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<blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 6282368" data-attributes="member: 13107"><p>Taking from young athletes without their consent is theft.</p><p></p><p>A basic question will be: Is there redistribution happening? If that is not agreed upon, the remainder of the discussion will be difficult.</p><p></p><p>Then, if redistribution happens, is it fair?</p><p></p><p>The answer is made harder by the unequal values provided to and obtained from young athletes. I'd say that many are provided a value which they would otherwise be unable to obtain, while many provide much more value than they receive in compensation.</p><p></p><p>For those that provide more value, depriving them of the rewards of that value is theft.</p><p></p><p>One could make a social value argument that we are better off on the whole as a result, but, the same argument could be made to justify other means of redistributing of wealth. As long as takings of this sort are contrary to social mores, they are hard to distinguish from simple theft.</p><p></p><p>The question of redistribution and social policy opens a whole other kettle, which I'm not going to address. I'd say, in the US at least, generally, some redistribution is performed, with much argument on either side for more or less, with a result that redistribution is limited, and large takings are generally disapproved.</p><p></p><p>Here is a question: Since a social value is being obtained (a "greater good") from the athletes, could that be used to justify higher taxation on the several industries which benefit (in some cases, quite handsomely)? That is, should profits from sports venues and media be taxed at a higher rate?</p><p></p><p>Thx!</p><p></p><p>TomB</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tomBitonti, post: 6282368, member: 13107"] Taking from young athletes without their consent is theft. A basic question will be: Is there redistribution happening? If that is not agreed upon, the remainder of the discussion will be difficult. Then, if redistribution happens, is it fair? The answer is made harder by the unequal values provided to and obtained from young athletes. I'd say that many are provided a value which they would otherwise be unable to obtain, while many provide much more value than they receive in compensation. For those that provide more value, depriving them of the rewards of that value is theft. One could make a social value argument that we are better off on the whole as a result, but, the same argument could be made to justify other means of redistributing of wealth. As long as takings of this sort are contrary to social mores, they are hard to distinguish from simple theft. The question of redistribution and social policy opens a whole other kettle, which I'm not going to address. I'd say, in the US at least, generally, some redistribution is performed, with much argument on either side for more or less, with a result that redistribution is limited, and large takings are generally disapproved. Here is a question: Since a social value is being obtained (a "greater good") from the athletes, could that be used to justify higher taxation on the several industries which benefit (in some cases, quite handsomely)? That is, should profits from sports venues and media be taxed at a higher rate? Thx! TomB [/QUOTE]
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