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Paying college athletes would only lead to more dirty money
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:04 am
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:04 am
who disagrees with that?
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Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:07 am to sgallo3
no one
This post was edited on 9/14/13 at 10:08 am
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:08 am to massiveattack
Tell me more about your morals and that of the current power structure
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:09 am to sgallo3
Most schools don't have the money to pay athletes. Very few do
You would have to branch off football from all other sports and still wouldn't have a ton of teams that made enough money to do
You would have to branch off football from all other sports and still wouldn't have a ton of teams that made enough money to do
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:10 am to sgallo3
Smart people
ETA: schools shouldn't pay but players should be able to profit from their name.
ETA: schools shouldn't pay but players should be able to profit from their name.
This post was edited on 9/14/13 at 10:12 am
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:12 am to bayoubengal03
quote:
ETA: schools shouldn't pay but players should be able to profit from their name.
yes
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:13 am to sgallo3
Doesn't matter. The NCAA and its members do not want to pay their students for participating in extra-curricular activities, and if it were important enough to the students that they get paid for doing so, they would form their own professional league for college-age athletes.
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:14 am to bayoubengal03
quote:Nobody is stopping anyone from profiting from their name. You just aren't eligible to participate in NCAA events if you do so.
ETA: schools shouldn't pay but players should be able to profit from their name.
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:16 am to ballscaster
quote:
The NCAA and its members do not want to pay their students for participating in extra-curricular activities, and if it were important enough to the students that they get paid for doing so, they would form their own professional league for college-age athletes.
Exactly. The people calling for paying college athletes have not really thought through the whole concept of this and how corrupt it would end up being. Not to mention the second you started paying only men college football players, here come the Title IXers.
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:17 am to ballscaster
quote:
extra-curricular
They show up to play ball, not be students. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool.
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:19 am to ballscaster
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:20 am to bayoubengal03
quote:Then it's incumbent on them, and not the NCAA and their member schools, to find a way to get paid for it. If football and money are that important to them, they should figure out a way to form their own league where they get paid.
They show up to play ball, not be students. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool.
Also, if college athletes are to get paid, the university then basically has the right to require that players provide their own equipment and medical treatment, or at least dock their paycheck for using the university's equipment/treatment. This whole debate is so incredibly misguided and misinformed.
This post was edited on 9/14/13 at 10:27 am
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:23 am to bayoubengal03
quote:It would end up being one and the same. Boosters would be bidding over how much high profile players would be able to "profit from their name" at that school.
ETA: schools shouldn't pay but players should be able to profit from their name.
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:25 am to ballscaster
You trolling?
Football and money are important to the NCAA and their members..... More money equals more admin positions and more 6 figure salaries
Football and money are important to the NCAA and their members..... More money equals more admin positions and more 6 figure salaries
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:28 am to DallasTiger11
quote:This is honestly the problem with the whole thing to begin with. People are talking about paying "college athletes". No we don't need to pay college athletes but ideally the few hundred players in college football that make universities, coaches, and television networks millions of dollars would get cut in. The average college football player is barely worth the cost of his scholarship.
Title IXers.
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:28 am to bayoubengal03
quote:No. You just haven't thought this issue through. Very few people have done so.
You trolling?
No matter what anybody else on earth thinks, college football is an extra-curricular activity. Colleges do not offer compensation for participating in these activities. If you'd like to get paid for playing football, it's your job to find a way to do so--it isn't the NCAA's job to make sure you're happy.
This post was edited on 9/14/13 at 10:30 am
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:30 am to ballscaster
Go have a beer and enjoy your Saturday.
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:40 am to sgallo3
i do in a way. i think giving stripends to college athletes would have little, in any effect on giving football and basketball stars the "$100 handshake" by well meaning jock sniffers. i'm plenty OK with giving college athletes what they used to get; it was called "laundry money" (having one's laundry done was commonplace in that era). it should be part of their scholarship and given because they really can't work a job. however, paying them big bucks is ludicrous. the damn nfl should have a minor league system for those that don't want to play for a college.
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:43 am to sgallo3
Depends on what you mean by paying college athletes. Giving a larger stipend? I agree. Letting them get as much money as people are willing to pay (which I am for)? I would disagree with you.
Posted on 9/14/13 at 10:54 am to sgallo3
5 Reasons to not pay college athletics in no particular order
1. Title IX
2. Agents, Boosters, Shady friends of players etc will ruin it causing more regulation and higher expenses for everyone. Corruption will happen if athletes are allow to make money off signatures.
3. Uncle Sam- NFL athletes pay different taxes in different cities. This will open up the same tax burden on college athletes.
4. Jerseys Sales even for top athletes is not that much- Colleges get 10% royalties off sales. The Academic side of the University get the lions share leaving departments with 3% or so. 3% of $1million is $30k. Athletic department needs their cut. How is the athlete going to get $10,000? Give $4,000 to Uncle Sam. Is this really worth it?
5. Entitlement mentality- Do this and you will continue to add to the mentality in this country. I need, I am supposed to get, this is what I'm entitled too because I have dreads, cool Mohawk, ran for a 125 yards in a big game.
Athletes get paid through an education, meals, housing, training, first class experience etc. If you want to end this allow any athlete out of high school to go pro when they want. If you want to go to college play by the rules or go try to get paid in the pros.
End of story. This will ruin college football if it happens. The out for blood media types don't have a plan and don't know the implications of allowing this.
1. Title IX
2. Agents, Boosters, Shady friends of players etc will ruin it causing more regulation and higher expenses for everyone. Corruption will happen if athletes are allow to make money off signatures.
3. Uncle Sam- NFL athletes pay different taxes in different cities. This will open up the same tax burden on college athletes.
4. Jerseys Sales even for top athletes is not that much- Colleges get 10% royalties off sales. The Academic side of the University get the lions share leaving departments with 3% or so. 3% of $1million is $30k. Athletic department needs their cut. How is the athlete going to get $10,000? Give $4,000 to Uncle Sam. Is this really worth it?
5. Entitlement mentality- Do this and you will continue to add to the mentality in this country. I need, I am supposed to get, this is what I'm entitled too because I have dreads, cool Mohawk, ran for a 125 yards in a big game.
Athletes get paid through an education, meals, housing, training, first class experience etc. If you want to end this allow any athlete out of high school to go pro when they want. If you want to go to college play by the rules or go try to get paid in the pros.
End of story. This will ruin college football if it happens. The out for blood media types don't have a plan and don't know the implications of allowing this.
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