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One thing I find odd is the high level of righteous indignation among those who favour a full-professional model for college sports. That tends to turn me off, but I try to remember it doesn't actually have anything to do with the correctness of the particular position.

In the linked article, Shaw is not very eloquent. I suspect because he has a gut-feeling that a full free market for players would be a bad thing, but hasn't quite thought through hows and whys of the situation. He isn't all that clear on what he thinks should be allowed or not and he seems a little confused on the legal situation - which shouldn't be surprising since most every article written on the matter seems confused on the legal situation. I guess I would appreciate it if he were a clear and concise advocate for a healthy position on the matter, but it's not exactly his job.  Mostly I want him steering the Stanford program to both winning and providing academic opportunity for its own kids.

There are a lot of interesting questions about the whole debate, both philosophically and practically toward the welfare of the players involved. I guess I'll keep tilting at windmills looking for calm, reasoned examination of those issues in print.

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One thing I find odd is the high level of righteous indignation among those who favour a full-professional model for college sports. That tends to turn me off, but I try to remember it doesn't actually have anything to do with the correctness of the particular position.

In the linked article, Shaw is not very eloquent. I suspect because he has a gut-feeling that a full free market for players would be a bad thing, but hasn't quite thought through hows and whys of the situation. He isn't all that clear on what he thinks should be allowed or not and he seems a little confused on the legal situation - which shouldn't be surprising since most every article written on the matter seems confused on the legal situation. I guess I would appreciate it if he were a clear and concise advocate for a healthy position on the matter, but it's not exactly his job.  Mostly I want him steering the Stanford program to both winning and providing academic opportunity for its own kids.

There are a lot of interesting questions about the whole debate, both philosophically and practically toward the welfare of the players involved. I guess I'll keep tilting at windmills looking for calm, reasoned examination of those issues in print.