I may be in the minority here, but nobody makes them play the sport at the university. They chose to play in hopes they would develop a trade that would be compensated later. Who cares if the university makes or doesn’t make money exposing them to future revenue streams. They don’t have to play! Their lawsuits should be pointed at the nfl and nba and other leagues for discrimination. I would rather watch a lesser product that was composed of College Stufents vs the league farm institutions. Just make those leagues set up developmental leagues, and put college athletics back to true students that play a game on Saturday
OK, in an age where corporations and other fat cats get away with exploiting people, you're OK, if say you have kids. And someone photos them and uses their pics in commercials. Making millions. And your kids being unable to benefit from the windfall? Now, before you say,
oh that doesn't happen, here you go:
Exhibit A: $15.6M Award For Coffee 'Mug'
Now, it can be said no one forced the guy to drink Tasters Choice Coffee, so who cares if the company makes money using his image. I used to do photography (not that I was all that good at it) and I had to make sure my subjects signed a release form to legally use their image.
Exhibit B: When my wife was at the hospital for follow-up care and exams after a major surgery, she was asked if her blood and
related samples could be used for study and research purposes. She conferred with me, and I suggested if no clause was in the form about compensation for revenue earned from the outcome of the studies, don't sign it. The
nurses and a doctor, yep there was more than just one, said, "No matter, we have the samples anyway." They further advised they do the same with her DNA too.
Why did I tell my wife to not sign the form? Because I knew the Typhoid Mary case. Over decades on top of decades, enormous money has been made from the vaccines for that disease, but Mary never realized a penny from the value of her samples. Further, she was involuntarily confined, and rightly so to prevent further spreading of a dangerous killer disease. However, her overall mistreatment were based on the following:
Mary Mallon, and her treatment at the hands of the health authorities, was different. She was a woman, she was an immigrant (anti-Irish bigotry was rampant at the time), she was from the lower working class and was uneducated, she was unmarried and had no family. It's what fat cats do, exploit, exploit, and exploit. Then make excuses such as,
no one forced you to.....
