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I don't even know who the other poster was. No, it is nowhere close to as ridiculous as your statement. Comparing people who maybe took an acting class once or who where in their HS musical and then decided to fly down to LA or NYC to try and make it big. To guys that are in the top 1% of...

I am not saying one way or the other. I am just saying the idea that some TV extras and street performers don't get paid much means D1 caliber athletes shouldn't get paid much is beyond ridiculous.

You completely missed the point. You said guys like Tommy Kennedy are the equivalent of the barrista guys in entertainment. I said you are wrong. The barista guys in entertainment can be replaced by millions of people. I could go say one line and pretend to do something in the background of...

That is false. Even if they never get to play a down they provide help on the practice squad. NFL teams pay guys tons of money to never play a down and only help in practice.

It is because you are making a ridiculous point. You are comparing these "entertainers" as in people who work as baristas and go to auditions 4x a year as "entertainers". No one is saying "we should pay every single little league football bench warmer". If you take an entertainer that is in the...

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Most conferences have 4 year schollys. ACC is one. Even the ones that don't have the rule know it would be career suicide to try and do it. Remember when Radio tried it and it was a huge deal. That is the point I am trying to make. THe football schools do not want their kids taking hard majors...

Would you be ok if your boss said you would only get paid every 4 years assuming you didn't get fired or quit withing that time frame?

I am. I think it is an absolute joke that womens soccer and other non revenue sports get scholarships paid for by football teams.

LMAO! He would take a massive paycut. That is the thing though, even if they start paying players. That just means the Bamas of the world are going to pay them the going rate, and drop a bag on top of it.

Very true, only a small percentage of players will make the NFL. However, saying they could be easily replaced is laughable. First, I said they are harder to replace than Hollywood extras. That is not disputable. There are hundreds of millions of people that can be extra. That cannot be said...

I assume you meant "few" instead of "most". That has nothing to do with the "monetary gain" the other poster was talking about. However, if you want to bring that up. Unless they have legitimate shots of making the NFL they are probably better off going to whatever school they can get into, get...

This is 100% true, but you obviously missed the point. Comparing P5 D1 players to the entertainers that are extras on law and order or something like that is ridiculous. If we were talking about HS football players you would have a point, but P5 D1 players are less than 1% of football players...

It really depends on the school. If a Florida kid goes to FSU or UF they are earning a whopping 15k a year between tuition, food, housing, etc. So these kids could either work a nice cushy minimum wage job at McDonalds. Get to spend tons of time studying for their major so they can end up with...