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[QUOTE="triplethrea, post: 1077810, member: 1574"]
Let me get this logic straight:
Students are NOT workers
Workers at UPS, GM, Delta CAN demand money because they are employees
Dave85 makes an argument that these particular students can be seen as employees
Students CAN QUIT IF THEY DON"T LIKE IT!
But why didn't you say the same thing about the workers?

So what you're saying is that professional workers should be allowed to demand money, but even if a student can be proven to legally be a working employee, then they are still not entitled to those rights.

I think I am starting to get to the core of a lot of people's emotional arguments (since nobody's logic has really made sense so far when broken down). People don't have a problem with athletes getting paid, they have a problem with STUDENTS getting paid. For some reason people are subconsciously seeing students as inferior to regular, working people. I think people see students as unworthy of getting paid good money, thus the "they should be happy with free tuition" (which I find to be incredibly condescending).

This explains the root of a lot of arguments. Not sure WHY they are seeing them as inferior. Perhaps having "student-athlete" crammed in our heads for years gave us an inkling of "put your head down little boy and get to work and when you're old enough you can get paid" to it. Perhaps we see college kids as immature partiers who are not ready for the real world.

I think what upset people about my OP (and why people started saying my idea was "ridiculous" without an explanation) is that paying college students a lot of money rubs them the wrong way. I think people need to reflect on why that is, and if it is right.
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