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Northwestern Could Drop D-1 Football, If Players Form union

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And so it begins. Northwestern President says he could see them dropping D-1 football, if players form union. This could get very interesting.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/25/us/northwestern-football-players-union/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1


Henry Bienen, speaking last week at the annual conference for the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, said, "If we got into collective bargaining situations, I would not take for granted that the Northwesterns of the world would continue to play Division I sports."
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It amazes me this is even a conversation. How can amateur athletes possibly think they could form a union? It's mind-boggling.
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Because they're 18, stupid, know everything, and they've been exposed to Chicago logic. It's not thinking, it's thinking you can bully.
 
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Well, I really don't care if Northwestern drops football. Let these smart arse kids find another way to pay for their college. Northwestern ain't cheap,

I do however believe that the university should pay in full or at least pay some of the bills from injuries a student/athlete suffered while playing for his school.
 
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GrayTide said:
Well, I really don't care if Northwestern drops football. Let these smart arse kids find another way to pay for their college. Northwestern ain't cheap,

I do however believe that the university should pay in full or at least pay some of the bills from injuries a student/athlete suffered while playing for his school.
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Do they not? I was under the impression that they covered that?
 
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We'll leave this thread here for the time being, because it is connected to college football. If it turns political, it goes to NS...
 
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Once again, college presidents will not allow their universities to be the minor leagues for the NFL. College football may change to players more focused more on academics with less talent.
 
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NLRB rules in favor of unionization. Will this mean a bidding war in terms of cash dollars to play for a particular team?
 
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[hQUOTE=selmaborntidefan;2372861]Because they're 18, stupid, know everything, and they've been exposed to Chicago logic. It's not thinking, it's thinking you can bully.[/QUOTE]

This right here.



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GrayTide said:
Well, I really don't care if Northwestern drops football. Let these smart arse kids find another way to pay for their college. Northwestern ain't cheap,

I do however believe that the university should pay in full or at least pay some of the bills from injuries a student/athlete suffered while playing for his school.
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As far as I know that's what being put on a medical scholarship is for?
 
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So what I don't understand is this, does this ruling today, if it holds, make Title IX a ticking timebomb for college athletics as we know it?
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Not sure how you are making this connection, so I cant say for sure. But my guess is no because Title IX is part of a larger civil rights statute that applies to high schools as well as colleges. My expectation is if anything unionization would probably make the anti-discrimination even thicker to maneuver.

Its mind-numbing the number of issues this ruling has just created for college athletics and even on the academic side too. This ruling basically states that getting your education paid for via scholarship is a job. Hello workers comp, social security taxes, unemployment taxes, etc. These dumb kids just robbed themselves of their tax exempt status in all likelihood.

Some grown ups and some judges with a practical view of this situation need to stand up and say this is an unworkable situation.
 
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