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Time to pay college football players
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:20 pm
Gregg Doyel of CBS Sports with the boom:
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In 1950 Bud Wilkinson earned $15,000 to coach Oklahoma football. The Sooners played at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, with most of its 56,000 seats available for less than $5. Players were given scholarships.
In 1971 Barry Switzer earned $35,000 to coach the Sooners. Oklahoma Memorial had grown to 62,000. Players were given scholarships.
In 1988 Switzer was bought out. He was making $88,000. The stadium seated 75,000. Players were given scholarships.
This year Bob Stoops will earn $4.55 million to coach in a stadium that has undergone $125 million in renovations in 1998 and now seats 82,112. Tickets are available online for Oklahoma's next home game, against TCU on Oct. 5. Two seats near the 40-yard line, about 30 rows up, are available for $650 on Stubhub.com.
Players are given scholarships.
See where I'm going with this?
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Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:22 pm to RollTide1987
Does he give the approximate value of the scholarships throughout the years? If not, the article is pointless
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:24 pm to RollTide1987
These threads need to stop
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:25 pm to bamafan425
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Does he give the approximate value of the scholarships throughout the years?
Exactly, the players are getting paid. Free education is worth a lot to most people.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:26 pm to bamafan425
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Does he give the approximate value of the scholarships throughout the years? If not, the article is pointless
What's the value of a scholarship? Yeah...you get to go to college for free but a BA isn't worth what it was in the 70s or 80s. Unless you get a degree in a good field you aren't going to see any return from that diploma. And let's face it, the vast majority of college football players aren't smart enough to get a degree in chemical engineering.
It was a good deal 20 years ago. But not so much anymore.
This post was edited on 9/25/13 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:27 pm to RollTide1987
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Gregg Doyel
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:29 pm to RollTide1987
The value of a scholarship is what it would have cost otherwise to obtain that education. Whether a football player capitalizes on that is another thing.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:30 pm to RollTide1987
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Unless you get a degree in a good field you aren't going to see any return from that diploma
Whose fault is that?
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:30 pm to RollTide1987
Repackaging the "coaches make more money and tickets are expensive" argument is a boom?
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:31 pm to RollTide1987
Well then I suggest they take advantage and get a degree in a good field. If they don't think it is worth the free education, then they should skip college and train for 3 years after high school. If they don't like waiting 3 years, take that up with the NFL, not the NCAA.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:32 pm to Lil Man
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Exactly, the players are getting paid. Free education is worth a lot to most people.
along with free clothes, free shoes, free travel, free food, medical coverage, etc... they act like they get nothing and that couldn't be farther from the truth.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:34 pm to bamafan425
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Well then I suggest they take advantage and get a degree in a good field. If they don't think it is worth the free education, then they should skip college and train for 3 years after high school. If they don't like waiting 3 years, take that up with the NFL, not the NCAA.
I am all for paying players... just not within the ncaa format. If players want to make money in the time between HS and the NFL then someone needs to convince the NFL to create a minor leagues.
Paying players at the ncaa level is just one of the dumbest ideas in the world.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:34 pm to RollTide1987
Doyel is a tool.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:36 pm to RollTide1987
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Time to pay college football players
There is no logical way to do this. So no, it isnt.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:37 pm to TheGodfather
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along with free clothes, free shoes, free travel, free food, medical coverage, etc... they act like they get nothing and that couldn't be farther from the truth.
And hundreds, maybe thousands of people, make millions more off of their play on the field every single year.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:37 pm to hiltacular
Not a terrible idea. But 90% of CFB players will never see an NFL contract. The bulk of the players go get a free education and move on with life after football.
The minor league would be pretty small and honestly most of the players would be getting such a small amount they'd rather go get a free education.
The minor league would be pretty small and honestly most of the players would be getting such a small amount they'd rather go get a free education.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:39 pm to RollTide1987
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that has undergone $125 million in renovations in 1998 and now seats 82,112.
It's bigger than that.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:39 pm to bamafan425
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Well then I suggest they take advantage and get a degree in a good field. If they don't think it is worth the free education, then they should skip college and train for 3 years after high school. If they don't like waiting 3 years, take that up with the NFL, not the NCAA.
You're assuming that all college athletes are good enough to play in the NFL.
Posted on 9/25/13 at 2:40 pm to bamafan425
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But 90% of CFB players will never see an NFL contract
It's much higher than that, but yeah.
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