Hey guys, don't forget about sports at, say, Foothill College or Menlo College, etc.
If the SCIAC prohibits athletic scholarships because they want a level playing field, then let 'em.
Under the table, or over the top, payments will happen, whether it be to play, win, lose, or trim points. i hope that doesn't mean that a group can't decide, "Let them go elsewhere, as we want to be a school first where sports are really ancillary."
Don't bury the NCAA for the benefit of a small percentage of the half-million current NCAA athletes..
Another ugly side of pay-to-play is the threat to withhold the pay. "If you want to be paid next year, gain 50 pounds" (or lose 10 pounds) or some other pressure. If you think 18yo student-athletes have a lot of pressure on them now, wait until money (with all its implications) is added to the mix. "OMG, I'm batting .160 and I'm going to lose my NIL, my apartment, my car, and my booze money. Everyone's going to think I'm a loser."
(BC always brings up important and interesting threads.)
Related in the aspect of pay and participation in sport, but unrelated as it is not college-based, is this BBC article on the experiences and income of elite British women athletes. (I don't mean to drift from this subject, but it is related IMO.)
If the SCIAC prohibits athletic scholarships because they want a level playing field, then let 'em.
Under the table, or over the top, payments will happen, whether it be to play, win, lose, or trim points. i hope that doesn't mean that a group can't decide, "Let them go elsewhere, as we want to be a school first where sports are really ancillary."
Don't bury the NCAA for the benefit of a small percentage of the half-million current NCAA athletes..
Another ugly side of pay-to-play is the threat to withhold the pay. "If you want to be paid next year, gain 50 pounds" (or lose 10 pounds) or some other pressure. If you think 18yo student-athletes have a lot of pressure on them now, wait until money (with all its implications) is added to the mix. "OMG, I'm batting .160 and I'm going to lose my NIL, my apartment, my car, and my booze money. Everyone's going to think I'm a loser."
(BC always brings up important and interesting threads.)
Related in the aspect of pay and participation in sport, but unrelated as it is not college-based, is this BBC article on the experiences and income of elite British women athletes. (I don't mean to drift from this subject, but it is related IMO.)