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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Assuming the athlete is there for the school in the first place, yes. They can't yank it away, but they will apply all kinds of pressure to relenquish.
I agree with your point on the negative media attention on hold-outs. I think that is changing somewhat. I think people made a big deal out of it with TO because he was already a superstar before going to Philadelphia and his deal was only a year old.
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I think TO was the most visible situation. But I think that people generally think that players are overpaid spoiled brats (which they are) and ownership generally isn't because ownership is somehow different or because presumably they made the money to buy the team outside of the sport and I think it's a bullshit distinction.
TM
