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Message: [QUOTE="Jaydumo20, post: 5141606, member: 9280"] For 20 years i was a professional musician/songwriter. I remember a meeting at RIAA (you know them as the entity that issues gold records): A regional CCO was telling me about Napsters effect on the industry (This was back in 2003). Nobody, not them, not me, not all of you, not the record companies ever predicted the demolition of the music industry. Yeah, there are still some rich mega stars, but a livelihood was ripped from thousands of incredible musicians because someone "figured it out" and now music is free. (check out Gillian welch's song 'Everything is free' for a depressing and brilliant synopsis of the streaming effect). Although we can't see it now: in the words of Dan Hurley, these athletes "better get it now" because "it's coming". Very soon there will be some kind of shift where not only NIL but even contracts in pro sports and earnings will start to plummet. The thing that took the record industry down was the greed. $20 a c.d. at times. Watching sports has become prohibitively expensive for many fans. Someone is already out there working on a way for us to access all this stuff legally and for free. I don't know what it is yet, but everything is cyclical. Without fail. But don't fret. The games won't change and kids will still dream of being pro athletes. Because as Gillian said "They're gonna do it anyway, even if it doesn't pay" [/QUOTE]