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Message: [QUOTE="ottodaorange, post: 14761, member: 567"] I posted this article late Wednesday night/Thurs. morning after watching the Yankees lose in 12 innings out West... I stumbled on this while reading an article from Donna Ditota with a link to this piece in hopes of stimulating the discussion that has surfaced with this post. It received 115 views and 0 replies... probably due to the lateness of the hour and the length of the article. I am personally torn on this issue; mostly for entirely selfish reasons. The author has the same feelings. The notion of amateurism and the "scholar athlete" is pure fiction in this day and age, as the article demonstrates. The romaniticsm that we all attach to this feeds our passion for our alma mater or school of choice that we choose to support. I played college football half a century ago and believe the game today has little remblance to the game I once played... as well as the premises we all attach to it. It became a business a long time ago, and with the dawn of civil rights, sports at all levels have been changed forever. In my opinion the central point of this article, written by a noted human rights advocate, is the constitutional rights we should all be entitled to versus the ideals of amateurism and the usurpation of these rights for power and greed by Byers and the NCAA. I freely admit that I am drawn to the false notion and ideals of amateurism but that was something that was lost decades ago... if it ever existed at all. Ideals and ideas are powerful and based in passion. As the author points out, the facts are that cases presently working their way through the courts will inevitably change the face of college sports and just compensation will eventually be awarded. The only question is what will the just compensation be? [/QUOTE]

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