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Orange Blooded [4035]
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Did Northwestern just kill college sports as we know it?
Mar 26, 2014, 9:14 PM
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IMO - yes they did.
Student athletes will go away - unions will start taking over.
They will demand pay on top of their scholarship.
They become professionals.
The money has to come from somewhere.
Schools then need to decide - do they cut jobs? Do they quit investing in classrooms? dorms? Do they quit investing in technology? Do they raise tuition for all students to cover this expense? Students are already drowning from student loans. Do they cut other sports to make sure they pay these greedy athletes at the expense of other sports? so what becomes of track? tennis? golf? soccer? etc. they cease to exist because the union has to have more to play sports while getting an education. What is done at schools that do not make money in football? They cannot compete and drop sports.
so - then what happens? do schools go back to their fundamentals of what they are supposed to be doing all along - education? I am a huge college sports fan. But I would rather dump the selfish Northwestern types and eliminate their sport and retain the real amateur athletes who do it for the love of the game.
Let them develop farm clubs like in baseball. go - good riddence.
Then - maybe we can go back to having student athletes again.
Then - I can pull for friends who I go to class with - who know they are in college for an education - who are "real".
Unions have done what to our country? To our auto industry? Maybe we will start importing athletes from china.
Short sighted 18-22 year old spoiled Northwestern athletes better wake up before they kill college sports for all current and future athletes.
My opinion anyway.
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Re: Did Northwestern just kill college sports as we know it?
Mar 26, 2014, 9:18 PM
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Well Title 9 will come to an end so thats a plus. What you will see is this
No more soccer, golf, tennis or non revenue sports.
3 sports will be played at Clemson. Basketball, Baseball, and Football and you will hope to break even at best. Schools are already over budget (minus the Alabamas of the world)
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Re: Did Northwestern just kill college sports as we know it?
Mar 26, 2014, 9:24 PM
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I agree with that. Change is not always good. I think it will dilute the atmosphere of college athletics considerably.
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Re: Did Northwestern just kill college sports as we know it?
Mar 26, 2014, 9:25 PM
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if this union thug is allowed to get his awful decision to stand
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Orange Blooded [2918]
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If they're employees then they shouldn't get a scholarship
Mar 26, 2014, 9:29 PM
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either that or tax all the money they want to get paid.
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Re: If they're employees then they shouldn't get a scholarship
Mar 26, 2014, 9:34 PM
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Exactly-let's pay them an hourly wage but make them PAY tuition if they want to play-then maybe they will understand the value of that scholarship!
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Re: If they're employees then they shouldn't get a scholarship
Mar 26, 2014, 10:40 PM
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Now that they are employees it should be about 5 minutes before legislatures and taxing authorities begin to tax their wages. The value of that scholarship at NW is about $75,000.
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CU Medallion [60229]
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SC is a right-to-work state
Mar 26, 2014, 9:33 PM
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good luck organizing a union here.
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Re: Did Northwestern just kill college sports as we know it?
Mar 26, 2014, 9:36 PM
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IMO yes they did. And it will be changed for the bad, and not the good of it.
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WIll this mean these payed players will pay taxes on
Mar 26, 2014, 10:12 PM
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this earned income?
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Re: WIll this mean these payed players will pay taxes on
Mar 26, 2014, 10:46 PM
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It's called a subsidy in Chicago, I'm sure.
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CU Guru [1138]
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Since a scholarship is income wait until they have
Mar 26, 2014, 10:47 PM
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Pay $20,000 in taxes on that " income". Obama is going to love it!
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Resulting IMO will be one or two scenarios: one that is a
Mar 27, 2014, 7:59 AM
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strong maybe, and that's Congress involving itself to attempt legislation that'll pass the litmus test of the U.S. Supreme Court; and secondly (and more probable,) litigation up to the USSC by the NCAA and/or schools involved.
Some years ago with the proliferation of TV, friends and I agreed that the college athletics' landscape would soon enough be in for major upheavals. That's because of the money involved, for in any endeavor laden with the beast, GREED enters the picture...in this case, greed either on the part of the NCAA, schools, athletes or all.
The Pandora's Box this will open will give rise to legal maneuverings the likes of which will make the tobacco litigation seem like child's play.
And who will come out smelling like a rose? The money people, of course. They may be scorned, even vilified, but the power of the almighty dollar transcends modern man's ability to grasp its formidability.
God help us!
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