[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

And I don't think D-1 football players understand what the rest of us go through to pay our way. They don't work as hashers or clean the grills at McDonald's or (as my brother did to get through school) work repairing railroad ties. The idea that varsity football and basketball players are the tragically exploited underclass of American society does not resonate with me at all.

I don't understand your beef.  So, because you had to have a job in college like many people, the exploitation of these young men (even to the point of forbidding them from profiting from their own name) is no big deal?

[ThePassionOfTheChryst]

And I don't think D-1 football players understand what the rest of us go through to pay our way. They don't work as hashers or clean the grills at McDonald's or (as my brother did to get through school) work repairing railroad ties. The idea that varsity football and basketball players are the tragically exploited underclass of American society does not resonate with me at all.

I don't understand your beef.  So, because you had to have a job in college like many people, the exploitation of these young men (even to the point of forbidding them from profiting from their own name) is no big deal?