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re: Athletics: I'm not sure I agree. Kids that wash up out of minor league baseball (instead of attending college) end up with nothing. Kids that play college football at least have a degree from a college which is worth something. If anything, I feel the college football players get exploited. They create a hugely disproportionate amount of value to the amount that they receive in return.

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> They create a hugely disproportionate amount of value to the amount that they receive in return.

You can actually immediately see this with the constant busts of universities breaking NCAA rules on player compensation. If these athletes truly did not bring value, then there would be no reason to break these compensation rules to provide value back to them.

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