Mumia Abu Jamal - Beyond Penn State

surprisingly, i don't agree with him completely but i think if athletes of the elitist, competitive professional sports arena are paid outrageous sums of money than yes college athletes should be paid for their labor. however, i detest competitive sports altogether and agree with noam chomsky when he says, ‎[professional] “Sports is a major factor in controlling people. Workers have minds; they have to be involved in something and it’s important to make sure they’re involved in things that have absolutely no significance. So professional sports is perfect. It instills total passivity.”