re: NCAA athlete lost scholarship due to YouTube channel

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what happens when the NCAA asks a hot female athlete to take down her IG account?

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WE WILL BURN THIS MUTHA frickA DOWN

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I'm torn on this decision by UCF and the NCAA. By all accounts, this kid had enough chances to be well within guidelines to be a D1 athlete, but was hard headed and tried to prove a point. Another way to look at it is, YouTube is his job, and you can't tell someone they can't work. I've watched some of his videos, and not one is promoting UCF in any way. Here's a link to his channel and the saying he lost his scholly. Deestroying

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Kid is a moron. The restrictions the NCAA places on student athletes are ridiculous, but I can see why they would be concerned in this case. He shouldn't be able to profit off of video taping UCF practices and team-related activities (ie not playing video games in a dorm room but photoshoots, locker room, etc).

Now, he has set up a Go Fund Me because he can't pay for his education. I wouldn't donate a dime. This kid can't possibly be making "that" much money off of a channel with only a hundred thousand subscribers to a point where he feels like it will be a viable career path. I don't understand moving athletic-related videos to a non-monetized account though. Can he not just choose to not monetize those specific videos?

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UCF is probably expensive as frick, but im doubting they gave the kicker a full scholarship, so its probably still smart

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All or nothing, any partial counts towards your 85.

What's bullcrap is that a student athlete figured out how to make money legally while not affecting his school work or athletics and the NCAA steps in.

I see nothing wrong with what the player did. It's bullcrap that he can't make money on his on