With the college basketball world bracing for further fallout from the FBI’s corruption investigation into the sport, advocates for college athletes’ rights say the scandal is evidence that the NCAA should allow athletes to be compensated for their work.
In Syracuse, at least one prominent public figure agrees: Mayor Stephanie Miner.
Miner tweeted twice last week in support of college athletes being paid, calling on the NCAA to “stop the madness.” She said paying athletes would help “end the corruption and stop the exploitation.”
If we are going to end the corruption and stop the exploitation of young athletes, they should be paid.