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<blockquote data-quote="Roundball Sage" data-source="post: 1951650" data-attributes="member: 748116"><p>College football players of the Future (?)... get a spanking new Benzo (each year)... free Chipotle for life (and for five of their best friends)... and a million dollars spending money (as requested). And College Coaches? Don’t even ask...</p><p></p><p>But seriously, people should always be compensated for the value they bring to the workplace/venue. Sports (the paying-customer kind) is a meritocracy where the best players should and do receive the best compensation.</p><p></p><p>College and pro sports continues to grow because it is perhaps the last true reality TV that is actually unscripted and unpredictable (and Live) that still draws lots of viewers. Advertisers are even more drawn to this with the collapse of scripted dramas and other forms of traditional network TV programming. They want to reach the greatest number of people the quickest way they can... and Live Viewing Sports is the way. That means paying huge media contracts for viewing rights (which goes into lots of pockets that are not ‘players’).</p><p></p><p>And why do The People tune in? To see The Players. So, Players provide the value that drives this whole engine. And they need their due.</p><p></p><p>This entire trend is likely to continue until the money/fee structure finally gets so high that it can no longer sustain itself that way. But -- for example -- with the four great new entries coming into the Big Ten... this will grow the Conference in many ways to levels never seen before... in future fan interest and overall revenue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roundball Sage, post: 1951650, member: 748116"] College football players of the Future (?)... get a spanking new Benzo (each year)... free Chipotle for life (and for five of their best friends)... and a million dollars spending money (as requested). And College Coaches? Don’t even ask... But seriously, people should always be compensated for the value they bring to the workplace/venue. Sports (the paying-customer kind) is a meritocracy where the best players should and do receive the best compensation. College and pro sports continues to grow because it is perhaps the last true reality TV that is actually unscripted and unpredictable (and Live) that still draws lots of viewers. Advertisers are even more drawn to this with the collapse of scripted dramas and other forms of traditional network TV programming. They want to reach the greatest number of people the quickest way they can... and Live Viewing Sports is the way. That means paying huge media contracts for viewing rights (which goes into lots of pockets that are not ‘players’). And why do The People tune in? To see The Players. So, Players provide the value that drives this whole engine. And they need their due. This entire trend is likely to continue until the money/fee structure finally gets so high that it can no longer sustain itself that way. But -- for example -- with the four great new entries coming into the Big Ten... this will grow the Conference in many ways to levels never seen before... in future fan interest and overall revenue. [/QUOTE]
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