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As a taxpayer, I not in favor of the Supreme Court spending their time on an issue such as defining “amateurism” in college sports. It no only about protecting the “product” as amateurism, it is about protecting college sports as a whole. While college football and college basketball may make money, even billions, universities offer athletic opportunities to all student athletes to include cross country, track & field, tennis, golf, baseball, softball, swimming, lacrosse, soccer and much much more. While those sports bring good recognition and many opportunities for students, only Division 1 Football and Men’s basketball generate any revenue. Most universities would not be able to provide these other opportunities or support the cost of these sports without the revenue from Division 1 Football and Men’s Basketball. It is also important to note that the college athlete is not, singularly, “creating” this revenue. The athlete is joining a team and the team creates the interest. So much interest for Division 1 Football and Men’s basketball, that the television networks are writing big checks for sponsorship. ESPN, ABC, CBS, Turner, Fox, and the Conference networks realize that viewers will watch the competition between college sports teams, which offers them a platform to sell advertisements and sponsorships. It is fortunate for the amateur collegiate athlete, all conferences, all Division1 members can benefit from the TV packages from the networks. The shared revenues provide all college programs the revenue to support the cost of all of the sport programs. Non-revenue sports count on this support. The individual athlete (that apparently are under-valued) are fortunate to have the universities offering a venue for their athletic pursuits. Please realize that “John & Jane Q. Public” are not tuning in in to view individual athletes, but viewing the competition of teams, the hype, the alma mater, the spirit of amateurism, the drama of a last second shot or missed field goal, and much more.
If you start paying the individual athletes, say goodbye to viewership, say goodbye to support for non-revenue sports, and say goodbye to Title 9. Say hello to the sense of entitlement and participation trophies that will shame our country for years to come.