[2006alum]

The only viable solution I see is to remove all college-attendance eligibility requirements from pro leagues. You do that, and anyone who wants to accept a scholarship to play in college foregoes other forms of monetary compensation or licensing. Don't like it? You can go pro at any time.

I respect where you are coming from OF, but for the vast, vast majority of athletes, universities are not exploiting them - they're running deficits to give them a free education, training, and credentialing. For literally 99% of American college athletes, they have no better alternative anywhere in the world.

I truly don't understand how people find the current system so exploitative given that almost all student athletes participate in money-losing sports, and even most of the ones who do compete in football and basketball would never get paid the equivalent of Stanford sticker tuition to play anywhere else in the world.

I bet there aren't 1000 college athletes in the country that could do better than $70k on the free market to play sports who are stuck because their pro equivalent requires some college attendance. What about the other 2 million who indisputably do better than in a free market system?

[2006alum]

The only viable solution I see is to remove all college-attendance eligibility requirements from pro leagues. You do that, and anyone who wants to accept a scholarship to play in college foregoes other forms of monetary compensation or licensing. Don't like it? You can go pro at any time.

I respect where you are coming from OF, but for the vast, vast majority of athletes, universities are not exploiting them - they're running deficits to give them a free education, training, and credentialing. For literally 99% of American college athletes, they have no better alternative anywhere in the world.

I truly don't understand how people find the current system so exploitative given that almost all student athletes participate in money-losing sports, and even most of the ones who do compete in football and basketball would never get paid the equivalent of Stanford sticker tuition to play anywhere else in the world.

I bet there aren't 1000 college athletes in the country that could do better than $70k on the free market to play sports who are stuck because their pro equivalent requires some college attendance. What about the other 2 million who indisputably do better than in a free market system?