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Message: [QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 2327995, member: 297"] No. Stop with the doomsday. It's very simple. The schools continue to provide full scholarships to student-athletes as their budgets and regulations permit. They do not pay the athletes. Then the student-athlete is not prohibited from profiting from their own name and likeness. For a 5 star defensive end, that means an overeager booster gives him $200k to enroll at the U of Wiscy. For a junior women's softball player that plays third base at a small school in Ohio, the local ma and pa pizza shop pays her $200 one weekend for a special "have your pizza delivered by a star softball player" promotion, and sends her home with some pies, wings and bread sticks. You know what's great about both scenarios? Each kid has more money than they would have been allowed to have before. Some student-athletes will make no money from this arrangement - which is fine, that's no different than how it works for them now. There are certain problems you don't have to solve: You don't have to solve to make it equal for all athletes. No, Title IX does not apply. The student-athlete isn't provided any extra benefit. They are simply not restricted from making money. They're just like any other student. Not every student gets a job or internship. Not every student-athlete gets endorsements. You don't have to solve for competitive balance. That's an illusion anyway. Plus, so what if rich alumni want to waste their money foolishly on the student-athletes? If it's a bad investment, they'll stop. You don't have to solve for Syracuse's athletic future. This issue (in the digital age, name and likeness ie identity is an ENORMOUS right) is bigger than any one school. Plus, trust that kids will want different things - not everybody is going to want to take cash to sit the bench at a factory school. Just permit the student-athlete to profit from their own name and likeness and the world gets better for them. They're the people that matter. [/QUOTE]

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