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ELI5: What is the problem with paying student athletes if colleges and nonprofits like NCAA are profiting billions off of their work?
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They say its so the students dont "sell out" or something equally wholesome.  But the real reason is college athletics is a perfect buisness model that basicaly makes a ton of money, its tax exempt and they have to pay very little to maintain their capital ie the students.  The NCAA is horibley curropt and fight tooth and nail over the smallest minutia, like you cant give your players bagels with topping ir its considered bribery or some shit.  They are very cruel with their players in order to make sure none step out of line.  Literaly every decade there is a rebelion of people trying to get rid of them.  They use the whole, you got to play the game and go to college, as a cop out.  Most of the players are students on paper but are really there to play.  Very few ofbthem actualy get a degree with value.