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4/28/2014

Do you think college athletes should unionize?

15%
Yes

6

85%
No WINNER

16

15%
Yes

1 Comments
Chad Sheeks
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Chad Sheeks

It is unfair to make others hundreds of millions and be offered an education which is maybe worth 50k. The best players leave early anyway, no education. Pool the D1 union money and split it evenly.

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85%
No

16 Comments
Wm Salyers
4
Wm Salyers

unionization would change college football as we know it

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Dan Marlatt
1
Dan Marlatt

Colleges are for educating students, not for running professional sports teams. If players want to be paid then they should skip college and go straight to the pros. I will ruin college sports.

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Chad Sheeks
Chad Sheeks

This is not possible. You are not allowed to go straight pro.

Joel A. De Ford
0
Joel A. De Ford

because unions destroy competitiveness.

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Richard Barnes
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Richard Barnes

A stipend should suffice. We need to keep college sports as un professional as possible. Unions will only cause conflict and missed games, walk outs etc. A loss of fan support would follow.

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Keith Petrie
0
Keith Petrie

They may not get everything...but they get more than than the average Scholarship student gets. They also have the opportunity for an education to fall back on if they don't play professional sports

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vulgus regula
0
vulgus regula

because, while the NCAA does not handle everything correctly, these players are students with scholarships, not workers. Just because their is a buck to confiscate does not make them workers.

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Chad Sheeks
Chad Sheeks

Not true at all. They are workers. They spend 40-50 a week with sports. More during the season. They make hundreds of millions of dollars for others.

James A Curtis
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James A Curtis

Not paid employees and have all the benefits they need.

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Chad Sheeks
Chad Sheeks

While they are part of the team sure. But none of the players receive physical therapy 20 years later. The players need a union they are being taken advantage of.

Dan Novak
0
Dan Novak

They get free food, free housing, free education, and a stipend. More and the common students will suffer.

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Chad Sheeks
Chad Sheeks

Actually many Athletic Departments are an individual financial entity. Athletic department money is not funneled into academia.

Adam Fisher
0
Adam Fisher

It will hurt them more than they realize when they become a true 'employee'

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Chad Sheeks
Chad Sheeks

Yeah because true employees get paid. That will really suck for them.

Eric Oates
0
Eric Oates

1) they are not employees. 2) unions SUCK. 3) the athletes are paid well enough with the opportunities they receive through the schools they represent. 4) nothing good has happened to athletics since

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Norman Curfman
0
Norman Curfman

Unionization will destroy college athletics. Unionization of anything in today's world destroy's any business entity, not only economically, but functional efficiency as well.

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Mike Conyers
0
Mike Conyers

The threat of a union is good. The actualization of a union fails to address the problem.

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Michael Morkert
0
Michael Morkert

Most have scholarships and/or great meal plans and other privileges others do not get...NO

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Jerry Williams
0
Jerry Williams

Loss of too many benifits

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Jim Jones
0
Jim Jones

Unions create an unnecessary bureaucracy that separates stakeholders

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Does Rhule’s “destination job” comment ease worries about a coaching departure?

Does Rhule’s “destination job” comment ease worries about a coaching departure?

Yes — sounds committed

2

No — talk is cheap

4

Yes — sounds committed

2 Comments
PJ SAid
0
PJ SAid

I feel it ease worries a LITTLE bit. I think he has already talked to his friend Pat, AD at Penn State, and was told that Penn State Alumni want someone more proven than Rhule. So, Rhule is way down the list.

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MIchael Bennett
0
MIchael Bennett

I think Rhule wants to finish what he started

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No — talk is cheap

4 Comments
lonnie irvine
0
lonnie irvine

a simple I'm going nowhere would have answered it once and for all not a politician's way to answer

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Vincent Regan
0
Vincent Regan

Don't have to worry no more now.

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VAHuskerFan
0
VAHuskerFan

No, it means nothing, he is gone or he woulda squashed it and said he was taking his name out of consideration and he didn’t.

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Scott Reed
0
Scott Reed

What else would he say...It really sucks here??? He hasn't said, "I'm not interested in the Penn State Job".

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Is bringing Banana Ball to Memorial Stadium a smart move for Nebraska athletics?

Is bringing Banana Ball to Memorial Stadium a smart move for Nebraska athletics?

Yes – diversifies stadium use

5

No – distracts from core sports

2

Yes – diversifies stadium use

5 Comments
Troy Dunaway
1
Troy Dunaway

Empty - worthless. Full - revenue. This is a no brainer.

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John Shelkop
0
John Shelkop

Memorial Stadium is one of the greatest venues in sports. Why shouldn't the folks in Lincoln, Omaha, and all of Nebraska get the opportunity to be entertained by any show worthy of a stadium sized audience? So much CHA-CHING!

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Echo Kinsella
0
Echo Kinsella

These are fun talented guys and should be seen.

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Dennis Lambert
0
Dennis Lambert

I saw a Larry the Cable Guy show in Memorial Stadium. Didn't have anything to do with "sports"

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No – distracts from core sports

2 Comments
Roy Katskee
0
Roy Katskee

you must be kidding!

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Joe Nigro
0
Joe Nigro

I hope this is a joke. Nothing to do with sports.

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