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[QUOTE="BlueMAB, post: 5045379, member: 920"]
We aren't eliminating them.  You're talking about huge headaches and arguing TAs should be paid like athletes if athletes are employees.  There are options to eliminate the huge headaches, or simply deal with the changing landscape.  Schools are not required to use TAs, are they?

Nothing.  You?

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"You have students, TAs, [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]that bring even more money to the university[/COLOR], [/B]and they don't receive this compensation either."

More money than who?  $900k in revenues < $80M.  TAs have every right (for now) to work together to improve their working conditions/wages.

The link I gave shows what the athletes are bringing in, $80-$100M/year in media rights alone. I think that's slightly higher than the $900k being brought in by TAs.  I didn't mention ticket sales, the revenues generated from donations (required and voluntary), etc.

If the courts don't buy the NCAA's argument, it is still exponentially easier to manage 40 TAs with no NCAA oversight, than it is roughly 800 student-athletes with NCAA oversight, NIL collectives, and Title IX (which I support) ramifications.  It is quite easy to call the theater production an unpaid internship, those still exist, and are perfectly legal.

My opinion remains this isn't the massive headache you're making it out to be.
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