re: Anybody hear Culotta say that Harold Perkins goes weeks without picking up his NIL money?

Yup just a bunch of hypocrites who say they believe one thing then when it comes into practice in life and starts messing with their precious football all the sudden “it’s different” and that commie mentality starts to look a little better. Sad!

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wow, I've never been called a commie before, seeing that I'm also a freedom-loving capitalist.

But we all know sports can't be a purely free-market endeavor. If so, the rich school/teams would buy all the best players and slant the competitive balance, which would destroy the sport.

Ever heard of a salary cap? Ever heard of slotted rookie contracts? Ever heard of scholarship limits? Why do those exist - because they are certainly anti-free market?

It's to protect the overall balance and health of the game.

If college sports turns into a feeding frenzy of cash and transfers chasing money, the big-money schools will buy all the players (and poach other team's players every year - given the transfer portal) and sport will be destroyed.

So surely you can understand that you can be a free-market capitalist, yet realize that a sports league would be harmed by unbridled buying of players.

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What an incredible load of straw man.

Nobody is talking about unregulated mayhem.

We're just talking about paying folks what they would earn in a free, even if regulated, market.

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Players get a full ride scholarship. At some schools, that's $75k.

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At most schools, it's not remotely $75k. Instate tuition at LSU is $11,958. A full ride might be worth $25k . . . not $75k. That's a full-time job for $25k in "value," not salary, not paycheck, but "value." Well, I guess it's more than minimum wage.

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They get the use of hundreds of millions, or perhaps over a billion, dollars worth of facilities.

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This one is even funnier. Athletes do not pay to build gyms or other facilities. They don't have to shell out "hundreds of millions, or perhaps over a billion, dollars" to use a gym. Nobody has to. Anyone can pay a monthly fee to use a gym. What would it cost per month to use them? $50/month? $100/month?

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They get the use of hundreds of millions, or perhaps over a billion, dollars worth of facilities.

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I'm sorry. That one was too funny to not repeat.

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They play under the school's brand, which is also incredibly valuable.

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And the players add value to that brand by playing well which is why the school wants the best players. And these kids busted their asses to be the best players.

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They get top flight coaching, training, nutrition, academic assistance, etc.

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Again, how much is it worth per month to the players to get coaching? $200/month, $500/month tops? But also, again, better trained players make a better team which adds value to the school. So it's in the school's interest to have the best coaches. Can you imagine Woodward telling Ojulari, "We hired Brian Kelly to make you a better player. We don't care at all if he wins games for LSU. By the way, you're going to have to kick in for part of his salary. Hey, Mahomes pays part of Reid's salary."

Here's something to chew on. Do any professional athletes in any sport pay their coaches to train them or pay their team to use their facilities? Any one ever? No.

Why do you even consider this to be a valid discussion point?

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And massive exposure on the TV networks, and the chance to make very important business contacts that they can lean on after leaving school.

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Again, this is the same in EVERY sport. Pro athletes get jobs covering sports because they played sports. Pro athletes become salesmen because they became famous playin the sport.

BUT no athlete has ever paid a team for the chance to become famous playing it.

It's part of the job. Just like bad knees, bad backs, and CTE.

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All in, that's well, well over $100k value per year.

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You saved the best for last.

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At most schools, it's not remotely $75k. Instate tuition at LSU is $11,958 . . . not $75k.

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ok, that's on the high end for tuition alone. I meant tuition, fees, books, and room and board. You know, the shite that regular students have to pay for.

At Wake Forest, that's $78,700.
Notre Dame is $78,000
Miami is $70,000
USC is $82,000
Vanderbilt is $70,000
Alabama (out of state) is $47,000

Sure, in-state is less for public universities, but it's still a big number.

You can laugh all you like, but you get my point.

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At most schools, it's not remotely $75k. Instate tuition at LSU is $11,958 . . . not $75k.

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ok, that's on the high end for tuition alone. I meant tuition, fees, books, and room and board. You know, the shite that regular students have to pay for.

At Wake Forest, that's $78,700.
Notre Dame is $78,000
Miami is $70,000
USC is $82,000
Vanderbilt is $70,000
Alabama (out of state) is $47,000

Sure, in-state is less for public universities, but it's still a big number.

You can laugh all you like, but you get my point.

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Estimated Yearly Cost: 2021-22 Louisiana Resident
Tuition & Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . $11,958
Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,376
Meal Plan (12 Tiger Meals) . . . . $4,434
TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,768

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