Fair play to pay

[ThunderRam]

It’s the beginning of the end to amateur sports. I hope these people are proud of themselves.....

No, it's the end of fat cats taking billion dollar advantage of the hard work and sacrifice of young people. Or at least it should be.

Where can I sign up to rake in piles of $$$ off the hard work and performance of others wherein they receive a much, much smaller percentage of the pie than I do? I'd really like to know. Cause I'm all over it.

 

[ankleassassin]

It’s the beginning of the end to amateur sports. I hope these people are proud of themselves.....

did you play division 1 sports?

 

[ankleassassin]

No, it's the end of fat cats taking billion dollar advantage of the hard work and sacrifice of young people. Or at least it should be.

Where can I sign up to rake in piles of $$$ off the hard work and performance of others wherein they receive a much, much smaller percentage of the pie than I do? I'd really like to know. Cause I'm all over it.

as one of the sacrificed.... its about time

 

[RedZone90]

as one of the sacrificed.... its about time

Did you receive a degree?

 

[ankleassassin]

Did you receive a degree?

i earned that degree buddy. i could have gotten it with or without my ability to dribble with my off hand.

 

[RedZone90]

i earned that degree buddy. i could have gotten it with or without my ability to dribble with my off hand.

Scholarship?

 

[Marcskit]

No, it's the end of fat cats taking billion dollar advantage of the hard work and sacrifice of young people. Or at least it should be.

Where can I sign up to rake in piles of $$$ off the hard work and performance of others wherein they receive a much, much smaller percentage of the pie than I do? I'd really like to know. Cause I'm all over it.

ThunderRam.
You could say Corporate executives have been doing this to the average working man and women for the last 100 years.

Here's wishing you great football

 

[dcpanda]

The Olympics still seem to be pretty popular after years of using the same model for athlete endorsements.

 

[Streak One]

Like any system, schools and student athletes will look for loop holes to take advantage of, but I think this new direction is a very positive step.

 

[ankleassassin]

Scholarship?

i earned that scholarship too. which any kid had the opportunity to earn. however once obtained they can make money i cannot.

 

[RedZone90]

i earned that scholarship too. which any kid had the opportunity to earn. however once obtained they can make money i cannot.

I’d be curious to know how and to whom you were “sacrificed”. Seems like you did not have a positive experience.

 

[ThunderRam]

The Olympics still seem to be pretty popular after years of using the same model for athlete endorsements.

Stop making good, solid points.

 

[mrbig864]

The Olympics still seem to be pretty popular after years of using the same model for athlete endorsements.

Hardly. A Majority of Olympic Athletes these days are all paid professional. Track Stars, NBA players, Beach Volleyball, Tennis, etc. The list goes on.

 

[Rmbr26]

LeBron didn’t even play college hoops. How is this his baby?

Lebron didn’t need to play college hoops - straight jump to NBA right? We also know that Lebron was driving a $50,000 Hummer in HS with multiple TV’s installed in it while his mother was struggling financially. So yes - might as well make it legit & put it out in the open as we all know now that Lebron didn’t but that Hummer with his paper route, Lol!

 

[13 others]

I’d be curious to know how and to whom you were “sacrificed”. Seems like you did not have a positive experience.

Bro the NCAA has a monopoly. If you are a gifted athlete with potential of going pro you pretty much HAVE to get a scholarship and play college ball if you want to go pro. I mean you could not but what other avenues are there? That’s why this law was made so players who are making their school millions can at the very least make a buck off their own likeness in this social media era.

Without a doubt D1 players sacrifice regardless of their experience. Assuming maybe you played D1 ball if you were happy with just a degree and a happy experience that’s fantastic I’m happy for you but to insinuate others should be satisfied with the same is just naive.

 

[ThunderRam]

Hardly. A Majority of Olympic Athletes these days are all paid professional. Track Stars, NBA players, Beach Volleyball, Tennis, etc. The list goes on.

Some not all. There are still what's considered 'amateur' athletes in the Olympics. His example is still valid and has been going back for decades.

 

[ThunderRam]

if you were happy with just a degree and a happy experience that’s fantastic I’m happy for you but to insinuate others should be satisfied with the same is just naive.

People are smarter these days. They realize that the cost of a scholarship doesn't come close to being a good trade for a piece of the $$$ these athletes help generate for the university/conference/NCAA during their tenure.

I'm already on record with my idea of a mandatory trust account for the $$$ the student athletes are able to make off their likeness, merchandise, whatever. I also believe they should receive a piece of the TV, media, ticket revenue they help to generate. And I'd also support these student-athletes having to pay back their scholarships should they earn enough during their tenure at the university to warrant it.

I don't believe anybody wants to see these kids driving around Lamborghini's while in school nor lacking motivation to go to class because they have already earned a ton of $$$. Hence my idea of a mandatory trust that only pays out a small amount each month for additional cost of living and entertainment expenses. The remainder to be paid out upon graduation, declaring pro, or via medical waiver. If that amount exceeds a certain reasonable threshold -- then the athlete is required to pay back the cost of the scholarship. Something along those lines.

So the high profile athletes such as Zion Williamson or even Tiger Woods back in the day that end up being able to land major endorsement deals while in college would end up paying it back while lesser known student-athletes that weren't able to generate the same $$$ get a free education while also securing a little bit extra cash to begin their after graduation career. After all, it's not always easy or a given to land a high paying job right out of college.

Who knows, perhaps some of those kids would start up a business with whatever $$$ they had paid out to them. That wouldn't be such a bad thing, would it?

All I know is I'd rather see some of that $$$ in the kids hands upon graduation than in the hands of the slimy fat cats that are gravy training the kids.

 

[MJ2014]

This is good for the individual players, this is very bad for college football. The question to ask is, who will hold the power? The corporations will, they will draw the top players to their schools. If this is the case, corporations would have the power to dictate which colleges to feed, which in turn can force colleges to do business with the corporations that control their athletic future.

will be interesting to see how they will regulate this.

not good for the game.

 

[ankleassassin]

I’d be curious to know how and to whom you were “sacrificed”. Seems like you did not have a positive experience.

my health. i had quite the experience. i would not trade being that small percent to be able to do it.