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I used to be opposed to paying players - Iam4Mizzou MU

- 9/16 15:20:16

If a high school athlete wants to make money, go - Doc Epps MU - 9/17 11:21:03

What happens when they start paying players... - XRob MU

- 9/16 23:16:44

schools won’t actually be the ones paying the players - wu-tangtiger MU - 9/17 09:16:03

schools will pay for it indirectly... boosters and donors - zounami MU - 9/17 09:57:49

Let the free market decide. A US developmental league could - Emoji Man MSU - 9/16 21:30:00

if players get paid Title IX will radically change and - Ozland Tiger LSU - 9/16 23:18:22

LSU prefers the way they pay their players now. - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 9/16 23:27:18

The way amateur college athletes have been paid for over a - zounami MU - 9/16 23:30:26

You really are dumb.(nm) - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 9/16 23:31:29

no counterpoint?... just resort to personal attacks (nm) - zounami MU - 9/16 23:33:21

At some point you realize you are talking to a rock. - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 9/16 23:34:04

my previous post applies here as well (nm) - zounami MU - 9/16 23:35:01

Anyone who thinks a middle class white athlete is making - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 9/16 23:37:06

RE: Anyone who thinks a middle class white athlete is making - zounami MU - 9/16 23:40:30

The reason you fail zounami, and the reason you get mobbed - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 9/16 23:43:37

Actually you're the one who isn't comprehending or retorting - zounami MU - 9/16 23:54:56

it wouldn't just emasculate college football & basketball... - zounami MU - 9/16 23:19:41

There would be no interest for minor leagues not associated - zounami MU - 9/16 23:15:48

RE: I used to be opposed to paying players - bstiger MU - 9/16 20:42:02

and more than previous generations of college athletes - zounami MU - 9/16 23:14:54

so the principle involved is the amount of cash in the - 90Tiger STL - 9/16 20:31:29

most of which currently goes to non-profit universities (nm) - zounami MU - 9/16 23:14:21

Out of state tuition room and board is over - MNTIGER MU - 9/16 19:54:55

Elvis Presley coulda played for just the cost of a guitar, - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 9/16 20:19:45

if you think the playing field isn't level now, just wait - zounami MU - 9/16 23:21:35

Fair enough - if they want to pay more and we want to - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 9/16 23:28:14

I used to be opposed to paying lawyers - SwampTiger MU - 9/16 18:27:52

You & JG(nm) - Iam4Mizzou MU

- 9/16 19:00:51

JG actually needs one (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 9/16 19:12:25

RE: JG actually needs one (nm) - Genco98 MU - 9/16 19:48:13

Though somehow I figure we'd still trail the league in - GA Tiger MU - 9/16 18:27:51

Agreed. Players getting paid up front and in the open won't - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 9/16 18:30:21

No one's being exploited. It would be like you volunteering - zounami MU - 9/16 23:12:24

You're 'take' is naive beyond belief. Mostly white privilege - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 9/16 23:20:57

RE: You're 'take' is naive beyond belief. Mostly white privilege - SEMO_Hillbilly MU - 9/17 09:10:16

correct (nm) - zounami MU - 9/17 09:55:44

By the way, you could have non-black candidates for these - zounami MU - 9/16 23:26:53

You're absolutely naive beyond belief. - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 9/16 23:29:29

So you acknowledge that they're being given a tremendous - zounami MU - 9/16 23:32:10

Now we get to the heart of zounami. And it took less than - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 9/16 23:35:56

RE: Now we get to the heart of zounami. And it took less than - zounami MU - 9/16 23:42:44

Wrong, and your political agenda is showing. (nm) - zounami MU - 9/16 23:22:50

Just the way it is. If most of these kids had other - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 9/16 23:26:25

First of all, your racism against whites is abhorrent... - zounami MU - 9/16 23:28:54

I simply speak truth. If football fans really cared about - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 9/16 23:30:42

College sports have been amateur for over a century... - zounami MU - 9/16 23:34:34

They are entertainers exploited every bit as badly as - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 9/16 18:24:00

No one is forcing those "entertainers" to play NCAA sports. - zounami MU - 9/16 23:08:06

How is it any different than the thousands of grad - DHighlander NWMSU - 9/16 19:25:29

You serious dude?(nm) - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 9/16 20:16:18

RE: You serious dude?(nm) - SEMO_Hillbilly MU - 9/17 09:14:27

agreed (nm) - zounami MU - 9/17 09:55:23

he made a good point... do you have a retort? (nm) - zounami MU - 9/16 23:08:22

Then maybe you shoulda worked harder on your - GA Tiger MU - 9/16 19:34:32

Great idea...if you want no balance among the leagues and - GA Tiger MU - 9/16 18:30:19

One of the most foolish business models going right now are - RayKinsella1922 SEC - 9/16 18:39:31

I'm against most current income/wealth redistribution, but - GA Tiger MU - 9/16 19:33:26

+1... college sports is a complicated thing that involves - zounami MU - 9/16 23:10:34

