And why would we. We pay for our cable and have to sit thru the idiotic commercials to watch the game (in that way we are paying for it). I aslo don't think that they are profiteering thru the athletes themselves but the school.
In 2009, did you watch the Huskers play only because of Suh? Did you do something else and not watch the tv when our offense was playing? I highly doubt it. Maybe in the Major leagues (how many ppl NOW watch the Lions becasue of Suh that didn't before), but not in college. We as fans usually don't watch a team because of just one player, so to say that TV networks are making their money off the players is obsurbed to me. The fans watch because we want to see our TEAM play.
And without athletes, you have no team.
FYI, people buy a video game because they want to play as their team (not all, alot of people create their own schools).
It applies to both, or neither. So, which is it?
And I totally agree with your statement. I could have sworn that Fantasy Football and other teams, the players have to agree before their names can be put on the list to play. But with games, how many covers have a certain players image? For that I believe the person would have a case to sue. But if it is a digital with no name on the back, then this is a waste of tax payers money.