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The age of athlete compensation in university sports could be complicated much more with a pending decision of the Supreme Court.
An agreement in the case of Chamber v. NCAA would allow all the schools of division I share income directly with athletes students if you receive the final approval this month.
The current NIL compensation system, in effect since the summer of 2021, has faced its share of scrutiny. But universities that pay athletes would directly erase “amateurism” that historically defined American university sports.
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The former NFL and University football player, Jack Brewer, greatly opposes the concept.
“We need to return to athletes,” Brewer told Pak Gazette Digital.
“If a person wants the freedom to earn as much money as they want and can take advantage of the sport to do that, they should be able to do so, and they can, in our professional leagues. But there is no place for an unlimited amount of money to people in university sports.
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Brewer argued that the exchange of income would worsen a problem created by NIL since its legalization of 2021: decrease in graduation rates.
“It will continue to see students who are no longer focused on school because their incentive to go to university is no longer to get an education, but to earn money,” Brewer said. “It is not correct for universities to exploit this escape, recruiting athletes who no longer have to concentrate on being students.”
The United States Supreme Court on June 28, 2023 in Washington, DC (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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