If the closest thing we have to a slave auction is the NFL draft, where overindulged young men become overindulged rich young men, then I think we’ve run enough distance between ourselves and the sale of human beings as need be run.
Keep in mind that only in pro sports is an employer limited to selecting his employee, one at a time, in order of least successful franchise to the most successful one. There are limits to whom the owner may hire, just as there are limits on the employees earning potential. While the players in the NFL are being paid by the team they play for, they are, in effect, working for the NFL. If they want to try and make a living under different circumstances there are quite a few pro and semi-pro football leagues they can join instead. These men can also use their college degrees to find employ in other fields. These options where never available to any slaves.
