re: Why not cap the amount an athlete can receive for their "likeness"

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why would anyone want to cap these revenues?

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because without a cap, the schools with more booster money will pay more to the players. So the top players will go to those schools, and schools with less booster money won't get the good players. Kind of like it is now, but the money will make it even more pronounced.

You do realize that the NFL and NBA have salary caps for a reason, right.

The NFL has no cap on what a player can get for his likeness.

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Finally, your heartache about the "bloodsuckers from the NCAA that enjoy the profits" is way off base. The revenue doesn't go to this ambiguous NCAA company. The revenue goes to the LSU's of the world. You realize that, right? And, the revenue is pretty much completely put back into other athletic programs at these universities. That's how stadiums are paid for, womens sports and other non revenue athletics are funded, etc. And, with very few exceptions, universities take a loss when it comes to athletics. In other words, most of the time, there is no profit.

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exactly right.

I think many people think there are a bunch of fat cats at the NCAA getting rich, buying mansions and yachts. That's not the way it works. The NCAA money gets distributed back to the universities. LINK

Because this is America, and we live in a free market society. Life isn't fair. Some people will make millions a year, the rest of us will just write comments on Tiger Droppings.

Wait a minute. Dont these football players that are on scholarships get a free education? If they succeed in getting agents, while in college and this results in receiving endorsements, then they need to pay to play. I've never like professional sports that much because they compete from their back pockets. In college it's always been from the heart, school, team, and state you lived in. I guess nothing last forever.

My word. You are quite full of yourself, aren’t you. I hope that works out well for you.


GEAUX TIGERS!!!

!n the califonia law the cap would be illegal

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Because it's un-American.

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Coondaddy, I think you misunderstand.
The right to sell one's likeness or goodwill isn't the same as selling one's services.
While there is a lot of confusion in this thread, the current debate is over whether a kid can sell his face or his endorsement or his autograph to the public or to firms that sell products or services.
Right now, the kid can not do this and remain an amateur. He has to enter into a modified indenture of servitude with a college for his football services and gets free tuition etc, in exchange.