@mdm @mekkaokereke oh, colleges should absolutely be paying their athletes.
@bedirthan Is that in addition to paying their tuition? @mdm @mekkaokereke
No. Athletic scholarships should be ended, and athletes should be paid fair market value instead.
Sports leagues are supposed to pay ~50% of revenues to players. That's the standard amount for NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, European soccer leagues, etc.
If you sum up every NCAA scholarship, it comes to closer to 2% of revenue.🤡
Where's that missing 48%?
We need to stop acting like sports scholarships are a favor to athletes. They're not.
@mekkaokereke Either they’re students, or they’re professional athletes. Basically college athletes are getting a paid internship, which is unavailable to any other student, and not even for every athlete. @bedirthan @mdm
That either/or is a false dichotomy.
They're students, and they're professional athletes.
Just like some people are students and employees of the university working in the computer lab or library. Students that work in the computer lab may have access to facilities that general students don't.
Other students even have jobs outside the university. They can be professional athletes outside the school. Eg, NBA players coming back to get a degree while still playing
@mekkaokereke Except they’re trying to do both full time. @bedirthan @mdm
@mekkaokereke Fewer and fewer. @bedirthan @mdm
@AlliFlowers @bedirthan @mdm
You know Black students, so without even asking, I know that you know full time students that work full time jobs.