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Quoting Cardale Jones blows Gary’s whole argument (which isn’t that strong to begin with). “…we ain’t come to play SCHOOL, classes are POINTLESS.” (Ironically, in Mr. Jones’ case, probably more true than most!) There is nothing that says that Cardale had to play football at Ohio State; he could have played football anywhere. Playing football isn’t confined to the colleges or to the NFL; there are other places one could play. Of course, one wouldn’t get the exposure, or the education (should one choose to “play SCHOOL”) or the paycheck, should one be good enough to play professionally. The problem that Gary and others like him fail to see is what about others on the team that support the star players that might be good enough to profit from “business opportunities they can generate on their own”? How do these deals affect them? Will they be as willing to block for the star RB or QB knowing that they might be raking in thousands (many thousands?) while they, doing the grunt work, get nothing? What people like Gary fail to realize is that this Fair Pay to Play Act will probably only benefit just a select few athletes but in the process destroy the scholarship program for those that need it.
I’m conflicted on this issue though I lean heavily toward the “don’t take the job if you don’t like the pay” argument. If playing on NCAA teams is such a bad deal, then don’t do it. There are many jobs in the business world where the company make far more money off your efforts than you receive, but you would also struggle to bring those benefits on your own without the company. If it gets too out of whack, people quit and find a better company. However, the argument above pushed me to take the other side a bit. You could argue that in the NFL or NBA the lower paid players might not be willing to do their job in support of the high paid star players. I’m not sure I buy the argument. You do your job on the team, or your not on the team, whether by your own choice or by getting benched. Same rule applies, do your job or not. For those that don’t, the process is generally self-correcting.
Perhaps the real issue here is that our higher education system is enmeshed with professional sports. I think initially, college (and university, I’m using college broadly) sports teams were just an extension of high school sports. That is, a way to promote team-work and health. Over time, it became a profit center for the colleges and that started to corrupt things to the point that rules were bent to allow otherwise non-college oriented people to nonetheless be enrolled. It would be difficult to undo this history and just separate colleges from minor league sports, nor desirable perhaps for those who do want to be educated and get the experience of getting to play even if they are ultimately skilled enough for the pros.
So, while I’m still in the “if it so bad, why do it” camp, if it is changed to where payment is required, maybe it will lead to change where colleges effectively create a separate sports organization that compensates its players while still incorporating those that want it into the college life. It may be more honest and may even drive some colleges to decide between being an educational entity versus a minor league sports organization, while others with find a way to maintain the balance. I fear unintended consequences that might actually make things worse for players, but maybe we have to experiment in order to prove that out one way or the other.