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[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

@EddieComeaux @GlobalSportMtrs The NCAA can undo some of the anti-blackness in education by not allowing – by any stretch – college athletic personnel to force athletes to give the weight of their attention to ‘athletics’ to the disadvantage of academics. School first, should be the policy – without exceptions

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

@el_choncho3 @besavageee Mental health and academic health, to keep their lives after college sports, in line with the reality that could befall them which, as you say, ‘won’t happen,’ because they were not drafted into professional sports.

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

#ucr150 @besavageee
This week’s Lecture and readings, say that student-athletes should be advised that “less than 1 percent” of college athletes enter the professional sports arena, therefore, student-athletes should use this to concentrate on academics for their own sakes.

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

@BSanchez065 @besavageee Also, the A. Lumpkin, reading about the so-called "free education," accompanied by limitations...eligibility, missing classes for practices, travel, and competition," and more importantly, "failure to graduate."

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

#ucr150 @besavageee
College coaches visit local high schools and give a ‘sales pitch’ to HS athletes to go to the ‘coaches college’ - an oppt'y to earn a college education and, playing the ‘sports they love.’ Sounds like a win-win, and the loopholes are evaded, i.e. 4-4 Transfer

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

@KaileyG048 @besavageee Yes, their best interest is front and center, and I question why graduate student-athletes must re-enroll in 'undergraduate courses' -- does the NCAA want to 'discourage' grad students from 'undergrad' participation?

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

#ucr150 @besavageee
The NCAA has restrictions that can impede an athlete’s desire to transfer from one 4-year university to another. One restriction is the “standard one-year in-residence,” so an athlete cannot transfer after one semester even if they don't like the school.

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

@gracemartS22 @besavageee #ucr150
Two-thumbs up! on your Post, Grace. The NCAA, should not be allowed, to not have set guidelines, and leave it up to the universities, to outline ‘protection’ guidelines. When ‘winning’ a game becomes more important than the people playing those games – something’s wrong…

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

#ucr150 @besavageee
Coaches who are intent on winning a game, need to be as intent on maintaining a healthy team. The coach should be held accountable to demand that hurt team members are evaluated immediately, and if the coach fails to do this, they should be fined/dismissed.

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

@TeresaOro007 @besavageee Title IX had to be created to protect women because as in most ‘male dominated’ venues, sports had to be included in the ‘equality’ picture. The response, ‘men are more interested in sports,’ - maybe so, but what about the women that are interested and want to participate, too?

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

#ucr150 @besavageee
Amy Cohen v. Brown Univ., makes me proud of women who stand up for their rights and say, ‘I’m not going to take it anymore!’ Brown Univ's’ position that ‘people were more interested in men’s sports’… failed to recall that the ‘Tests’ had “three prongs.”

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

@Sarah37Robinson @besavageee It’s sad that student-athletes do not fully understand the terms of the contracts they sign because the university presents these contracts as a ‘good thing!’ Students do not realize contracts turn out to be the dog-that-bit-you!

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

@el_choncho3 @besavageee students put ‘more effort into the sport,’ because this is what is required from a coach who holds a year-to-year contract and hangs it over the students’ heads like the infamous “carrot stick.” The students are left with little choices…study or play-the-game.
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[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

@el_choncho3 @besavageee Hi Mario,
students put ‘more effort into the sport,’ because this is what is required from a coach who holds a year-to-year contract and hangs it over the students’ heads like the infamous “carrot stick.” The students are left with little choices…study or play-the-game.

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

@edie_carranza @besavageee @eddie_carranza: It's sad that student-athletes do not fully understand the terms of the contracts, because the university presents these contracts as a ‘good thing!’ Students do not realize the contracts turn out to be the dog-that-bit-you!

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

#ucr150 @besavageee
Tickets are sold for college games for ticket holders to see their ‘team’ play. These sales generate a financial benefit to the NCAA, however, when NIL is included in sales that generate a financial benefit, then the athletes should benefit also.

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

@el_choncho3 @besavageee Athletes should receive some financial compensation - scholarships are for tuition. When athletes score ‘touch downs,’ the NCAA and the colleges profit. These ‘profits’ should be shared with those who created them. No athlete should say, after a game, that they can't afford food.

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

#ucr150 @besavageee
In this week’s reading in Chapter 3, “Amateurism...," the NCAA functions as a cartel and “distributes profits in a fashion that satisfies its members,” (p.33) with its members being the colleges. Isn’t this "$$$" a profit for 'non-profit' colleges?

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

@besavageee #ucr150
In this week’s reading in Chapter 3, “Amateurism...,” how can it be that the NCAA who functions as the head of a cartel and “distributes profits in a fashion that satisfies its members,” How do colleges receive any amount and are ‘safe’ as a ‘non-profit?’

[Laura J Thompson @LauraJThompson7]

@vtellez2022 @besavageee #ucr150

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Hi Victoria,
I hope not! The practice should be used for "meaningful changes," in the game. Not for financial benefit...they get enough of that through fringe benefits, and once in the NFL, they will get a lot more!