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Old 10-01-2019, 12:10 AM   #33
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Originally Posted by Elendil View Post
I'm for paying student athletes, but I don't like the idea of state governments' dictating the policies of private universities. Shouldn't they be able to decide whether they pay their athletes or not? And athletes can choose whether to go there or not. The WSJ had a quote from the AD at Pepperdine worrying about the implications of the new law. It's one thing to mandate this for the UC schools; another to force this on places like Pepperdine.
The universities aren't paying athletes. The Fair Play act just doesn't allow the colleges to restrict them from getting paid for their name and likeness. No dime is coming from the u's, private or public.


Edit: one other thing. Everyone thinks only about the football and basketball side of it. This affects all sports. There are a lot of Olympic sports that athletes need sponsorships in order to train. But they have to forego their scholarship or the sponsorship.
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