He's a cruel piece of shit. Every evil he's visited upon these people should be visited upon him tenfold. 

Where does asphyxiating fit into this equation?

You know what would stop rampant transfers from happening? Contracts. Like every other professional.

Turns into an orgy with all of the above.

Yeah. All debates about changing the economic models for anything - in any way - ultimately devolve into this. Pay restaurant workers a living wage and eliminate tips? End of restaurants and therefore society. Change regulations on dumping toxic chemicals in public swimming pools? Tell little Jimmy why you hate giving…

It’s not even the impossibility of imaging an alternative to capitalism, it’s imaging a slightly different version of the capitalism we have today.

What strikes me is how many of the same people that regularly decry the dangers and evils of SOCIALISM — which they usually conflate with COMMUNISM in that they think everybody will get the same paycheck — and then without batting an eye will whine about how paying college athletes will ruin everything and would be a…

If he wants to talk about sham endorsements, I really don’t think paying Peyton Manning like $10M a year for however many years now to run the same asinine inside-the-jingle ads we’ve all seen five hundred times is really providing much value to the company he’s shilling at all. There’s an entire industry of grift out…

That silent, NFL Films-quality clip wasn’t enough.

Choking and suffocating a person are completely different, like right Twix and left Twix.

“Players should be able to make money through the Free Market, just not by selling any product or providing any service”

I know these media people are paid to carry water, but there are so many others who just cannot possibly conceive this world where college athletes get paid.

Common misperception. Scouts go anywhere they hear about talent. Look at Carson Wentz. The guy played for North Dakota State, a D1 subdivision school. Not exactly a school with big name recognition and yet, Carson Wentz was drafted #1. If you’re a great player, scouts will find you.

If New York is the only state paying, and also allows likenesses to be liscensed, you bet there’s going to suddenly be more talented players coming to Buffalo and Syracuse (admittedly this wouldnt be a high bar to clear for Buffalo). And as that effect becomes noted, and the teams start winning more, the effect will…

Your skepticism is why this bill is important to protect the unsuspecting and unknown victims of the NCAA.

Dude, If I could get a full ride on a Columbia education AND get paid at least bit, that’s a deal I’m taking.

One imagines that some athletes might factor the ability to get paid for their work into decisions they make about where to play sports!

I haven’t followed this particular case really close, but I write about Ca. employment law and it’s very common for the lege to give a bunch of lead time for a bill to take effect — especially ones like this that are sure to cause a shitstorm. Look aty the $15 minimum wage — it was passed in 2016, but doesn’t take full…

According to ESPN’s story, the delay is designed to give other states a chance to catch up and implement their own versions of the bill.

I’d imagine that they’re going to ‘follow’ the law voluntarily because why would I go to USC or Stanford when I can go to UCLA or Cal or San Diego and actually make some money.