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AZProgressive

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12. They shouldn't be in the business of sports if they don't want to pay their labor a fair salary
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 01:50 PM
Nov 2024

A fair salary is what I consider market value based on teams competing for that athlete's services.

They should also remove the professional pressures from the sport if they don't want to pay the athletes and they shouldn't do Big Ten Networks, SEC Networks, or ESPN+ for Big 12 and smaller conferences besides the Mountain West.

Arizona State got rid of their coach Herm Edwards who lost Jayden Daniels in the transfer portal and replaced him with somebody that can effectively navigate the transfer portal and NIL with Kenny Dillingham. I actually opposed the hire at first but it is working out especially with his recruits such as Skattebo and Leavitt.

It is hypocrisy for the NCAA to be ok with teams changing conferences and creating conference network TV deals and generally making as much money as possibly while having a monopsonic rule that pays every athlete the same wage which was a 1 year scholarship that be renewed if they don't get cut and trust me abusive coaches hung that over athletes heads if they weren't stars.

I'm glad to see WCB stars make NIL deals such as Juju Watkins and Caitlin Clark when she played. They deserve it too since WCB is the third most popular NCAA sport.

The NCAA is a cartel BTW.

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