The Exploitation of College Athletes | Tim Nevius | TEDxDayton

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Universities in America are public but are run like businesses. It says a lot about the government haha

stamatimarlon
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It is no question that for decades universities have been exploiting their athletes (especially African Americans) and benefiting financially from this exploitation.
When high dollar amounts are involved, conflict can arise especially when it comes to what takes higher priority when it comes to health and safety versus wins.

College sports is a way for athletes to attend university and get an education as well as get to play the sport they are passionate about. It has become more complex, as light comes out on the issues these athletes have to face on a regular basis.
To Tim’s point, rules and entities tasked with preventing exploitation have rather provided and profited from it.
The question that comes to my mind is the health and safety (both current and long term) worth it for this current college athlete experience?
They are putting their lives on the line weekly with nothing to fall back on for the university to which they represent. For what? The opportunity to play or make it to the pros. What if they are one of the athletes who gets injured, can’t return to play or even worse has a life altering and debilitating injury that affects the trajectory of their life?
Until the universities can do a better job at ensuring the health and safety of their athletes, I think the best thing right now is to compensate them and that is already underway of the past couple of years. College athletes can accept endorsements and sponsorships from brands. In my opinion, they deserve to have these opportunities and I have heard many touching stories about athletes able to send money home to help their struggling families, start nonprofits, and set themselves up financially just in case they don’t get to the pro level or if they happen to get seriously injured and can no longer play.

ScarlettKass
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arent most of yall here cause of school most of ted talks views or prob all of them are from school

NathanielAbdul-Raheem
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Devious. Confessing doesn't make you good

joiehelianth
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What IS the scheme/intent/strategy for selecting a stadium entrance tune which is laced with profanity plus numerous racial slurs?
Or was this just an oversight?
Is A&M legit when it comes to racial issues or just pretending?

Dodgevair
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There was a point in time that a 4 year degree had value in itself.

sandy
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I thought it was to protect the intregrity of the game? Money is the ultimate motivator. You don't want one kid getting paid to play well and another kid not getting paid to play well. Still, not paying football players, student loans given freely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Since when were colleges supposed to be fortune 500 companies??

Skipbo
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Not one what ever exploited. They got a free education, let them exploit me please.

stevecarey
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This guy is wrong. He needs to go away. Anybody that stands upright and talks with authority can make up anything and half the people will believe it. College athletes get a full scholarship, free food and free board. That is all they should get unless they go pro.

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