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Message: [QUOTE="Moontan, post: 140203, member: 166"] No it wasn't... it was pure fiction. Something akin to "what if the moon was red and made of cheese?". Tuition, room and board have price increases every year. The current rate at Syracuse University is over $53,000 per year. Hint, next year it will be more. No, it's not. It actually addresses the issue at hand. The example that is generally raised is: "A student from a family of limited means that receives an academic scholarship is able to work to earn money to pay for additional expenses (clothes, eating out, going to a movie, etc.) yet a similar student who receives an athletic scholarship is not allowed to earn such money, why?". The living expenses of field hockey players are similar to those of a basketball player. AFAIK, the Varsity charges the same for a slice of pizza no matter who orders it. This isn't professional sports, either. There are other benefits as well. Without the other sports at Manley, Donovan McNabb wouldn't have met his current wife. They are. They do not have to accept the athletic scholarships. Basketball players can go to the NBDL or Europe. Hockey and baseball players already have their options. NFL players and executives have indicated that high school players are not ready for the NFL. Perhaps you should set up a league where high school players can go before they go to the NFL. If you think there's enough money to do that, good luck. I'm a bit skeptical myself. Many would argue that the 90+% of players at FBS programs that do not make it to the NFL are already being treated "better" than non-athlete students. If the players really feel that they're getting a bum deal, then they (e.g. their predecessors currently playing in the NFL & NBA) should be working with their respective leagues to set up something different. Perhaps you can get the UFL to fill that role, or have today's college prep schools also serve to feed the NFL directly. I'm sure the TV contracts to support that will be very generous. After all, who wouldn't want to watch 4 or 6 glorified high school teams play each other in quadruple round-robin action? [/QUOTE]

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