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Message: [QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 2150898, member: 966"] I get your points, but don't agree with them. • Maybe i'm out of touch. You're saying athletes aren't allowed to work? I thought they could have jobs (summer?) and they used to do that all the time. If the issue now is that they 'need' to spend that time with play and conditioning, then -my opinion- is that that's no different from any other student. If you 'need' to spend potential working time to get better at your craft/eventual profession, that's a choice. • Workers get paid. Yeah, my point was that the amount the NCAA makes should have nothing to do with what a college athlete is worth. • Regarding my bullets, simple difference of opinion, not a matter of fact. My perspective on them is similar to my position on the legalization of drugs. I think it's lazy and irresponsible to say that 'we'll legalize weed because people are already using it and we save time/money on prosecutions.' Sure, there are "issues" with all of those matters, but my point was that changing the system makes them WORSE. Like gun control — not to continue with political matters, but — too many people rationalize their crusade against gun control because it doesn't prevent every problem. That's not the point. If it prevents some problems, it can still be an effective measure. We're not going to eradicate illegal benefits to players. But, giving up on trying changes the sport and will wrongfully benefit those who play the dirtiest. Even if you're so jaded to think that that's what's already happening, i have to look at Gonzaga's success this year and then suggest that making this all a race to be the dirtiest isn't in the game's or college's or fans' interests. [/QUOTE]

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