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JonLP24

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1. The NCAA is a business
Sun Nov 25, 2012, 02:48 PM
Nov 2012

It is far more profitable for them to compensate the athletes w/ scholarships, small stipends, clothes allowance, etc. than paying the athletes what they would earn in a competitive labor market (such as the way schools compete for the services of coaches).

That is the reason why they won't get rid of "amateur status/eligibility" thing.

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