Originally Posted by
Bombfixer
Why is it that a young man just out of High School who is good at Hockey, or Baseball, or even Soccer can sign with a minor league team and make money playing the sport he loves while perfecting his craft. Yet a football player has to pretend that he is attending college and getting an education while playing for free. Let's get the whole thing out in open and pay these younf men a minor league wage and then we can treat them as what they really are; employees instead of students.