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Power 5 schools vote to pay their players
Posted on 1/17/15 at 3:41 pm
Posted on 1/17/15 at 3:41 pm
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George Schroeder ?@GeorgeSchroeder 18m18 minutes ago
Historic moment: Power Five athletes will be paid beyond the traditional scholarship up to federally determined actual cost of attendance.
The vote was 79-1, with the lone objection coming from an ACC school.
This post was edited on 1/17/15 at 3:46 pm
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Posted on 1/17/15 at 3:42 pm to RollTide1987
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actual cost of attendance.
They are already paying their room and board. What else is there?
Posted on 1/17/15 at 3:50 pm to KosmoCramer
Gotta pay for Raising Canes, beer and tattoos bro.
Posted on 1/17/15 at 3:51 pm to RollTide1987
Stipends?
Posted on 1/17/15 at 3:52 pm to RollTide1987
The idea that these players don't get enough funds to live is laughable. Maybe at the smaller schools but definitely not at the power 5 conference schools
Posted on 1/17/15 at 3:52 pm to RollTide1987
The players are going to blow this money on stupid shite, then complain that their "pay" (and scholarships) aren't enough.
Grown arse men in the NFL go broke with millions. What do you think these young kids are gonna do with the money they get?
Grown arse men in the NFL go broke with millions. What do you think these young kids are gonna do with the money they get?
Posted on 1/17/15 at 3:53 pm to KosmoCramer
See that's a limited perspective. The cost of attending college is not just limited to room and board. You have to factor in food expenses, gas, various school supplies, etc.
This is a good move, though I don't see any scenario that would truly pay the athletes (football mostly) what they were worth to the University as a whole.
This is a good move, though I don't see any scenario that would truly pay the athletes (football mostly) what they were worth to the University as a whole.
Posted on 1/17/15 at 3:53 pm to RollTide1987
Awful
Posted on 1/17/15 at 3:55 pm to RollTide1987
Wow. That's fricking stupid
Posted on 1/17/15 at 3:56 pm to alabamabuckeye
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You have to factor in food expenses, gas, various school supplies, etc.
Most of the full ride scholarships include meal plans, on campus housing (which means they don't need gas) and books.
ETA: I understand that there is still a difference but I don't think it will be that much. Unfortunately, for some athletic programs that are already in the red as it is, this could lead to more non revenue sports being cut.
This post was edited on 1/17/15 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 1/17/15 at 3:56 pm to Cosmo
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Gotta pay for Raising Canes, beer and tattoos bro.
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(which means they don't need gas)
Because they never go anywhere right?
This post was edited on 1/17/15 at 3:57 pm
Posted on 1/17/15 at 3:58 pm to Byron Bojangles III
Believe it or not there are college students that can make it through college without cars
Posted on 1/17/15 at 4:00 pm to alabamabuckeye
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You have to factor in food expenses, gas, various school supplies, etc
Only one of these things isn't covered, gas.
You can't tell me that these guys can't get food or school supplies with their scholarships on campus.
Having to stay on campus for all of these things is less than ideal, but it's a choice they made on their way to becoming millionaires. Small price to pay for world class training, facilities and coaching to help you earn 7 figures a year at age 20-22. Poor kids
And don't sit there and act like these guys are starving and walking around without shoes. They are being taken care of.
Posted on 1/17/15 at 4:00 pm to Byron Bojangles III
I don't understand why people are so against athletes getting some sort of monetary assistance above and beyond a scholarship. These guys aren't allowed to have part time jobs like some of us has in college to supplement income, and many of them come from impoverished families.
You guys are spending thousands on team gear, obsessing over these athletes, and yet you don't want them to get a little more financial help because of what?
You guys are spending thousands on team gear, obsessing over these athletes, and yet you don't want them to get a little more financial help because of what?
Posted on 1/17/15 at 4:03 pm to RollTide1987
Here's to the pipe dream that the amount of $$ sent home to help family >>> amount of $$ used to buy video games, tats and rims. 
Posted on 1/17/15 at 4:03 pm to alabamabuckeye
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These guys aren't allowed to have part time jobs like some of us has in college to supplement income, and many of them come from impoverished families.
Funny, I don't recall getting a lot of the privileges they enjoy either.
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You guys are spending thousands on team gear, obsessing over these athletes, and yet you don't want them to get a little more financial help because of what?
Because it will never be enough. Give the kids a $1500 stipend, they will say they need $3000. Give them that, they'll say they need $10,000.
What are they going to buy that they aren't already getting?
Posted on 1/17/15 at 4:04 pm to alabamabuckeye
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I don't understand why people are so against athletes getting some sort of monetary assistance above and beyond a scholarship. These guys aren't allowed to have part time jobs like some of us has in college to supplement income, and many of them come from impoverished families.
It's a university with sports teams, not sports teams with a university
Posted on 1/17/15 at 4:04 pm to RollTide1987
very good
Posted on 1/17/15 at 4:05 pm to RollTide1987
for all sports?
really not sure how some schools will be able to pull this one off
really not sure how some schools will be able to pull this one off
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