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COLLEGE ATHLETES SHOULD NOT GET A PAYCHECK
Posted on 6/23/26 at 4:43 pm
Posted on 6/23/26 at 4:43 pm
Books, laptops, tutors, food, housing, chance to go pro, what is wrong with that?
This post was edited on 6/23/26 at 4:47 pm
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Posted on 6/23/26 at 4:47 pm to braves21
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Books, laptops, tutors, food, housing, chance to go pro, what is wrong with that?
Posted on 6/23/26 at 4:48 pm to braves21
I'm with you but it's too late pal. The cat's outta the bag now.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 4:50 pm to braves21
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Books, laptops, tutors, food, housing, chance to go pro, what is wrong with that?
I’d agree, but the vast majority of modern athletes don’t give a shite about books and tutors, and they take food and housing for granted when they grow up in an environment where it’s “free.”
Posted on 6/23/26 at 4:52 pm to TexasTiger08
People are paying for expensive tattoo's they just don't know it.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 4:52 pm to braves21
You're about 10 years too late, pal. Those days are never happening again
Posted on 6/23/26 at 5:00 pm to braves21
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Books, laptops, tutors, food, housing, chance to go pro, what is wrong with that?
What about a side job?
What about someone paying them to appear in advertisements?
What about someone paying for an autograph?
You know, the things any other student could do if they were offered the opportunity?
Posted on 6/23/26 at 5:00 pm to braves21
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Books, laptops, tutors, food, housing, chance to go pro, what is wrong with that?
This argument would carry more weight if we were still operating under the same conditions as in the 80s-90s. Back then, the top football programs generated around $1 million a year in TV revenue. Head coaches made low/mid six figures, and most assistants were earning mid five figures. Therefore, a college athlete receiving a full scholarship, and everything that came along with being a student athlete, was considered a pretty good deal.
Fast forward to today, and Big Ten schools will be receiving $80-100 million annually in TV revenue. Currently, coordinators, and even some position coaches, are earning over $1 million a year. It's unreasonable to expect coaches salaries to increase by such large amounts while players are not expected to ask for a piece of the pie.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 5:11 pm to braves21
The SEC schools are getting ~$72 million dollars EACH just for the media contract. That's in addition to the revenue each school generates on its own. For example, LSU's athletic department generated $225,000,000 in revenue. The players are a pretty key aspect in helping generate that revenue.
Were this 40-50 years ago when the amount of revenue generated by the schools/conferences, NCAA was relatively small then we could have a different discussion. But major college sports LONG stopped being simply just a scholastic extracurricular. It is, and has been for a while, a multi-million (now billion) ENTERTAINMENT business. The players are a part of that business and (at least for football and basketball) "Books, laptops, tutors, food, housing, chance to go pro" is significantly unequal "compensation" relatively to the amount of revenue they help generate
The core misunderstanding is people continuing to pretend major conf. sports is NOT a lucrative entertainment business
Were this 40-50 years ago when the amount of revenue generated by the schools/conferences, NCAA was relatively small then we could have a different discussion. But major college sports LONG stopped being simply just a scholastic extracurricular. It is, and has been for a while, a multi-million (now billion) ENTERTAINMENT business. The players are a part of that business and (at least for football and basketball) "Books, laptops, tutors, food, housing, chance to go pro" is significantly unequal "compensation" relatively to the amount of revenue they help generate
The core misunderstanding is people continuing to pretend major conf. sports is NOT a lucrative entertainment business
Posted on 6/23/26 at 5:27 pm to mdomingue
That’s what NIL was advertised as but never was and was never going to be. It was a Trojan horse. What should’ve happened is per diem and likeness pay through the schools but NIL was never about fairness to players, it was always about separating the players from the programs then leveraging them against the NCAA and its members so it could be taken.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 5:32 pm to braves21
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COLLEGE ATHLETES SHOULD NOT GET A PAYCHECK
Sure thing chief. Just as soon as the coaches stop making more than the school presidents.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 5:46 pm to Dr RC
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COLLEGE ATHLETES SHOULD NOT GET A PAYCHECK
Sure thing chief. Just as soon as the coaches stop making more than the school presidents.
Valid point.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 5:52 pm to braves21
Sorry you can’t be entertained by slave labor anymore.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 5:53 pm to Madking
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That’s what NIL was advertised as
That is what early lawsuits were aimed at: capturing revenue made off of athletes' images and names in video games.
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but never was and was never going to be.
That's primarily because it suddenly became a clear path to legally (under NCAA rules, not actual civil or criminal wrongdoings) doing what was already done, and the bidding wars began.
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It was a Trojan horse.
For who?
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What should’ve happened is per diem and likeness pay through the schools but NIL was never about fairness to players,
That ship sailed when the NCAA drug it's feet dealing with the issue decades earlier.
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it was always about separating the players from the programs then leveraging them against the NCAA and its members so it could be taken.
By who?
Posted on 6/23/26 at 6:08 pm to mdomingue
There’s a group that is going to buy CFB or at least the schools that separate into the super conferences that are coming. Thats always been the plan, NIL was the tool.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 6:29 pm to braves21
Ok, so what about the money the school makes off of them selling jerseys with their number, etc?
Not saying they should be paid millions, but there has to be a happy medium.
At the very least, provide them with healthcare once they are done if they don't make the big leagues.
Not saying they should be paid millions, but there has to be a happy medium.
At the very least, provide them with healthcare once they are done if they don't make the big leagues.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 6:43 pm to 33inNC
They jumped way past the happy medium and now have an unsustainable model. Your player value doesn’t go up but their cost does and you’re now paying these high prices for less than a years worth of value if you’re lucky. This is why Utah has already sold its athletic program to Otro National, a private equity firm. It can’t be corrected, the toothpaste is out of the tube.
Posted on 6/23/26 at 6:52 pm to Madking
I don't disagree with this, way to frick up a good thing, CFB!
Posted on 6/23/26 at 6:56 pm to 33inNC
NCAA failed to recognize changes that were coming and lost control. Like you said, just pay them for likeness, commercials, memorabilia and give them per diem paid through the programs. Would’ve been an easy fix.
This post was edited on 6/23/26 at 6:57 pm
Posted on 6/23/26 at 7:03 pm to braves21
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Books, laptops, tutors, food, housing, chance to go pro, what is wrong with that?
I agree with this!
Unfortunately, this is also true:
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I'm with you but it's too late pal. The cat's outta the bag now.
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