NBA players are not amateurs and the 1930s model of amateurism is dead
To argue for amateurism Based On A system that was set up in the 1930s and 1940s prior to billion dollar TV contracts and ticket sales and Merchandising is crazy. Amateurism does not exist in high-level college basketball and high-level college football.
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The NCAA should run the March Madness tournament in a bubble right now
Why aren't we just doing the NCAA tournament right now? Like if someone... go, yeah. Hey, whoever wants to win the presidential election just pay for it. Like that would be pretty good. How about him in a bubble? And let's just do the NCAA tournament.
The hockey ice in Toronto is significantly worse than the ice in Edmonton
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Nikola Jokic is already a top 15 player of all time.
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