Pay the Players
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Yes it's easy. Setup trust funds for the players and deposit earnings from likeness into the trust funds and allow them to accrue interest on it as long as they want or let them take those earnings once they hit a certain age or graduate. If...... Schools are trying to look out for the guys best interests.
Or, give the money to the schools with the express interest of lowering costs for fans to attend games instead of people paying multiple hundreds or thousands to enjoy a game.
The ire drawn from the fans when this topic is brought up is crazy. What is wrong with the kids that you support receiving part of the money that their play generates? Where would you prefer the money funnel to instead?
because not every college share that type of money,. if you pay the men then the men and women of every sport will want to get paid.
in the end most if not all colleges will drop their sports program and go the participate only with no TV, Championships or anything of the like.
He's right. They at least deserve a stipend. Yeah, they have school, books, room & board paid for but for them, the sport they play is their job. Most of them aren't even allowed to get actual jobs while they are on scholarship. These are college kids. You have to have some extra spending money for clothes, booze, just going out on the town, or whatever it may be. The NCAA makes billions off the athletes, so I would say that's the least they could do. That's just one more reason there is going to be a mass exodus of college athletes that are going to chase the money; whether it be to play overseas, in the G league, etc. Many won't even go to college to begin with, especially if the NBA plans to get involved in all this when the kids are still young like it sounds like they want to.
You all going to pay baseball, soccer & the women’s tennis team also? They practice just like football & basketball players, they travel just like the football & basketball players.
But they don't generate money just like the football and basketball players. In fact, the money generated by the football and basketball players allows them to enter the school and play their sports. Those teams should either be reduced to intramural competition or be self-funded without mooching off the revenue generated by football and basketball programs.
So every sport beside football & basketball should be abolished?
How about the extra money from those sports be used to give the non-revenue sports more Scholarships? There are tons of quality young baseball players that can’t attend college because the baseball teams only get about 11 scholarships to give out. A lot of young poor kids across the US can’t attend college to play baseball because they only get a partial scholarship.
So basically screw all non-revenue generating sports. Brilliant!
that is discrimination and the courts won't see it that way,. Athletes are still athlete no matter what sex or sport.
tennis players can compete professionally and make money, the women BB players also have their own Pro league.
Hockey players men have a Pro league. sorry but you can't pick or choose who gets paid and who doesn't. title XI doesn't look at it the way some of you do.
Why does it matter if the money is coming from a 3rd party? If you're the BMOC for a big time basketball school the opportunities for money are going to be there while they are probably not for the schools in the Atlantic Sun. That doesnt mean that the lesser conferences will instantly collapse because their best players wont enjoy the same financial benefits as the Kentucky players, things will just remain exactly as they are, we just wont need to worry about the FBI sniffing around and tainting the game since it will be legal.
I dont want to hear that the UMBC players are getting screwed, thats like saying the players in the Azerbaijan premier league should be compensated equally to NBA players under FIBA rules because they're all pro basketball players.
to add to this they are handed out as partial scholarship, same with the wrestlers as they don't get full ride scholaships.
I mean, this is how the world works. Free handouts are a fun idea, but not realistic. The sports that generate the most money should be compensated the most.
One of my real good friends has a son that plays baseball at WKU. He’s on a 1/4 use of scholarship. He had offers to play at Florida, Mississippi St & others but couldn’t afford the out of state tuition, so he choose to play for Western.
and that is why people like you want to see these players paid, it won't end at just compensation either the 100,000 dollar + paydays will be more rampant.
Isnt the basketball team getting a free handout? No money is coming out of the players pocket.
Let each team get equal shares in the revenue that they generate. maybe not ticket sales but merch at least. if you buy a Villanova basketball shirt players get a percentage, if you sell a Villanova swimming shirt the swim team gets a percentage.
I'm talking about comparing revenue earned by each sport. I'm not saying one group is more deserving of a scholarship than the other, but if we are talking about actually paying beyond the scholarship, then we have to take into consideration how much the sport is earning.
If anything, an NCAA that actually has teeth and could realistically prevent impermissable benefits would greatly benefit WVU as we are on the outside looking in typically when it comes to the elite in football and basketball. A true level playing field would probably be better for us. That said, its not realistic with this much money on the table for the actual guys on the field drumming up this revenue to not get some type of benefit somewhere. A clean college sports is best for all, stop being communists and allow the free market to take over.
If someone wants to pay somebody $100,000 for their endorsement why is this an evil thing?
not really, the NCAA makes billions of dollars a year on unpaid labor... they actually used the "well prisoners don't get paid" excuse when fighting a legal battle. Coaches make millions, the schools make millions, why shouldn't the people that fans show up/tune in to see get a piece? And btw how much money does Iowa rake in during football season? You don't think you would be able to compete? be realistic for a second.
they are not getting paid for any indorsement as we are talking about 17-18 year old kids that have done nothing at the college level.
Got ya. Problem is, you can’t compare revenue for the sports. Football & MBB will always rule but to say those athletes should get paid & non-revenue athletes shouldn’t is asinine.
Football & MBB are there because that particular university gave them a FREE opportunity to showcase their sport. That money should go back to the university.
It’s not unpaid labor. They get FREE room, tuition, meal cards, clothes, athletic equipment...etc
They have clearly done enough as a high schooler to generate a lot of interest in their play clearly if someone wants to throw $100k at them. No different than draft picks signing contracts based primarily on their play at the college level.
No. It has been a topic of discussion long before the FBI or anyone else got involved.
If a player is big enough they will get endorsements. The next Michael Phelps swimming at Michigan if promising enough will earn endorsements prior to doing anything at the Olympics. But according to the NCAA that is a no no.
Iowa for the 2nd year in a row after operating in the Red actually made money, that amount was barely enough to mention and that money went into the Athletic Funds to pay for the non revenue sports.
a few years ago Iowa created 35 scholarship just for the women rowing team they created just to comply with XI.
again most are ignoring Title XI that governs EQUALITY FOR WOMEN. that includes getting paid if that comes to pass.
right now there I a big enough up roar over the pay discrimination between the women and men in the job market. this will just create a shit storm that may close the door on all the sports.
and the players were getting paid under the table. now that they have been caught the fans and these players are trying to cover their ass.
there is now a G League where players don't have to wait to get paid, if not there the Euro League will take them.
the opportunity to get paid is there.
I dont hear anyone clamoring for the WNBA to have an equal pay scale to the NBA. You are acting as if the other sports will have zero money flowing through it for the elite in those sports. Thats not true, the UConn ladies players will be able to cash in a little, players who thrive in popular Olympic sports will be able to cash in on sponsorships. The money will be less than football and men's basketball no doubt, but no different than the money in the professional ranks of those sports being heavily weighted towards the NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL. Right now people like yourself are trying to force certain sports to be more marketable than they actually are, and in turn punish the athletes in the more popular sports because the women's rowers dont get the same cut as the QB1 for Big State U.
I thought it was title 9, is it title 11 or do you not know how to use roman numerals?
Do you know how much G League players make? lol. I guarantee you almost everyone on this board makes more.
never did know how the roman numerals worked. that one had me and still does.
really. as it is going before a judge. and Title 9 is a government mandate. this is what you and other are ignoring.
not to mention every women group out there. talk about a shit storm. a tornado would cause less damage. or along the coast a hurricane.
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