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The Reality From out West

The World is filled with pimps and hos, let's just talk about those I know.

They say prostitution is the oldest profession known to man. I don't really know the reasoning behind that, but whatever. I guess if that's the oldest profession, then pimping is probably the third oldest. (Of course after prostitution and doctors to help "medicate" the herp). Let's talk about some new age pimping that's popping off.


So let's get this straight. You do the work, we make the money, if you get ANY money that we don't give you (which will be very little), you’re in trouble. Sounds like pimping to me. You’re gonna be in when we tell you, you’re gonna be where we tell you to be, if we want you across the country, you’re gonna work the track across the country. Ladies and gentlemen, this is collegiate athletics. Student athletes are not allowed to work. This is most likely because they are already playing sports; nobody would want something to get in the way of these kids "studies". They are given a small amount of money to do what they need to do. "Student" athletes are not allowed to get agents, or take any money from anybody, even though Universities make huge money every year of sports programs. Schools like USC make even more money every year due to appearances in Bowl games and the NCAA tournament. Football players aren't allowed to enter into the NFL draft until after their Junior year, and now basketball players can't enter the draft until after their freshman year, forcing them to wait even longer to get to the money. Never has the BS around "student" athletics been more apparent to me than as of late.


NEWS FLASH: Another nigga in Los Angeles is getting money! Word? True indeed, if you’re looking to get money, come out to Los Angeles, cuz niggas just KEEP getting paid out here. It was Reggie Bush, now it's OJ Mayo. Rumor has it, USC freshman basketball star befriended an associate of a sports agent while he was in High School. This associate basically looked after Mayo financially from his late high school years, through his year at USC. Dude had bought Mayo an LCD TV, a bunch of clothes, food, and all sorts of other things. The cat funding Mayo was eventually cut off from the sports agent because dude was spending too much money on his self and not on Mayo. When this happen, dude created a sickle cell foundation and used a credit card under the name of the agency (funded by the government) to continue to buy shit for Mayo (and even more for himself). How do we know all this? Mayo also befriended another cat, who at the time was fresh outta jail for drug sales. When he got kicked outta Mayo's entourage for a disagreement with the money man, he, in the best interests of Mayo snitched took the story to the media. Of course, he brought this story out to help Mayo. Sure...


Let's get this straight, OJ Mayo, one of the most hyped freshman last year couldn't go straight to the NBA because the draft rules force players to wait a year. He chooses to go to USC because he said their used to prepping athletes to go pro. They knew his intentions weren't to stay four years and get a degree in English, we all knew this. The term "student" athlete for the most part is bullshit. Have you seen some of the things these cats major in? Let's take Luke Walton for example. Why Luke Walton? I could easily go with some kid from some poor inner city blackville, but I figured it'd be even better to go with someone from a good neighborhood. Luke Walton, the Los Angeles Laker and son of NBA great Bill Walton attended the University of Arizona. He went all four years and was a pretty good college basketball player. He majored in family studies. Wha?? Yea. I've heard Larry Bird majored in Physical Education; Jerry Rice majored in parks and recreation..."student" athletes? Bullshit. Let's get one thing straight....


Let's not be fooled, these kids aren't students.

Sure they attend classes. Yea, they do have to attend general ed classes, but these kids are not students. The colleges don't bring these kids in to get them an education; they bring them in so they can generate money playing sports. Plain and simple, it's about money, nothing more nothing less. Some of these college coaches make 4 million a year. They can't split one million up amongst the 10 players on a basketball team? This is pimping. Science labs are built off superstar athletes. Vince Young carries Texas to the national championship, then, all of a sudden, Texas has all these commercials about their educational programs. You have to believe SOME of the money for these advertisements come from the athletic programs.  Why not let these kids get some of the money? Why not let them get money from sports agents? This is COMPLETELY AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM. These kids bring the goods to these schools to make the money, yet they don't reap the benefits of their labor? They do the work while the big dogs keep the money? That sounds like some commie shit to me. If they generate money, why can't they get any of it? Everybody else does. Now even high schools are getting paid off athletic programs. I'm from Long Beach, we have THE best school as far as athletics goes period nationwide, Long Beach Poly. The school owns the apartments next to it; it also owns the shopping center on the other side of it. Where the hell does a school generate all this money from other than the athletics programs? Do you really think alumni are donating money so the school can buy a shopping center? Fuck no. They get the money from ticket sales, jersey sales, and TV appearances, all due to these high school athletes. These same kids go on and attend USC, UCLA, Cal, Stanford, Arizona, and other schools across the nation and generate money from them, still reaping none of the benefits. The chosen few, who don't break their leg, get locked up, get shot, or some other shit and make it pro, they get paid. Others are just left with YouTube videos of them blocking for Lendale White.


Sure, these kids could just all say "Fuck this shit, we're all gonna get our education," and all attend college four years, chase scholarships from Ivy League schools instead of Pac-10, Big 10, and Big East schools, but then the balance of power within the University athletics would just switch, and then the rich would just become extremely rich, and Duke would have to rely on that Lacrosse squad of theirs to build their new science lab.

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