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Message: [QUOTE="triplethrea, post: 140149, member: 1574"] I thought I made it clear $20 million was a clean cut example. OK, costs rise. Coaches expect raises? Why do they get to expect raises and the players don't? See what I mean? Where does the money go? Coaches, facilities. It goes everywhere except the players. Every one expects raises and better facilities because the money is not going to the players. Some people are going to need to learn to pass on the dessert next time they're eating out. You're right that without the current coaches, facilities, fans, etc. the players don't come. That is because they don't get paid so that is all we can offer them. If you want the good players you're going to need to give them a paycheck. As for cutting player's salaries, that is entirely up to whatever agreement the university comes up with. I frankly don't care, since even with pay cuts they will be getting more than they are getting now. Your work-study idea is the lamest thing I have ever seen. Why do field hockey players get paid the same amount as the guys playing for the team pulling tens of millions of dollars in revenue. This isn't an "everybody is a winner, everybody gets a ribbon" type thing. Two sports are bringing in the revenue that lets the athletics directors drive their nice SUVs. Not anybody else. Anthony Davis asks for $250,000 and nobody balks at the price, just the fact that he asked for it. Are you telling me Dion Waiters and Kris Joseph are worth to the team the same amount that the student usher is getting? This is a game of millions of dollars. College basketball and football are not a joke. The players should be treated like adults, not like children getting their allowance. [/QUOTE]

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