I'm starting to come around to another view on how we pay student athletes.
I've always been a moral highground, "they're getting an education and a good look by NFL talent--what else do they need?" advocate.
But that's not realistic, is it?
The Navy puts lots of young men and women together in close quarters and tells them not to ****. Well, not ****ing is probably the right thing--and sexual relationships can, in some cases, jepoardize the mission. But guess what? Biology finds a way--it's our strongest instinct--and boys and girls are gonna ****. So we need to find options that allow for both biology and mission, in my opinion.
Same here. You've got guys who don't have a lot of money, making a lot of money for people who already have a lot of money. But those guys are valuable commodities in themselves, and their loyalty is worth a lot of money. Many of them are gonna find a way to get money. It's just the way it is.
So while I wish my team wasn't implicated, I've come around to believing there's a bettere way to treat these student athletes.