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re: New Georgia law legalizing college athlete endorsements allows schools to take athletes $$
Posted on 5/6/21 at 5:50 pm to Pecker
Posted on 5/6/21 at 5:50 pm to Pecker
Legitimate endorsements? On par with the costs of their attendance.
Pay for play? Sky is the limit.
A player like Trevor Lawrence would be a notable exception because of the length of his career at a really high level.
How much is Trevor Lawrence’s endorsement of a product worth in Oregon? Almost $0. These are highly regional athletes/deals.
A player like Devonta Smith had one year of ultra high performance. What’s a one year’s worth of endorsements for a Heisman level athlete? $500k? And you’re still dealing with an incredible outlier.
What’s a starting middle linebacker’s endorsement for two years at Vanderbilt worth? $3.50?
Pay for play? Sky is the limit.
A player like Trevor Lawrence would be a notable exception because of the length of his career at a really high level.
How much is Trevor Lawrence’s endorsement of a product worth in Oregon? Almost $0. These are highly regional athletes/deals.
A player like Devonta Smith had one year of ultra high performance. What’s a one year’s worth of endorsements for a Heisman level athlete? $500k? And you’re still dealing with an incredible outlier.
What’s a starting middle linebacker’s endorsement for two years at Vanderbilt worth? $3.50?
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 6:10 pm to the808bass
It doesn't really matter how much the players can make off endorsements. The universities absorb the financial risk upfront by investing in those players - for whatever reason. The players who you consider to be exceptions are the ones that would actually make money. How much money did Tim Tebow bring to Florida by wearing their uniform and performing the way he did? How much money could he have made from Nike while he was still in school? Hard to say, but I'd wager it's far more than his scholarship.
quote:You keep shifting the argument. Honestly, I think all of this opens the door to more problems with collegiate football and other sports. But I'm trying to look at this from the standpoint of the athletes (the workers). A lot of entities (the schools, ESPN, the NCAA) are making incredible amounts of money in this system and off the names and performances of certain players, yet we tell the players that they're to remain amateurs.
Legitimate endorsements? On par with the costs of their attendance.
Pay for play? Sky is the limit.
This post was edited on 5/6/21 at 6:13 pm
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