I have come to the realization today that there is more to sports than I had previously understood.
In the past, we always regarded professional sports players as Wealthy and Well to do. True they have a large holding of the American Capital. But realize this.
Their capital gain is not a simple earning. It is actually a tribute that is given to these players for the play that they do on the field or court.
The idea that a fan can root for a sport is a major addition to our culture.
We root for the teams that we find inspiring and heartfelt.
But consider that those who you root for are not as rich as you really are.
Those who play the sport are claimants of a tribute. These people are not exactly "employees". A football player does not Work for the team he is contracted to play for. He PLAYS for that team.
Now understand that there is a distinction in this matter.
To play for a team, you are holding the teams banner and running with it all over the place.
True allegiance is to WORK for a team or an organization. Truely the players do have an alleigance that is remarkable, but to consider that one can change teams at any opportunity or scrutiny is a demonstration that their allegience is only to the flag that they carry up the field or down the court.
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Take on the other hand a college football player or other college sport. These players play for the sport, but they work for the university. They work for the university because they are students.
This is why the college football scandals of getting some sort of tribute is such a big scandal even at a small monetary level.
To receive tribute at the college intercolligate situation is to declare that your team has lost.
Yes, your team has LOST.
I see it this way.
The student who takes a bribe or student benefit from playing the sport in college declares that he or she is no longer working for the university. He is working for tribute. And thus if he is no longer working for the university, he is no longer eligible for the universities endorsement of his or her name.
So thus, every student who takes unlawful benefits for his college plays negates his own teams name and negates his own name as well.
So thus, this college football scandal really is a big thing. The fact that Ohio State University was invalidated for the 2010 season is absolutely right and it must be so that we do not have the failure of the college system of intercollegiate play.
Just my thoughts on this topic.
If you want to take this one step further, high school athletes are in a situation that is an activity. When they take this activity to college, it becomes an association. When they go on and perhaps play in a national professional league, it becomes a profession.
This is remarkable as it is the same concept, but all 3 are a completely different game overall.
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