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Diehards: Deante Gray calls debate over paying players ‘laughable’ after NCAA earnings report
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<blockquote data-quote="Zubaz" data-source="post: 2558922" data-attributes="member: 3528"><p>This isn't a great argument, and is often used to excuse any number of exploitative or inappropriate relationships or offers. Yeah nobody made them accept scholarships, nobody made them play football, doesn't make the situation morally correct. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I could be wrong, but to the best of my knowledge very few high school athletics organizations are generating $1.1 billion in revenue. Very few high schools are getting $25 million checks from television networks or on ABC Primetime. Very few high schools are drawing between 50k-100k to their stadiums. </p><p></p><p>College athletics, specifically college basketball and football, are spectator sports to a degree that does not exist in any high school athletics that I am aware of. Comparing intramural athletics to "amateur" / semi-pro athletics is a pretty faulty comparison on the face of it. </p><p></p><p></p><p>To be clear, you're suggesting that the fan base of a team deserves compensation? So the people of New York...er....Jersey should be paid because without them there's no Giants fans?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zubaz, post: 2558922, member: 3528"] This isn't a great argument, and is often used to excuse any number of exploitative or inappropriate relationships or offers. Yeah nobody made them accept scholarships, nobody made them play football, doesn't make the situation morally correct. I could be wrong, but to the best of my knowledge very few high school athletics organizations are generating $1.1 billion in revenue. Very few high schools are getting $25 million checks from television networks or on ABC Primetime. Very few high schools are drawing between 50k-100k to their stadiums. College athletics, specifically college basketball and football, are spectator sports to a degree that does not exist in any high school athletics that I am aware of. Comparing intramural athletics to "amateur" / semi-pro athletics is a pretty faulty comparison on the face of it. To be clear, you're suggesting that the fan base of a team deserves compensation? So the people of New York...er....Jersey should be paid because without them there's no Giants fans? [/QUOTE]
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