This post needs a bump. Nice job DonDiego. The only thing I would add is no one is forcing any athlete to participate in the sport of their choosing. It's an opportunity for them to better themselves with an education, loads of perks, and maybe with hard work and God given talent, even a shot at professional athletics.
There’s no misunderstanding, that’s how Basilio presents things because it gets clicks and listeners. And then he tries to word salad his way out of being straight up wrong or blames the administration because there’s no way his “sources” are wrong.
Difference is Boeing isn’t making money off marketing the specific employee. Football markets and makes money off the specific players. That said I do not believe the current system is beneficial to anyone in the long run.Dude walks into his manager's office at Boeing and says 'hey, I know I'm making $40 an hour, which is twice what most people in an assembly line make, but I happen to know that Boeing makes billions--I deserve part of the profit your risk takers get'. I guess that's called collective bargaining, if you have a collective---which college sports does not have (yet). The argument that people deserve more because the industry is lucrative is just silly. It happens in all industries from time immemorial all around the globe.
Somebody smarter than me will soon set me straight on this subject, I predict..
I read your post. I’m not criticizing it. I’m disagreeing with it. There’s a difference.
