re: Great read on why paying college athletes would NOT be doomsday

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Which is why the O'Bannon case is sort of perfect. It is licensing their likeness in a video game. They deserve a cut of that.

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but from what i've read, they signed away these rights, so they do NOT deserve a cut

in my scenario/in the future? OK

but ed o'bannon signed away his rights to his likeness while at UCLA. he has no right to any money for his likeness accordingly

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And if a random fan wants to give a player a hundred dollar handshake, why is that against the rules? Seriously, why?

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i honestly don't care about that, either

like i said, there will need to be a 2-tiered system down the road. haves and have nots