Most of my student-athletes will go pro in something other than sports. That's a cliché because it's true. Employment redefines their relationship with the university from educational to transactional, and something real is lost there. The campus bond, the alumni connection, the sense of representing your school: these things have value even if you can't put them on a balance sheet. I'm not sure the kids demanding salaries have thought about what they give up.
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