If they end up unionized, who is going to pay the legal fees to represent them in cba negotiations? Will the players have to pay dues or will they get someone from the lacrosse team that is pre-law?
If they pulled the plug on all sports, it would probably be a wash. I don't see Northwestern athletics giving a ton of money back to the school. And in approximately zero instances the phrase "I'd like to attend Northwestern because of their sweet sweet athletic teams" has been uttered.
I picture a time when scholarships are taken away, and they are just paid flat out money. Should help get around Title IX and all the other non-revenue sports, perhaps. But, I am no lawyer. Thank goodness.
You're dismissing the Flutie Effect. When you're competing for the kind of students Northwestern wants, every little bit helps. Having Ohio State coming to your campus is a fair bit more exciting than hosting Lafayette.
So? Why do these fossils in charge of universities think that is a threat? I don't give a damn if the whole shitty system goes the way of the dinosaur. Something will replace it and sports won't miss a beat. The University of Tennessee Volunteers simply become the Knoxville Volunteers, minor league affiliates of the NFL and NBA teams of their choice. Then, there's no more sanctimonious "student-athlete" nonsense camouflaging a cash grab by old white men. Burn the motherf*cker down.
I'd be more in favor of some kind of revenue sharing, if it came to this, than a minor league system. For all its flaws, the scholarship system still affords thousands of kids to improve their lives through attending college than they otherwise would. I still think that the scholarship is still a pretty damn good deal as to how it's set up currently, although I do understand and sympathize with the sentiment that a few white haired fat cats are taking a disproportionate share of the pot.
Scholarships are a handout. Make athletes pay their own way & for the privilege of representing old white rich men's universities.
I actually have an insurance license, so no not out of thin air. You have any idea what the chances are of a college player being permanently disabled from football? Let's put it this way I can buy $1 million of life insurance for a 20 year old for $150 a year.
permanently disabled... Will that cover concussion complications in 20 years? Bad joints in 20 to 30 years? No? Right.
Silliness again. It's an income replacement policy in the event that athletics injury precludes it. Your point isn't getting better.
Generally it means you can't work. Plenty of people have back pain and what not and live normal lives.
How much income does your average Northwestern starter lose out on with a permanent injury? Make my point for me.
