That makes sense. From an outsider's point of view (albeit one with a industrial and labor relations degree, but I don't work in labor), it's always seemed like the biggest problem unions have is that leadership can stay in power more easily by "rallying the troops" (i.e. being overly adversarial) because it plays…

"The students are not barred from making a living; they have the option to play (Selling their skills) or go out and accept a full time job elsewhere if receiving a full ride for playing sports is not up to their standards. "

I liked PTI and ATH until I realized they are to blame for replacing highlights with debate (which somehow morphed into all Skip Bayless all the time). They think we want to know the two different sides of every issue (there are only ever two), so that we can pick one and stand by it in our inevitable workplace,…

So what most people don't realize (we actually do) is something that you're not really sure of either. That's helpful.

Right. That's why the only players in the NFL that can't be cut are the injured ones. Oh, wait, I guess you're totally fucking wrong.

The idea behind options is that you trade them for cash at some point. The employee discounts or anything else you're talking about are almost never worth as much as the salary. And, I'm definitely not aware of an industry where you only get paid in employee discounts.

It's absolutely a store credit for the university. Thanks for generating millions, here's a few grand a month in "education" and a hundred bucks for the book store. How isn't it the same as company scripp, store credit or a gift card?

I agree with everything you're saying except the nowhere else part... interns get fucked like this too.

You clearly were not paid with an education for the "privelage" of playing college sports. Most revenue sport athletes are forced to prioritize the sport over education — your half-witted arguments and poor grammar and spelling are a great example of this. You weren't paid in much of an education, so maybe you…

As long as the NFL and NBA drop their age limits for athletes, this is a reasonable point. But, right now people are barred from making a living and aren't given any options other than the scholarship. It's a forced apprenticeship. You can't rely on the argument that they've agreed to that compensation while…

But they didn't draft him for the same reason teams, wrongly, passed on Sapp years earlier. He had a few failed drug tests and some whispers about character issues. For every time that guy ends up being a murderer (one that I can think of... not sure if Ray Lewis or Rae Carruth had any murder scouting report, but I…

They are pandering to a reality tv demographic that only wants narratives because they know the die hards watch either way. I stopped watching sportscenter and started getting my sports news online and much prefer this method... no more contrived, half-assed debates in my life.

He is what? That's not a complete sentence.

Counterpoint - in the last decade and a half the productivity of the American worker has increased nearly 100%, while wages haven't kept up with inflation. We don't need unions to fight off child labor anymore, but they still can have value in more appropriately allocating the spoils of labor. Right now the top-only…

In general, you make a valid observation. Just look at how every halftime of every game seems to feature a dad surprising his family with a return from a deployment, and how we can't stop funding more and more military spending (including something like $6 billion that literally no one asked for in the most recent…

But, since TV celebrates this ruthlessness in men like Don Draper and Tony Soprano, isn't it sort of an improvement that they try to make her a sympathetic character? No? Okay, it was worth a shot.

In fairness, he puts about as much time into those as I do into one of these comments. All I'm saying here is that a middle class is necessary to our economy. No one actually disagrees with this.

If "everyone knows" he's a "one-trick pony" how did you also know he'd have dick riders? I may be going out on a limb here, but you seem a tad prone to hyperbole. Also, you are sort of an asshole.

I'm guessing that your comment doesn't address anything in the one you replied to.

Most ponies can't do any tricks. This one sounds impressive.