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Wouldn't work. Title IX. The booster would have to pick both a male athlete and a female athlete. And of course, the NCAA would have to ok the whole thing or else LSU becomes the next Ohio State/USC.

You really have a hard time thinking outside of the box. You need to consider an NCAA system where no rules are in place yet and you can mold it into whatever aligns incentives the most.

If a system like this were in place, the NCAA wouldn't have to approve anything. A booster could pledge $10k a year to Patrick Peterson and Seimone Augustus (these are just two random, high-profile men and women players for use in this example), LSU Compliance would take care of the paperwork to cover the Title IX obligations, and the booster would send the check.

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Posted by lynxcat

Member since Jan 2008

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Posted on 6/10/11 at 12:10 pm to lynxcat

The whole issue stems around the risk v. reward of PFP at major programs.

For any booster at a major program, it is worth the risk of paying a superstar player $50,000 (random number, PFP example) if he can result in millions of dollars in revenue for your institution.

Cam Newton single handedly gave AU the chance at winning the National Championship. Derek Rose did the same for Memphis. The list goes on and on and on. The penalties of being caught (which it is really hard to be caught if a booster and player are smart about their relationship) are not severe enough to 'play by the rules'.

If SHTF, the school's compliance office can self impose fines and penalties on itself and hand over information to the NCAA to please it without ever receiving program-destroying sanctions.

Under the current system the risk v. reward scenario:

Pay superstar thousands of dollars and risk potentially a bowl ban and maybe a few scholarships taken away...

V.

Athlete excels, becomes an instant difference maker, catapulting team into national spotlight, increasing ticket sales, merchandise sales, and post-season opportunities worth tens of millions of dollars for the school.

Are we really surprised the current rules are broken so often?

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Posted by RealityTiger

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Posted on 6/10/11 at 12:12 pm to lynxcat

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You really have a hard time thinking outside of the box

I swear I think I'm dealing with Barack Obama.

Nooo, it's a thing I completely understand. But it's so simplistic and unrealistic, it's stupid to even suggest. And I love how you just glossed over the benefits already given to a football player on full scholarship. Makes me think you never even attended college. If you did, you would understand the value of having your tuition, housing, meals, and books paid for semester to semester. I thought putting a dollar sign behind it might give you a better idea, but apparently not.

ETA: Or maybe daddy paid for it all for you so you're ignorant as to the actual costs of going to school.

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