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Originally Posted by Hrycaj
I didn’t mention the money on purpose because that has always been the dark secret. It is just out in the open now and ramped up. At the risk of getting too political I will say in a general sense that I believe that laborers should get paid. I never bought the free education thing. Football coaches are not setting schedules that allow these players to actually attend meaningful classes. At the higher levels they are there for football, and football alone. I would need to do some research but I would imagine the players that are getting the most money in the NIL model are not the ones graduating with a degree. So if you are a back half of the roster guy that isn’t getting NIL money and do take advantage of the free education I feel I can live with that. However, I feel my rationale may be too simplistic. Also, while I do feel the laborer should be paid, there needs to be some real contracts. Players holding teams hostage with demands on top of whatever else they have already received is the other side of the pendulum.
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I will grant one thing. With the amount of money flowing into major college football these days, it is only right that the players who are risking their bodies and future careers be paid some of it. Once the money has seeped in (i.e., flooded in), it becomes a professional sport.
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Originally Posted by Hrycaj
Finally, I hate to break it to you but I can say I know of several people that were paid to play in high school as far back as the early 2000’s.
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LOL. I have no doubt.
