That’s actually changed. They can pay college athletes now. UT’s quarterback gets over 5 million a year because of his family name (he’s actually a mediocre quarterback according to the numbers).
Brother the name on the field down there is Texas Longhorns. They making money. You ain’t been paying attention if you don’t think them players getting paid.
It’s part of USA identity it seems…college sports and fuck yeah we have the greatest military mentality.
I have USA coworkers. There’s a mix of the above types, amongst a few older guys that have aged out of the propaganda and are like “Dude American is not #1, we are #1 at being behind the times on major things that define a civilized country”.
And that interaction amongst them is interesting to watch with some popcorn :)
It blows my mind that this isn’t even for a professional league. College sports in the US are bonkers.
And the players get none of the money are are severely punished if anyone does anything to help them financially.
College sports should pay its own bill and players or it should exist.
That’s actually changed. They can pay college athletes now. UT’s quarterback gets over 5 million a year because of his family name (he’s actually a mediocre quarterback according to the numbers).
That’s no longer true, but it’s also breaking college sports to a degree - https://thenilstandard.com/guides/how-college-athletes-get-paid
To be honest, it needed to be broken. The previous system was terrible.
Brother the name on the field down there is Texas Longhorns. They making money. You ain’t been paying attention if you don’t think them players getting paid.
It’s part of USA identity it seems…college sports and fuck yeah we have the greatest military mentality.
I have USA coworkers. There’s a mix of the above types, amongst a few older guys that have aged out of the propaganda and are like “Dude American is not #1, we are #1 at being behind the times on major things that define a civilized country”.
And that interaction amongst them is interesting to watch with some popcorn :)