J. Michael Jackson wrote:
>Starting out, of course, I have to reiterate my opinion that we'd be best off
>dropping the idea of amateurism for scholarship athletes.  That said, if you
>aren't going to do that, then the NCAA's position isn't that unreasonable.
>
> If you're going to have amateurism, you don't want the athletes endorsing
>commercial products.  Writing for SI is doing just that.  In this particular
>case, it would seem to be reasonable to allow the article to go ahead.
>
>J. Michael Jackson
>
 
Don't want athletes "endorsing commercial products" ?  OK, let's start with
stripping all the damn logos off the athlete's uniforms, hats, bags, shoes,
etc.
 
 
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