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FWST: TCU’s Patterson on Fair Pay to Play Act: Amateur athletics go away if bidding wars start
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<blockquote data-quote="Eight" data-source="post: 2768737" data-attributes="member: 73370"><p>i agree that the players' unions are protecting jobs but that isn't the only reason for age limits.</p><p></p><p>nfl doesn't have a minor league system and there is a huge difference between an 18-year old coming out of high school and the grown ass men playing in the nfl. </p><p></p><p>nba is a bit of a different situation in regards to physicality of the game, but very, very few are mentally ready to handle the lifestyle of an nba playing traveling around so much of the time with money in their pockets and a great deal of free time.</p><p></p><p>none of that addresses however that the schools are getting paid millions of dollars over the life of the shoe and apparel contracts with the players basically being walking bill boards. coaches in some cases are doubling their pay with this extra money above and beyond the millions paid by the schools and the shoe reps can't even as much buy one of their models aka players a lunch</p><p></p><p>that problem has nothing to do with when a kid can turn pro but instead all the added money flowing through college programs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eight, post: 2768737, member: 73370"] i agree that the players' unions are protecting jobs but that isn't the only reason for age limits. nfl doesn't have a minor league system and there is a huge difference between an 18-year old coming out of high school and the grown ass men playing in the nfl. nba is a bit of a different situation in regards to physicality of the game, but very, very few are mentally ready to handle the lifestyle of an nba playing traveling around so much of the time with money in their pockets and a great deal of free time. none of that addresses however that the schools are getting paid millions of dollars over the life of the shoe and apparel contracts with the players basically being walking bill boards. coaches in some cases are doubling their pay with this extra money above and beyond the millions paid by the schools and the shoe reps can't even as much buy one of their models aka players a lunch that problem has nothing to do with when a kid can turn pro but instead all the added money flowing through college programs [/QUOTE]
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