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OT: Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Huge Mistake (Atlantic)

Great… I can’t wait to see a hundred FanDuel commercials per game

"I bet you $100 Northwestern scores a touchdown on this possession."
"I don't bet."
"What do you mean you don't bet?"
"I don't bet!"
"Oh come on, I bet you $50 I can get you to start betting."
"I said I don't bet!"
"I'll give you 3-1 odds."
"You're on."

Tony Bennett Retirement

Yes. I am all for the players getting whatever they can and being able to move around like any other student. I suspect at some point these raw recruits will be contractually obligated to fulfill stated requirements in order to receive full compensation. There eventually will be some guardrails like most employment agreements.
In this short paragraph you referred to the same group of individuals as "recruits", "students", "employees" and "players."

In the military, the "recruits" all get paid the same (substandard) wage.
In academia, the "students" pay varying amounts to get educated.
In the working world, "employees" get paid different amounts, but almost always less than the value they generate for their employer.
In the vast majority of the sports world, "players" engage in an activity for fun.

The only way you can merge all these concepts for college sports is to pay all participants equally in something like a "work/study" job.
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