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Message: [QUOTE="Cheriehoop, post: 3127202, member: 127"] Are you sure of that? Grad students many of them research assistants etc don’t even own their own intellectual property and are prevented from working outside jobs while requiring them to pay for tuition, meals, room and board. These are students in academia, the actual mission of universities. No wonder many in academia are in disbelief regarding the attention these ‘poor athletes‘ get. The NCAA has done a good job getting athletes deserved special treatment already. The work of students who are toiling on such vital issues like cancer research, genetic anomalies, invasive species, climate change, new non fossil fuel options etc do so while still responsible for tuition, room & board, meals etc because they are learning and using university facilities. Their images are worthless because they don’t get the free tv time, articles, free publicity that athletes do. Instead they leave with huge debt. This despite scholarship athletes accumulating no debt for their education, room and board, meals plus receiving stipends and financial aid because some think athletes are being cheated not getting money officially from outside sources for their image or a piece of the profits (wouldn’t most long term employees of corporations love to get a guaranteed percentage of their profits?). How many student medical doctors who work many times more than full time in hospitals during training, would trade places with athletes and the benefits they receive [URL='https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/loans/student-loans/average-medical-school-debt/']Average Medical School Debt in the Class of 2018 — NerdWallet[/URL] I love sports (obviously) and think it gives opportunities that many of these kids would never have otherwise to realize their dream. Why are people crying that Zion Williamson didn’t make more money in his 1 year in college yet could care less that the average medical doctor leaves with over $196,000 in loans from just medical school alone? (with maximum of 80 hour work weeks) Zion had options - the Bazely Route, overseas, G League, street ball leagues yet he voluntarily chose college for his own benefit. What in any of this legislation stops athletes from getting money, benefits like they do now while in high school, prep school, AAU season or continuing even under the table in college? Sorry I want these student athletes to succeed but I’m not crying for these talented athletes over lost income that they voluntarily and contractually forego while in college in a symbiotic relationship benefiting both parties, the athlete and the university. Unlike what the OP said, most every undergraduate or grad student would definitely change places and benefits in a minute with the opportunities of a debt less, D1 athlete. Heck what D2 or D3 star athlete wouldn’t trade their rights and benefits with any D1 athlete less a non athletic student? [/QUOTE]

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