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@MikeMcCartney7 @BigGame81 Interesting there was NO inflation in our education & healthcare systems in that period? #PlayersCompensation
— statefansnation (@statefansnation) January 11, 2014
You can argue that players deserve to get paid ‘MORE’ than they get, but to IGNORE the benefits they do get is intellectually dishonest and just bad analysis.
But, what do you expect when a sports writer tries to play business person.
CFB Player salary from the beginning of time:
-Four(or 5 or 6) years of higher education that they likely would not have had access to otherwise.
-Access to luxurious training facilities, trainers, etc.
-World class medical coverage and rehab if needed.
-Free room, board, and food.
-Free national exposure of their athletic abilities, without which they may not be able to ply their crafts professionally.I’m sure that there is someone out there that can assign reasonable monetary values to these things, but I will venture to say that it comes out to quite a bit of “money”. I will say that I feel that everyone, athlete or not, is entitled to compensation for the use of their likeness. But getting royalties from someone using your image is not the same thing as “paying” athletes.
It’s a difference between salary and compensation.
Their salary may be zero but their compensation is far from it.
^ That’s an excellent point of distinction.
I guess I should say that it is unfair to choose to ignore the ‘compensation’ component of the equation.
It is also unfair to assume that college ballplayers can live an equal opportunity “college” experience on 15 bucks a month laundry stipends.
Which, btw, was the same 50yrs. ago.I see absolutely no reason why this hasn’t been bumped to at least $150.
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