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Message: [QUOTE="Sherman20, post: 2328408, member: 6357"] Why is that the answer? I'm sick of hearing ban this, ban that. The black market will still flourish because these student-athletes have real value. This is about money and the NCAA's sham amateurism model. Why can't we just pay the players? Everyone else is making money in this market--schools, conferences, coaches, the NCAA. But the players are the key to the whole thing. They should be paid. They're treated as unpaid labor. Yes, they get a scholarship, but they're clearly worth more than that on the open market. What is everyone so afraid of? There's a way to make it more equitable, so that a handful of the top schools with big fan interest or in top conferences don't simply dominate. [/QUOTE]