<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Get The Picture]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Senator Blutarsky]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://blutarsky.wordpress.com/author/blutarsky/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The NCAA and the new&nbsp;amateurism]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Welp, this settles it.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">NCAA&#39;s Oliver Luck on why there&#39;s an open market for coaches pay and not athletes: Coaches are adults.</p>
<p>&mdash; Michael Casagrande (@ByCasagrande) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByCasagrande/status/674963211637104640">December 10, 2015</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>That is mockable on so many levels I hardly know where to start.</p>
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<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong>  <a href="http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/12/ncaas_oliver_luck_explains_con.html" target="_blank">Er, uh&#8230;</a></p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I probably misspoke some,&#8221; Luck told AL.com. &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t have to do with age, necessarily. When you&#8217;re 18, you are an adult. There are certain things you&#8217;re not allowed to do. But by in large, you can do other things in life. It&#8217;s more about the relationship that historically existed on campuses and that relationship that university has with a coach or a professor or staff person is different than it has been with a student. I think if we change that relationship, we&#8217;ll have lost our way because traditionally, that&#8217;s the way.</p>
<p>&#8220;I may have put too much emphasis on the adult vs. an 18-year old because they&#8217;re both adults technically. Although there are some limitations on what 18- or 19- year or 20-year old can do.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>There&#8217;s a reason Stacey Osburn keeps her mouth closed most of the time.</p>
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