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The Origins Of Amateurism; Or, Why College Sports Are So Fucked Up
As president of the NCAA, Mark Emmert has $1.7 million a year riding on the premise that college sports are integral to the mission of higher education in general, a number that frankly lends a certain insight to his cause. Sympathy, even. After all, if you made that kind of money, you'd probably find that preserving the integrity of the beleaguered "student-athlete" was one of your "core values," too.
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I think South Park nailed this issue with their episode "Crack Baby Athletic Association." It's time for the NCAA to move on and start doing what is fair for the athletes who are the ones practicing and risking injury