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HokieinATL07

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JMHO - make revenue sports in college athletics taxable.


They are basically lower level league prep factories for the NFL, NBA, etc. And pay the players, do NIL, etc. - and tax them. Make the universities that play in that arena pay taxes on the whole operation - it's for profit.

Another point - if athletic donations to a non-profit program are tax deductible, end that too.

Find a way to start divorcing college revenue sports from being true student/amateur athletics. And stop making the players be full time students. They can be, but who cares if they are or not? The majority of fandom doesn't. All they care about is W's.

Be open and honest about it being a farm league for the big league pro's, and tax them as such.

I dunno how it would be managed, but if they put college football and basketball under some form of management from the NFL/NBA similar to baseball teams having lower league teams, and let the pro teams pay sponsorships to college teams to help them develop players, that might balance the books too. Imagine the Pittsburgh Steelers partnering with Pitt, VT, and WVU - the college players get to train with and get input from pro coaches, pro bowl players, have big name guys come in the offseason, etc. That might really put a new spin on recruiting.

(In response to this post by NokieHokie)

Posted: 04/22/2022 at 11:35AM



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  Perhaps they could have fixed it...... -- 2hhoop3 04/22/2022 3:19PM
  But maybe it is a bit like -- VTCALS72 04/23/2022 12:43PM
  Yes, yes yes -- VTCALS72 04/23/2022 12:55PM
  JMHO - make revenue sports in college athletics taxable. -- HokieinATL07 04/22/2022 11:35AM
  ^^^ a lot of inconvenient truths in here ^^^ ** -- HtownHokie 04/23/2022 07:17AM
  So who would want what you propose? -- Pride_and_Joy 04/22/2022 12:39PM
  That’s precisely what I think happens. -- Pride_and_Joy 04/22/2022 2:06PM
  Correct! :) ** -- NokieHokie 04/22/2022 11:36AM
  Really? What could leadership have changed about the -- Pride_and_Joy 04/21/2022 4:25PM
  How does allowing NIL decades ago improve the problems -- Pride_and_Joy 04/21/2022 4:37PM
  NIL doesn't shift the balance of power AT ALL. -- Pride_and_Joy 04/21/2022 4:51PM
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  $1... ** -- NokieHokie 04/22/2022 09:34AM
  Canadian or USD? :-) ** -- VTHokie2000 04/22/2022 10:30AM
  U$D ** -- NokieHokie 04/22/2022 10:34AM
  generosity and “equity” live! JK ** -- HtownHokie 04/23/2022 07:26AM
  Paying players the same amount -- Pride_and_Joy 04/21/2022 4:55PM
  The NCAA? ** -- NokieHokie 04/21/2022 10:00PM
  That is not what the NCAA is -- Seikoh_04 04/22/2022 09:48AM
  The schools are the NCAA. ** -- NokieHokie 04/22/2022 09:49AM
  Scapegoats for the schools -- Seikoh_04 04/22/2022 09:55AM
  Not really -- Pylons 04/22/2022 2:19PM
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  10 years ago -- Seikoh_04 04/22/2022 2:32PM
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