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That's one thing we've already pretty much determined with college athletics, thanks to title IX. If players were compensated based on their revenue generation potential to the university, you probably wouldnt see a whole lot of womens' teams in general. The scholarship money would be spent elsewhere.
We've effectively said that all players get equal compensation. So to pay your elite (a small number of your football\basketball players) players what theyre 'worth' according to some, youd have to pay a lot more well more than they are worth.
Well since enrollment has been climbing since I graduated in 05, I doubt either of your points will be proven true.
Not saying the current situation is perfect, but the fact that they are getting an education (which is very undervalued in today's world) makes it hard for me to feel to bad for them.
The only way to become a doctor is through med school and residency. They get a pittance for residency and then have the opportunity to make better money after they go through that. If they don't want to go through med school and residency, they can take their talents elsewhere. That is the way the system is set up. How many doctors do you go to that don't have a medical license?
This has more to do with the fact that schools want the money than more people deserving to be in school. Too many people are allowed in to school. (Whole other issue, not for discussion now.)
I chose to do an unpaid internship in DC on the Hill. Should I start a group for unpaid interns in DC for the fact that they do a bulkhead of the work compared to the congressmen who make a large sum a year?
I don't think you grasp the expectations put on college athletes expected to play at D1 level.
So for efficiently running a program, JP gets $450,000?! Give me a break. Tell me, why wouldn't he get paid like a PE department chair, say $120,000? It's because it's BIG BUSINESS.
Of course everything Pollard said is correct...
And of course he continues to be a train wreck publicly...
And of course he continues to be a train wreck publicly...
Residents gets paid somewhere along the lines of $50,000 or so a year. If we assume the value of tuition and room/board for a year is somewhere around $30,000 that leaves an extra $1,666/month more, sounds like a good stipend amount.
During med school however the aspiring doctor has the option of working while going to school, the college athlete does not have this choice based on the time committed to their sport.
How many hours a week do they work out during the summer? I worked roughly 60 hours/week the summer between HS Senior year and Freshman, two full time jobs (day job and night job, both on my feet) between Freshman and Sophmore and an internship the following two summers. Also found plenty of time to have a life except the summer of two full time jobs, that sucked.
I could have worked 30 hours a week and practiced/exercised 20 hours/week. Would I have had to make a personal SACRIFICE? Yes. Did anyone say that being a D1 athlete was supposed to be easy? I don't remember hearing that.