How many “elite” athletes are losing potential earnings by the NCAA’s draconian rules? Aren’t the NCAA players who have there jerseys sold etc, etc, etc, … making incredibly huge starting salaries in professional sports when they (can) leave college/university? It’s not just the scholarship that is their compensation. It’s the platform for them to display their talents.
These kids are being trained and developed by institutions that get nothing of their future earnings. Just like a top business or medical or legal student who goes on to make millions … the school does not participate in what they make down the road nor should the student benefit from the fact that the school benefits from them going to that school. They, the school, has provided the environment/platform for them to seize an opportunity. And in these athletes’ cases … for free.
“Young men who should not be in University” … That’s the crux of it. The only reason that they are in University is because of the age requirements set by the NBA & NFL.
So … really … Your issue is with the NFL & NBA??? If these men shouldn’t be in University … But in the Pros … But they can’t be in the Pros because of THEIR laws/regulations/requirements … Then it’s the NFL/NBA you have a problem with. They’re the ones making these kids go to school.
Then let’s deregulate it all … Deregulate everything. Heck … Why should we make a person go to medical school to become a doctor/surgeon? The kid looks like he has stable hands. They’re skilled. No need for them to study or go to school. They can google it. I’m sure they’re naturally gifted enough to not have any training. Maybe they slept in a Holiday Inn Express?
Lastly … If your point is that these schools are profiting off of athletes and not doctors/lawyers/mba grads … then that is more of a comment upon societal values and quite frankly a chicken-egg question.
Yes … schools profit from the players that are currently playing there … right there and now with some residual future.
But schools profit most from the people that went there. Why are admission/enrollment costs higher at Harvard & Standford & MIT & Wharton (Go Quakers!) etc, etc, etc. Why are kids willing to pay top $'s to go to these schools? It’s because of the graduates they’ve produced and the platform/environment to seize the most sizable opportunity!