NCAA related NYTimes op-ed

[JRutledge]

Originally posted by Mark Dexter
I don't have tests? I don't have to study? I don't have to work? I don't have to try to have a social life?



I'm starting an association - I want a bill of rights for people who have to pay $40,000 per year!

But you do not have an organization telling you who your friends can be, what job you can hold and what kind of car you can own. A Student-Athelete does.

The NCAA suspended a player on the Arizona team, because he was friends with Bill Walton's son and went to an NBA Finals game. So you are telling me that a kid cannot bring one of his closest friends to a concert or event without worrying about NCAA sanctions when he has "normal access" to those tickets (if you did not know, his Dad can get the tickets quite easy I am sure).

Or when a Colorado player, cannot attempt to achieve in a sport he won a Gold Medal in (might be Jeremy Bloom) another sport than the one he decided to play under NCAA Rules. So he cannot attempt to make a living of any kind in Mogal Skiing, before he played a down of football for the Colorado Football team.

I do not consider your situation at all similar to these kids Mark.

Peace