One Way College Athletes Are Worse Off Than “Others”

In last week’s article No One, Not Even You, Should Judge Your Worth By Looking At “Others”, we looked at Ten Reasons Scholarship Athletes Are Better Off Financially Than Others. The article claims that college athletes are better off than “others” because “others” get paid less to do less work than the athletes do. We […]

No One, Not Even You, Should Judge Your Worth By Looking At “Others”

Imagine you work in a company with two employees: a skilled worker (call her Barb) and an unskilled worker (call him Bob). The skilled worker earns $20/hour, the unskilled $10. Bob, the unskilled worker, goes on strike, saying it’s not fair he earns less than Barb, the skilled worker since everyone should make the same. […]