I agree, because they are also pretending vast numbers - Fred G. Sanford USA - 9/16 17:37:41

this whole nonsense of pretending they are student athletes - Iam4Mizzou MU

- 9/16 18:01:23

They have received a "cost of living" payment each month for - go tigers MU

- 9/16 16:58:08

is it equal to the value they bring their university - wu-tangtiger MU - 9/16 17:00:18

It's more. The massive revenues from college sports are due - zounami MU - 9/16 23:02:55

That is neither the job nor the mission of a college or - MNTIGER MU - 9/16 19:57:40

i Know the mission of most colleges is to profit - wu-tangtiger MU - 9/16 19:59:45

and there it is - you clearly have an anti-university agenda - zounami MU - 9/16 23:04:54

I am pro letting people earn what they are worth - wu-tangtiger MU - 9/17 09:17:49

So you are opposed to salary caps in the pro sports? (nm) - zounami MU - 9/17 09:55:07

IF that happens, then ticket costs and TSF required - go tigers MU

- 9/16 16:55:43

Why would they go up - wu-tangtiger MU - 9/16 16:58:48

so naive (nm) - zounami MU - 9/16 23:01:46

RE: I used to be opposed to paying players - Ragarm MU - 9/16 16:42:55

And hiring MORE unneeded, overpaid bureaucrats.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 9/16 18:32:49

RE: I used to be opposed to paying players - MOCO SON MU - 9/16 16:28:12

Good - Iam4Mizzou MU

- 9/16 16:32:02

Colleges fell into a pool of money that won't stop - mu7176grad MU - 9/16 15:46:21

Ole Miss welcomes all new fans (nm) - samclemens MU

- 9/16 15:42:26

That's a dangerous path for college sports.... - zounami MU - 9/16 15:42:10

And why would that stop boosters from continuing to pay - MNTIGER MU - 9/16 20:03:19

The same way it currently does - NCAA sanctions... - zounami MU - 9/16 23:01:22

hopefully openly paying players eventually ends big money - southendzone3 SLU - 9/16 16:21:34

It would not. Just because a school is paying a kid 10 or - MNTIGER MU - 9/16 20:00:43

maybe an equal share stipend based on - Iam4Mizzou MU

- 9/16 16:19:28

RE: maybe an equal share stipend based on - MNTIGER MU - 9/16 20:01:45

It wouldn't, but that money would go toward a pool that's - zounami MU - 9/16 23:00:22

exactly (nm) - zounami MU - 9/16 16:20:45

socialism 101(nm) - tmcats KSU - 9/16 16:08:29

do you oppose public schools, social security, medicare?... - zounami MU - 9/16 16:19:34

not socialism but nice try(nm) - tmcats KSU - 9/16 17:22:41

They're socialist policies, absolutely. - MrBlueSky MU - 9/16 18:19:14

correct (nm) - zounami MU - 9/16 22:52:38

So you support allowing the market to decide a player's - zodiac6 JC - 9/16 16:09:46

i have for a long time said players should be able ... - tmcats KSU - 9/16 16:12:37

Same here. - zodiac6 JC - 9/16 17:28:09

They want socialism when it's detrimental, capitalism when - zounami MU - 9/16 22:58:17

You do realize that K-State would have no way of competing - zounami MU - 9/16 16:25:53

You have no way to know that. - zodiac6 JC - 9/16 17:35:18

Is K State getting top 250 recruits? - wu-tangtiger MU - 9/16 16:29:46

4 top 150's in hoops last two classes(nm) - tmcats KSU - 9/16 17:24:11

I don't know but we just landed one. Most mid-tier P5 - zounami MU - 9/16 16:39:41

both were locals - wu-tangtiger MU - 9/16 16:44:34

that won’t happen - wu-tangtiger MU - 9/16 15:52:05

It has to or it would corrupt the game.... - zounami MU - 9/16 16:10:00

it's not better to get it under the table as happens now(nm) - tmcats KSU - 9/16 16:14:16

I actually think you see more players stay in college - wu-tangtiger MU - 9/16 16:22:32

except that Tilmon never would have committed to MU in the - zounami MU - 9/16 16:30:23

You underestimate the money in the state - wu-tangtiger MU - 9/16 16:35:56

You underestimate the money in Texas, Florida, California, - zounami MU - 9/16 16:37:22

we have never outrecruited those schools before - wu-tangtiger MU - 9/16 16:50:53

It does change. We'll get out-recruited by a greater margin - zounami MU - 9/16 22:48:07

RE: I actually think you see more players stay in college - jj40 MU - 9/16 16:25:05

LOL @ "The market would decide"... all it would do is - zounami MU - 9/16 16:36:02

Yep...that's the way the market works(nm) - jj40 MU - 9/16 16:41:31

markets are regulated to prevent anti-competitive behavior (nm) - zounami MU - 9/16 16:42:39

same could be done here (nm) - wu-tangtiger MU - 9/16 16:45:26

how?... let's hear an idea (nm) - zounami MU - 9/16 22:56:49

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