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Message: [QUOTE="Fairfield_1st, post: 3839835, member: 3005"] Speaking for myself, it's not that I'm not in favor of it, but how does it get enacted and subsequently not abused by those with money? For you to label something as absurd because they don't see an issue the same way as you is also absurd. All of them are student athletes. They are given a full education in trade for playing a sport. If the student athlete gets injured, the scholarships are almost always, if not always, continued. The student athlete still has the opportunity to get a degree and make the most of their life. Just because they can't play a given sport anymore doesn't mean they can't fulfill their life's potential. How many CEOs played pro sports? To be fair, most pro basketball players do not do it in the NBA. I don't know how much they make overseas, but it's not NBA money. The S word is just silly. It's a mutually beneficial arrangement. In many instances the student athlete is given an opportunity that they may not have gotten based off their high school academics. Nobody is being forced to go to college, it is a choice. [/QUOTE]