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Well the typical ND student also has the right and ability by wpkirish

skip a workout if they want to. The typical student is not missing class because they are out of state playing a game.

I remember the season showtime followed the football team. After the game at Fenway they showed Kizer talking about the fact he needed to get home because he needed to study for accounting test on Tuesday. I think that game ended at like 11:15 East Coast time Assume an hour to get players showered and on the buses, 20 minutes to get the bus to the airport, 15 minutes to load the plane, an hour flight time home and assume 30 minutes to get off the plane bus back to school and get to your dorm / apartment. I have no idea if those guesses are right but if anything it seems quicker to me than it likely takes. so just say 4 hours from the time the game ends until a player is in his room. That means they got home at 3:15.

Now planty of students go out until 3:!5 but it is their choice and they dont need to be in the training room for treatment the next day or meet with a position coach.

Pigs are cute hogs get slaughtered. Somewhere between college sports pre-ESPN and today the business went from cute "pigs" like Holtz making 300K in 1985 (890K adjusted for inflation) a year to "hogs" like Brian Kelly making 10 million.

To be clear I am not blaming ESPN nor am I calling Holtz a pig but there is no question the development of ESPN led to an explosion of television content and that drove an explosion of the money. Take a look sometime at the University Athletic Department Staff list. I fault none of those people their jobs but I dont think any of us realize how many people across the country make their living (and in many cases a very nice living) off a system where the players are not allowed to be paid.