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[Waitress]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/25018425/attorney-adidas-executive-says-20k-payment-only-made-request-kansas-jayhawks-coach-bill-self
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That didn’t happen.
And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.
And if it was, that’s not a big deal.
And if it is, that’s not my fault.
And if it was, I didn’t mean it.
And if I did…
You deserved it.

~Tip well.

[MrMac]

I knew I was right, when I was a kid--to want to wear a pair of PF Flyers. All these companies are dirty.

[slowcat95]

I wish this were simpler, and we could categorically condemn all payments to student athletes as cheating. I have no idea what de Sousa's situation was, but we do know some kids can't afford their own living expenses while playing NCAA ball.

Sure, there are some dirty coaches out there. But the NCAA is equally complicit in these scandals by not allowing kids to earn a dime in exchange for the use of their bodies for a year.

I'm hopeful the G-league's change to allow high schoolers to enter the league straight out of high school with decent compensation packages will help.
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The basic entrance fee to being a good person is to listen to and believe people who lack a privilege you have.

[catnhat]

Never believe the NCAA's claims that they are "there for the student-athletes". They are there for their member schools- and different schools have more or less pull. It's like the NCAA is management and the players are labor (with no unions).