The current state of college athletics: TN QB no-shows practice, team parting ways

[MountaineerWV]

https://www.espn.com/college-footba...s-tennessee-moving-starting-qb-nico-iamaleava

 

[WVUALLEN]

Good for Tennessee on not bending over.

Just wonder. When will the first player strike be in college sports?

 

[WVUBRU]

Good for Josh Heupel and I despise that university.

I don't see the college players ever striking. They aren't together based on a collective bargaining agreement or have any type of leader. Or there are any "rules" to strike over. It is a mess and every single player is on their own.

 

[MountaineerWV]

Good for Tennessee on not bending over.

Just wonder. When will the first player strike be in college sports?

It's coming. And the teams "replacement" players will be walk-ons.

 

[The Bell Tolls for Thee]

It's coming. And the teams "replacement" players will be walk-ons.

The irony is that then we will actually watch student athletes instead of mostly semi-professional athletes that have no business holding a high school diploma much less attending university.

 

[ThePunish-EER]

Good for Tennessee on not bending over.

Just wonder. When will the first player strike be in college sports?

Good question

 

[WVUALLEN]

Good for Josh Heupel and I despise that university.

I don't see the college players ever striking. They aren't together based on a collective bargaining agreement or have any type of leader. Or there are any "rules" to strike over. It is a mess and every single player is on their own.

This says otherwise and is step one in Unionization for players.

College athletes will receive a share of the revenue generated by their athletic programs, with a cap of $20.5 million per school in the first year.

 

[MountaineerWV]

The irony is that then we will actually watch student athletes instead of mostly semi-professional athletes that have no business holding a high school diploma much less attending university.

You could probably go to any blue-collar job and pick out a handful that you would say "have no business holding a high school diploma". My point is that these athletes have certain skills that make them employable. Don't talk bad about them for that. Many will make more $$$ than most of us in the end.

 

[The Bell Tolls for Thee]

You could probably go to any blue-collar job and pick out a handful that you would say "have no business holding a high school diploma". My point is that these athletes have certain skills that make them employable. Don't talk bad about them for that. Many will make more $$$ than most of us in the end.

I'm not faulting the players. I'm faulting the farcical system that takes illiterate athletes with far below average academic ability and gives them only one opportunity to play professional football. Which is to get a scholarship to play NCAA ball. There is no G league or minor league. The NFL won't provide a viable alternative nor allow them to come into the league at 18. So we are forced to watch the open lie of academic institutions that turn away paying students for having sub par academic metrics while giving free "education" to athletes with no substantive academic metrics. It used to be athletic scholarships were for young adults who could cut muster at a university, but lacked the ability to pay. Not those so academically inept that, if not for athletic ability, they wouldn’t gain admission even if they could afford to pay double tuition.