disagree. people dont need to do everything. his thing is the money is there, it has totally taken over the place, so embrace it and stop the farce. why does he need some other opinion on the UConn football coaching situation, he is a basketball commentator. All he did is point out what he always tries to point out, the system is not amateur and we should stop pretending it is. Professors do not get fired mid year when they show up and teach every class. Big time sports is a different thing than a university, even if it is under the university.
At the end of the day, though, it's part of the university. Beholden to laws like Title IX, and under the same sort of labor restrictions and relations. In fact, people always mention restrictions on athletes seeking outside labor, without realizing that there are people at universities in the very same boat--restricted labor because they receive some form of support due to their apprenticeship status. Schools are going to look at athletes the same way they look at other laborers and/or students. I can't imagine this changing until the day when the athletic department splits off and becomes for-profit, with no scholarships for students. Until then, you have labor classes.
If the athletes unionize, they'll find themselves in a weird kind of boat with other unionized student-laborers on campus.
Remember, at the end of the day, the athletic department revenues are fungible. There is no law decreeing that student fees should be directed toward athletic departments, or that direct institutional support is necessary, or that academic advisors should be salaried by the academic side, or that the cost burden on facilities should not be the responsibility of athletics, or that donations and royalties are revenue streams directed to athletics. All these can change. The accountants can make the profitable look like a big money suck in a split second.
