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<blockquote data-quote="Rodney Kent" data-source="post: 27898" data-attributes="member: 923"><p>vamosjacket: The athletes are not being exploited. They are exploiting the colleges to give them free food, free housing, free medical, free education, free travel, and a host of other freebies that the regular students do not get and cannot afford. Most college athletic departments are in the red, and not one could have a football program of today if it were not for the rich boosters who pay for most of this. Not only are they gettting over one-half million dollars in five years for all this free stuff, but they are getting the chance to show-boat their talents to try and get multi-million dollar salaries from the pros.</p><p> </p><p>They have the best advantage of any class of young people in the United States. If they start paying the players, I, personally will not attend or watch another college football game. There are many like me who feel this way. It will kill the goose that lays the golden egg. In fact, this may be the last year of football without payments to the players.</p><p> </p><p>Here is my proposal. The pro football teams can do like the pro baseball teams. They can create farm clubs in the cities that do not have pro teams. The players can come directly out of High School and be selected by the pros for an NFL club if they are good enough, or they can be assigned to a minor league football team in another city. They will draw a small salary from the minor leagues, ride on busses to all their games in other cities, pay for their own food, lodging, medical, etal while at home. The teams may or may not be able to pay all of their expenses to the games, but some might. They will then stay in the farm club until they are pulled up to their NFL team. Talk to some players from minor league baseball teams, it is not a pretty picture.</p><p> </p><p>Actually, I hope College Football goes away when the players begin getting pay in addition to all the perks they now have for their free education. I have no sympathy for the players who now have the best of all possible perks while getting their education. Also, the regular students are not attending school because they love it, they are trying to get an education so they can get a job after they get their degree. Either their parents are paying for their education, or they have to borrow money to be paid back later. I loved sports, and would think that most playing the various sports loves the games and competition also. It must be great to be getting a free ride while playing a game you love.</p><p> </p><p>Oh yes, and if any of them desire a college education, they can pay for their own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rodney Kent, post: 27898, member: 923"] vamosjacket: The athletes are not being exploited. They are exploiting the colleges to give them free food, free housing, free medical, free education, free travel, and a host of other freebies that the regular students do not get and cannot afford. Most college athletic departments are in the red, and not one could have a football program of today if it were not for the rich boosters who pay for most of this. Not only are they gettting over one-half million dollars in five years for all this free stuff, but they are getting the chance to show-boat their talents to try and get multi-million dollar salaries from the pros. They have the best advantage of any class of young people in the United States. If they start paying the players, I, personally will not attend or watch another college football game. There are many like me who feel this way. It will kill the goose that lays the golden egg. In fact, this may be the last year of football without payments to the players. Here is my proposal. The pro football teams can do like the pro baseball teams. They can create farm clubs in the cities that do not have pro teams. The players can come directly out of High School and be selected by the pros for an NFL club if they are good enough, or they can be assigned to a minor league football team in another city. They will draw a small salary from the minor leagues, ride on busses to all their games in other cities, pay for their own food, lodging, medical, etal while at home. The teams may or may not be able to pay all of their expenses to the games, but some might. They will then stay in the farm club until they are pulled up to their NFL team. Talk to some players from minor league baseball teams, it is not a pretty picture. Actually, I hope College Football goes away when the players begin getting pay in addition to all the perks they now have for their free education. I have no sympathy for the players who now have the best of all possible perks while getting their education. Also, the regular students are not attending school because they love it, they are trying to get an education so they can get a job after they get their degree. Either their parents are paying for their education, or they have to borrow money to be paid back later. I loved sports, and would think that most playing the various sports loves the games and competition also. It must be great to be getting a free ride while playing a game you love. Oh yes, and if any of them desire a college education, they can pay for their own. [/QUOTE]
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