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"Heck, let's "rethink" the obtuse NCAA, which has obviously been taken over by morons."

My sentiments exactly. Does not the NCAA govern with the consent of the governed? This should be the end of them. I'm sure they could find actual problems they could work on, should they choose.

I wonder how the lawyers of our nation would feel if an organization of all the nation's law firms banded together and decided that 'amateur law' was such a noble thing that they were going to require every young lawyer across the nation to work for 4-5 years for room and board. Any law firm that 'cheated' by paying their associates actual money would be banned from every court in the land.

I don't suppose there would be any takers. Yet universities that rent luxury box suites in their football stadiums for $100,000/year have banded together to do exactly that to young athletes. Worse yet, the two sports that generate almost virtually all of revenue (football and men's basketball) are populated in disproportionate numbers by players who come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and ethnic minorities. The funds generated by these sports are used mainly to subsidize sports like golf, tennis, soccer, and lacrosse that are populated by upper middle class kids whose parents could afford to pay for their hobbies.