs at most businesses, want people to buy into it; it makes for personnel stability and helps keep the main players. It also helps teams to win, an important consideration. However, anybody who won't look dispassionately at their position and decide for themselves whether they are benefiting from it or not isn't being rational. And, given their short playing lives, college athletes have to do just that. Some will stay because they think they can work themselves onto the field as other players circulate off or because they value the education they are getting or because they've been snowed by their coaches. Some will be chased off, a la Bammer. Others will decide that they can have a better chance for a future elsewhere. I sure don't blame any player for that any more then I would blame any employee for leaving for a better job. That's the way the country works. [/QUOTE]
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