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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="MAcFroggy" data-source="post: 2768939" data-attributes="member: 70009"><p>I do not act like I have the answers, but I really do think this is going to dramatically and forever alter college athletics. Students can now transfer without restraint and will soon be able to utilize NIL to market themselves, I imagine situations where players will be moving from school to school to get higher payouts every year. Players will "climb the ladder" similar to coaches or in the same way that grad transfer currently do. </p><p></p><p>I am not old (graduated TCU in late 2000s), and I think this will alter my affinity toward TCU and college athletics. I go to every home football game, and I stay until the end every time. I do it because I want to support the players, and also because it makes me fell good I guess. The alma mater is a great way to keep an attachment to the school and program. I have no desire to stay late to sing an alma mater to players who are only in it for marketing opportunities and money. I give money to the school because I believe they are providing a great opportunity for these young people. Once this becomes professional football, I have no desire to donate to a TCU professional football team no more than I would donate money to the Dallas Cowboys or Dallas Mavs. I already have Cowboys season tickets to go watch professional football.</p><p></p><p>I know a lot of people hate the NCAAs argument that people care about college sports specifically because it is amateur athletics. I honestly think there is validity to that, as I feel that way personally.</p><p></p><p>IMO the free market has already spoken, and it emphatically stated it prefers the NFL and amateur college football. It does not support the XFL, AAF, semi-pro leagues, or any other minor league. People like amateur sports, and the market should not be forced to eliminate them no more than golf courses should be forced to eliminate amateur golf tournaments or boxing should be forced to eliminate amateur bouts. It seems funny to me that many of the most conservative people that hate government interference are the same people that say the kids should be able to be a part of the free market and want to do away with the NCAA. The students currently are part of the free market, and the market has stated it prefers amateur sports.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MAcFroggy, post: 2768939, member: 70009"] I do not act like I have the answers, but I really do think this is going to dramatically and forever alter college athletics. Students can now transfer without restraint and will soon be able to utilize NIL to market themselves, I imagine situations where players will be moving from school to school to get higher payouts every year. Players will "climb the ladder" similar to coaches or in the same way that grad transfer currently do. I am not old (graduated TCU in late 2000s), and I think this will alter my affinity toward TCU and college athletics. I go to every home football game, and I stay until the end every time. I do it because I want to support the players, and also because it makes me fell good I guess. The alma mater is a great way to keep an attachment to the school and program. I have no desire to stay late to sing an alma mater to players who are only in it for marketing opportunities and money. I give money to the school because I believe they are providing a great opportunity for these young people. Once this becomes professional football, I have no desire to donate to a TCU professional football team no more than I would donate money to the Dallas Cowboys or Dallas Mavs. I already have Cowboys season tickets to go watch professional football. I know a lot of people hate the NCAAs argument that people care about college sports specifically because it is amateur athletics. I honestly think there is validity to that, as I feel that way personally. IMO the free market has already spoken, and it emphatically stated it prefers the NFL and amateur college football. It does not support the XFL, AAF, semi-pro leagues, or any other minor league. People like amateur sports, and the market should not be forced to eliminate them no more than golf courses should be forced to eliminate amateur golf tournaments or boxing should be forced to eliminate amateur bouts. It seems funny to me that many of the most conservative people that hate government interference are the same people that say the kids should be able to be a part of the free market and want to do away with the NCAA. The students currently are part of the free market, and the market has stated it prefers amateur sports. [/QUOTE]
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