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Message: [QUOTE="TouchdownHusky, post: 3645599, member: 1278"] Zion and others like him should skip college altogether then. But don't exploit (yeah, it goes two ways) universities to gain exposure and then bitch about the compensation received after you have come a "celebrity". Athletes can leave, as Zion did, after their first season and reap all those riches. But the original deal was scholarship = athletic participation (nothing else). Another issue is that in basketball & football, you are part of a team. Without your teammates, you have no success. So why would Zion, or others like him, receive additional compensation for his successes at Duke, when, in fact, he was totally dependent on his teammmates. Afterall they are also are "providing labor and generating revenue" for the university. Zion and others like him, if they don't like NCAA rules on amateur athletics, should go play, and get paid, inthe developmental leagues. I am sure that the endorsement opportunities would be immense in that league. So until an athlete actually signs an NFL or NBA contract, they should be happy for the scholarship and recognize that athletic participation is not a right, it is an opportunity that could lead to financial reward at some later date. [/QUOTE]