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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 678069" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>Ah. The European solution.</p><p></p><p>I agree that if there was a "free market" solution - i.e. no regs on what athletes would be paid - then there would be no major college sports to speak of. I have no problem at all with that. Virtually every system of higher education (except ours) has no varsity (btw, that's Edwardian English high class slang for university) teams and don't want them. If you want to play ball, get in touch with the pros or join the national amateur athletic associations. This would work fine for the US; there's no reason for the taxpayers to fund big time college sports, directly or indirectly. I'd miss Tech football, but other organizations play the sport and it might make for more opportunity for young people who want to play - like the four high school grads who started on D for the Seahawks last Sunday - and not study. </p><p></p><p>But, let's face it, that ain't happening. There'll be some changes for the likeness licensing, but I think they'll be more marginal then we anticipate. Everyone can see where paying athletes would go and nobody with the power to change things has much interest in having that happen. Or, to be more exact, I don't think they do. Hope I'm right.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 678069, member: 265"] Ah. The European solution. I agree that if there was a "free market" solution - i.e. no regs on what athletes would be paid - then there would be no major college sports to speak of. I have no problem at all with that. Virtually every system of higher education (except ours) has no varsity (btw, that's Edwardian English high class slang for university) teams and don't want them. If you want to play ball, get in touch with the pros or join the national amateur athletic associations. This would work fine for the US; there's no reason for the taxpayers to fund big time college sports, directly or indirectly. I'd miss Tech football, but other organizations play the sport and it might make for more opportunity for young people who want to play - like the four high school grads who started on D for the Seahawks last Sunday - and not study. But, let's face it, that ain't happening. There'll be some changes for the likeness licensing, but I think they'll be more marginal then we anticipate. Everyone can see where paying athletes would go and nobody with the power to change things has much interest in having that happen. Or, to be more exact, I don't think they do. Hope I'm right. [/QUOTE]
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