Are you kidding? The SOONER you teach your children how to manage those people the better!

I was at a Mets game in the early 2000s, sitting way up high in the cheapest seats, and some assclown spent the entire game screaming his head off at the players far below, like a raging 2 year old having a tantrum for 3 hours. There's a certain pathology at play here. Tourette's?

Doctors and Trainers do the same thing - especially to women.

I hope Kessel made a hunting joke.

True. There's a direct correlation to the amount of money he's been paid. Plus he lied repeatedly about steroids, I don't think AP denied his abuse. But I agree with you, things like supposed deflated footballs enrage a nation that is only mildly upset with real-world crimes.

Just wait until draft day. The Chip will AMAZE.

Finally, a resolution to Deflategate.

How about any data? Your conjecture isn't enough to convince me that perpetuating a grossly unfair unpaid labor scheme is worth the anachronistic joy of a small fraction of the fans. The notion that college sports in not a "professional league" is ridiculous. These are not kids playing basketball in a driveway…

Where is the data to support your assertion? The Olympics were not impacted by the addition of pro hockey players, for example. The "huge fundamental change" to college basketball/football was made ages ago when it became a major source of revenue for the schools and the TV networks. Where was the purist fan…

Well then who is? That's the "indictment" of the story. Schools should pay the labor who provides the services at free market rates. Doesn't sound evil or scary to me.

My point is that neither the rabid nor the casual fanbase will go away, as you claim, if the players are paid. There is nothing to support this viewpoint - especially since the cost to the average consumer will not change. And especially since gambling is a large factor in the sport's viewership.

"when players chose a certain school to play, there is a sense of community among the students and fan base." That community generates enormous profits from its fan base, folks who apparently don't really give a shit about the players.

Is this "one guy" keeping the NCAA players from being paid?

The "alternate world" you crave existed up until the internet. Athletes/actors/politicians could pretty much do whatever they wanted with impunity as long as they made money for the business at hand.

This is a fucking masterpiece.

There was a classic Archie Bunker moment when he was asked by Meathead why he was so racist, and he replied by referencing his father and "why would somebody who loved me teach me the wrong thing?"

There's only one universally valid question: Are you over 35 years old?

The NFL, like nearly every other American corporation, serves the ownership class. All the risk has been pushed down to the players, with their non-guaranteed contracts and the threat of lockouts if the owners are not appeased sufficiently.

"steal someone's intellectual property and then financially capitalize on it."

put a beard on that tool and he's Mr. 2015