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Subject: Re: Why Do We Love College Sports? Why Do **YOU** Love College Sports? Author: Quaker62 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 17:40:25 06/03/25 Tue In reply to: An Observer 's message, "Why Do We Love College Sports? Why Do **YOU** Love College Sports?" on 12:08:00 06/03/25 Tue I think I might have said this here before but in the words of Pete Carril, “If you are in the rat race, you are, by definition, a rat.” I think that the ruination of college sports, as most of the readers in this forum might agree is the Ed Obannion NIL case which opened Pandora’s box as far as payments to college athletes is concerned thanks to Sonny Vaccaro. I would like to think that the brethren here believe that college sports are supposed th be played by actual college students. Therefore a few things should apply. First, enforcer the 22 hour per week rule which limits the time the athletes can devote to team activities. Second, make scholarships 5 years, non-revocable. Thus coaches can’t “run off” their recruiting mistakes. Make all athletes take 80% of a full academic load each semester. This recognizes the time spent on the 22 hour commitment to their sport. Third, reinstitute the one year “sit out” rule for transfers. The argument that coaches can move from place to place without penalty is moot because there is a penalty for that. It’s called a buy out. Coaches do in fact pay a penalty. Fourth, I think the argument can be made for the schools to get a piece of the NIL action paid to players because if it weren’t for the investment made by the schools in sponsoring college sports, there would be no NIL for the athletes take advantage of. Shouldn’t the investor be compensated for their investment? The counter-argument for this is that this has all been decided in the courts. The judicial system might just be wrong in it's assessment. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: Why Do We Love College Sports? Why Do **YOU** Love College Sports? Author: Quaker62 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:24:14 06/03/25 Tue Also, eliminate scholarships summer school. Athletes are already getting 5 years to complete 4 years of schooling. If they are unable to successfully navigate that schedule, then just perhaps they are not collage student material. Additionally, scholarship summer school is just another way for the coaches to work out their players with the idea of developing the talent. I would contend that that further separates the “student-athlete (don’t you just hate that term?) from the student-students. Unless we continue to delude ourselves that the athletes’ education is to prepare them for the “next level” (another despicable term) then that simply reinforces the idea that college sports are a training ground for the pros…for that small percentage off athletes who play professionally. Why should our institutions be a minor league for the pros. If the pros want to “developed” players, let them do the job on their own. This applies especially to pro football. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]