The Most Evil Thing About College Sports

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Behind every master receiving praise for a successful meal there is a hard working maid. I can recall times after thanksgiving dinner sitting down with my great grandmother her telling me stories of her past. Stories of her master sitting down at a table full of his guests, he smiling and receiving all the accolades. The immaculate dinner and table setting for that evening all done by her. She would speak of the look that was on his face as if all the attention he was receiving was unwarranted. Margarita, the maid, my great grandmother, working there since 8 o'clock in the morning not leaving until late that evening, until everyone had eaten, and most important of all until he had received the appraisal for the pie that he sliced and shared with everyone except her, the maker. The NCAA shares the success and revenue with college presidents and athletic directors while college athletes, the generators do not see the fruits of their labor. The NCAA applies a form of modern day slavery.
The selection process of an athlete is the result of the productivity of their abilities just like a slave’s trade all depended on the virtues and mass production they could bring to the plantations.The athletes are picked to work for the college based on how skilled, strong, and agile they are. The players are examined and watched on a field while showing their dexterities and then go to the highest bidder. Much like how slaves were taken to auctions and lined up in front of buyers who examined them to see how muscular, strong, healthy, and dexterous they were. Tom Lemming is the top national recruiting analyst for ESPN. For the NCAA he scouts, ranks, and rates high school football players such as Greg Jones from Beaufort, South Carolina ...

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