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[QUOTE="shandeezy7, post: 2150757, member: 720"]
Firstly - nobody makes these kids to go to college. It's not forced labor. They can't enter the draft out of high school, but nothing forces them to go to college either. There are plenty of other routes they can go to make it in the NBA. The exposure athletes receive by playing high-level D1 sports has to have significant value for athletes, otherwise they'd take these other routes.

Secondly - Receiving free tuition, free room and board, free gear (shoes, apparel, etc.), monetary stipends, free travel around the country (and the world, in some cases), access to alumni networks and the numerous other perks that come with playing high-level division one athletics is not the equivalent of receiving some branded polo shirts.

Do I think that more could be done to compensate student-athletes? Sure. But to suggest that they labor for "free" is asinine. And if they feel like they are providing free labor, then they are well within their rights to not participate in it. Obviously they see a value in it, in one form or another, so they continue to participate in it.
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