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College Foot Ball Unions
pwillie
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...just in, the Football players at North Western,can unionize..
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Programs will effectively neutralize this I think though by "ensuring" player they recruit will not unionize.
And what about union dues?
Lets face the facts,most of the stars today come from underprivileged homes...So, you guess why this has come about?
Part of it, but I dont think all of it. Its a money grab plain and simple. You have programs and conferences making hundreds of millions off peoples names and performance. And the athletes feel like they deserve a piece. Not like they are asking for something they didnt work for. Do i think college should go down that road and players should get paid no.
But what I would agree with on the players side is colleges making money on players names and likeness' plastered on everything. Colleges should either use figures and names that do not apply to current players or should set up some sort of payment for that.
Lets face the facts,most of the stars today come from underprivileged homes...So, you guess why this has come about?
Heaven forbid a free college education isn't enough. It is no ones fault but theirs that many of them squander it, take basket weaving and leave early hoping for a NFL career that almost all of them fail to achieve. If an athlete signs a scholarship they should be required to complete four years before leaving for a professional sport.
I think the players should be given a choice...free ride....or get paid and pay your own way through school...
Unions for them isnt going to work.....schools are non profit for the most part....and besides, it will lead to more problems later.
The schools make hugh bucks off them....much more than the "free ride" costs them...add to that..the adverts they sell also....
I think the players should be given a choice...free ride....or get paid and pay your own way through school...
Unions for them isnt going to work.....schools are non profit for the most part....and besides, it will lead to more problems later.
Make up your mind School Make Huge bucks off of them, But schools are non profit.
If they unionize, will it be so much easier for them to pre-set who will win just like in wrestling?
If they unionize,they will be paid...so why will they go to school?Hell,half don't go anyway(class) and if they do,a tutor writes their term papers....If they play and don't attend class,just pay them..and kick them out after four years...Its all about the money,and the stadiums will be empty in ten years...TV or streaming will be the medium.....WWL at best! All scripted!