Athletes file antitrust lawsuit against NCAA

OldMaid · 03-29-2014, 03:00 PM

Ok.Fine.
Pay them.
Let them have a union.
If one unversity has to do it, then you bet others will soon see this situation as well.

That is...like some of you said on the other thread, then college athletes can have a choice of being a paid college professional athlete or not. Join the union and get paid if they want . For those who do not, they do not have too. Their choice. For those who do and very few of them would not
so no more free meals, dorm room and board, medical care, and scholarships full or partial. A binding contract would have to be in place in which the athlete would have to work for that university for the full four years. Add they can find their own housing, transportation, etc.
School? Learning? Forget that totally .
From high school to working as a football, basketball, baseball player in college for four years and then after that, who knows! Some willl make it to the pros and many, MANY, MOST of the others will land at very temporary type jobs or worst.

This is really sad.
You have a bunch of lawyers, agents, and others finding a way here to to take advantage of these athletes who simply know no better. Their homes mostly know no better as well.

SloMotion · 03-30-2014, 06:27 AM

Originally Posted by OldMaid

Ok.Fine.
Pay them.
Let them have a union.
If one unversity has to do it, then you bet others will soon see this situation as well.

That is...like some of you said on the other thread, then college athletes can have a choice of being a paid college professional athlete or not. Join the union and get paid if they want . For those who do not, they do not have too. Their choice. For those who do and very few of them would not
so no more free meals, dorm room and board, medical care, and scholarships full or partial. A binding contract would have to be in place in which the athlete would have to work for that university for the full four years. Add they can find their own housing, transportation, etc.
School? Learning? Forget that totally .
From high school to working as a football, basketball, baseball player in college for four years and then after that, who knows! Some willl make it to the pros and many, MANY, MOST of the others will land at very temporary type jobs or worst.

This is really sad.
You have a bunch of lawyers, agents, and others finding a way here to to take advantage of these athletes who simply know no better. Their homes mostly know no better as well.

You're making a lot of good/logical points in these threads (highlighted a few I want to address) and I know where you're coming from ... in the end, the student/athlete (the person who can least afford it) gets the short end of the stick.

The bigger picture than unionization, to me, is the designation of the college athlete as an "employee". Unionization is just the vehicle being used to bring this about, IMO. Just as in the private sector, college athletes will be able to choose whether they want to be in a union or not ... some will, some won't ... all universities won't be required to participate. What will probably happen though, is all college athletes will be designated as "employees", which will be a catastrophe, IMO.

The athletes couldn't afford the free meals, dorm rooms, transportation, medical care, tuition, et... in the first place, which is why it (and scholarships) will all be defined as income and taxed by the IRS under their new employee designation ... bet,

. Somehow I'm thinking the whole "college loan bubble" that is about to burst is part of this ... just haven't thought it through yet.

Lastly, you totally hit the nail on the head with the, "School? Learning? Forget that totally" sentiment ... it's gonna' basically turn the NCAA into another employment sector and if we thought there was a problem with athletes attending college strictly as a gateway to the pros, this will certainly accelerate it and make it even worse, IMO.

03-29-2014, 03:00 PM	#1
OldMaid Site Donor 2014 Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,919 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Athletes file antitrust lawsuit against NCAA Ok.Fine. Pay them. Let them have a union. If one unversity has to do it, then you bet others will soon see this situation as well. That is...like some of you said on the other thread, then college athletes can have a choice of being a paid college professional athlete or not. Join the union and get paid if they want . For those who do not, they do not have too. Their choice. For those who do and very few of them would not so no more free meals, dorm room and board, medical care, and scholarships full or partial. A binding contract would have to be in place in which the athlete would have to work for that university for the full four years. Add they can find their own housing, transportation, etc. School? Learning? Forget that totally . From high school to working as a football, basketball, baseball player in college for four years and then after that, who knows! Some willl make it to the pros and many, MANY, MOST of the others will land at very temporary type jobs or worst. This is really sad. You have a bunch of lawyers, agents, and others finding a way here to to take advantage of these athletes who simply know no better. Their homes mostly know no better as well.

03-30-2014, 06:27 AM	#2
SloMotion 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 6,776 Blog Entries: 15	Re: Athletes file antitrust lawsuit against NCAA Originally Posted by OldMaid Ok.Fine. Pay them. Let them have a union. If one unversity has to do it, then you bet others will soon see this situation as well. That is...like some of you said on the other thread, then college athletes can have a choice of being a paid college professional athlete or not. Join the union and get paid if they want . For those who do not, they do not have too. Their choice. For those who do and very few of them would not so no more free meals, dorm room and board, medical care, and scholarships full or partial. A binding contract would have to be in place in which the athlete would have to work for that university for the full four years. Add they can find their own housing, transportation, etc. School? Learning? Forget that totally . From high school to working as a football, basketball, baseball player in college for four years and then after that, who knows! Some willl make it to the pros and many, MANY, MOST of the others will land at very temporary type jobs or worst. This is really sad. You have a bunch of lawyers, agents, and others finding a way here to to take advantage of these athletes who simply know no better. Their homes mostly know no better as well. You're making a lot of good/logical points in these threads (highlighted a few I want to address) and I know where you're coming from ... in the end, the student/athlete (the person who can least afford it) gets the short end of the stick. The bigger picture than unionization, to me, is the designation of the college athlete as an "employee". Unionization is just the vehicle being used to bring this about, IMO. Just as in the private sector, college athletes will be able to choose whether they want to be in a union or not ... some will, some won't ... all universities won't be required to participate. What will probably happen though, is all college athletes will be designated as "employees", which will be a catastrophe, IMO. The athletes couldn't afford the free meals, dorm rooms, transportation, medical care, tuition, et... in the first place, which is why it (and scholarships) will all be defined as income and taxed by the IRS under their new employee designation ... bet, . Somehow I'm thinking the whole "college loan bubble" that is about to burst is part of this ... just haven't thought it through yet. Lastly, you totally hit the nail on the head with the, "School? Learning? Forget that totally" sentiment ... it's gonna' basically turn the NCAA into another employment sector and if we thought there was a problem with athletes attending college strictly as a gateway to the pros, this will certainly accelerate it and make it even worse, IMO.