www.kickstarter.com/projects/1576948257/ncaa-documentary-the-business-of-amateurs

Unlike vampires these guys don't crave your blood, just donated nickles and dimes.

Major downside: it's a media project started by some SC dudes. Even so, sorry, can't set that aside instead of supporting a (tilting at windmills) worthy cause.

Only remaining mystery is why this hasn't yet spread to all the Pac sports boards??

#So Sue Me

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Title: Student/Athletes or Employees?

What many people don’t know about student/athletes from all sports:
o They work over 40 hours a week on their sport alone
o They incur over $3,000 in debt per year [an @SC estimate??]
o Their scholarships are renewable on an annual basis
o The injuries they incur while at the school are no longer covered once their eligibility is up

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“Amateurism is not a moral issue; it is an economic camouflage for monopoly practice. The college player cannot sell his own feet (the coach does that) nor can he sell his own name (the college will do that). This is the plantation mentality resurrected and blessed by today’s campus executive. This system is so biased against human nature and simple fairness in light of today’s high-dollar commercialized college marketplace that the ever-increasing number of NCAA infractions emerge as mostly an indictment of the system itself.”

Walter Byers, the first executive director of the NCAA (1951-1988)

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