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[QUOTE="Full_Rebar, post: 911068, member: 3530"]
Talk to 100 D1 scholarship athletes and ask them if they are in the major they would pick if they weren't involved with athletics. Ask them if their athletic obligations are limited to 20 hours a week. Ask a football player how much time they actually get off from "required" activities in a 12-month period. Ask them if the coach who recruited them is still working at their school. Ask them if they have wanted to transfer but didn't because they would be forced to sit for a year. Ask them if they have ever had to drop a class because it conflicted with practice. Ask them if they personally know anyone in an Olympic sport who has had their scholarship reduced or removed by a coach.

College football coaches are paid better than NFL coaches. AD's across the country are approaching (or passing) million-dollar salaries. I'm not saying D1 athletes need a union, but they absolutely need a voice. Read a little more on what Colter and the students are pushing for- it's not all about being paid. These men and women aren't getting a "free" education like some of their peers.
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