Paying Players Was Presaged in 1952 by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

He wrote Player Piano in 1952. A satirical aside in the book is about college football players being legally paid, and much, much more. --Players are bought and sold to schools; --They are banned from studying (except football) --Yale floats a bond to buy the entire Texas A&M backfield --Tennessee is so good that their recruiting pitch is having the team live in Miami Beach --One "student" is still playing at age ...

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