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re: Economists think 5-star college football recruits could be worth $150K annually
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:05 pm to Don Johnson
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:05 pm to Don Johnson
Forget the legit 5*. The rest are all getting tremendous advantages that normal students never do - from the education benefits to the networking to the doors that are opened for potential jobs post-college because they played for team X. I'd say it is worth a lot more than $50k.
But hey, they're being exploited. I say let's end that exploitation. Get rid of athletic scholarship and only let students who enter through the normal admissions process & pay their own way or earn academic scholarships participate. All that money could then go to academic programs and there's no way anyone could be hurt by that, right? I mean surely every single D1 football player on rosters today could get into school and pay their own way, right?
But hey, they're being exploited. I say let's end that exploitation. Get rid of athletic scholarship and only let students who enter through the normal admissions process & pay their own way or earn academic scholarships participate. All that money could then go to academic programs and there's no way anyone could be hurt by that, right? I mean surely every single D1 football player on rosters today could get into school and pay their own way, right?
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Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:05 pm to Bench McElroy
Their research seems about right. Even if they only hung out in T-town and Auburn.
Free suits, chargers, cop/judge payoffs, and other perks are harder to caculate, but a straight asking price between 120 and 180k for a 1 yr JUCO player gets right to an even 150k per year starting value for a 5 star level talent.
Free suits, chargers, cop/judge payoffs, and other perks are harder to caculate, but a straight asking price between 120 and 180k for a 1 yr JUCO player gets right to an even 150k per year starting value for a 5 star level talent.
This post was edited on 11/1/16 at 3:07 pm
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:06 pm to Don Johnson
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They probably get $50k + in compensation as is. Scholarship, room, board, training, coaching, etc.
A years worth of private training, coaching, and conditioning is worth more than 50k a year alone
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:10 pm to Bench McElroy
It is always interesting to see the fans, some of whom live and die by their team, get on here and say they don't deserve anything more than what they're getting.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:11 pm to Robert Goulet
Its not that they dont deserve anything more than they are getting
Its realizing that with current federal law combined with the structure of college athletics it is an impossible reality
Its realizing that with current federal law combined with the structure of college athletics it is an impossible reality
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:11 pm to JustGetItRight
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The rest are all getting tremendous advantages that normal students never do
Exactly, I wonder what the average 3-star is worth. i imagine the value is in the red, not the black.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:16 pm to Bench McElroy
Aspects of this article are the very reason why FBS Division 1A is an "entertainment" league and not a real sport. This couples with the layout of rules both NCAA centralized and University specific allows for the manipulation of variables to allow for the greatest revenue potential with the given equation. Boosters are just one of the factors that "we just can't monitor their activity".
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:16 pm to Camel Menthol
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Its realizing that with current federal law combined with the structure of college athletics it is an impossible reality
So that's your explanation why it won't change and you think that makes sense?
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:18 pm to Bench McElroy
The minute they start paying players, I'm done.
NFL is gone already. I'd like to fish more anyway.
NFL is gone already. I'd like to fish more anyway.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:21 pm to Robert Goulet
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So that's your explanation why it won't change and you think that makes sense?
Because Title IX will never allow a select number of male college football players to be paid that money by a University that has students that take federal loans which is every Division 1 school.
Right now every student athlete of both genders gets the stipend which is why everything is even.
It is impossible to devise a system where a 5 star recruit is paid $150,000 and Sally Jones settles for the $5000 stipend under current federal law
This post was edited on 11/1/16 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:22 pm to roadGator
So you'll watch the games, but only as long as those boys are going out there for free?
They used to have a farming system that was similar to that about 150 years ago in the country
They used to have a farming system that was similar to that about 150 years ago in the country
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:22 pm to silverstreak02
They aren't going out there for free.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:26 pm to CNB
As much money as they bring the schools, it's a shame they can't earn at least a portion of the cash they deliver to schools by the truckload.
Not exclusive to football, either.
Not exclusive to football, either.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:26 pm to Camel Menthol
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The problem is the current structure is perfection for 99.5% of them and for the .5% it is pretty damn good
Exactly.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:29 pm to silverstreak02
I don't disagree with that.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:30 pm to silverstreak02
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So you'll watch the games, but only as long as those boys are going out there for free?
Free? When did the professors start teaching for free? The buildings just pop up on their own making them...FREE? That cow that gave its life as steak that they ate in their private dining hall was free? All that training for the NFL they are receiving is "FREE"?
Free, free, free...la, la, la, I'm a fish...free, free, free
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:45 pm to Bench McElroy
Great, give them $150k, that's roughly $90k after tax, then make them pay for tuition, meals, room and board, and pro rata for the trainers and facilities they get.
they would be lucky to break even
they would be lucky to break even
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:45 pm to Lsuchs
It is not a free market since the NCAA regulates everything that involves a player.
Posted on 11/1/16 at 3:49 pm to silverstreak02
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They used to have a farming system that was similar to that about 150 years ago in the country
did you just try to compare college football to slavery?
People with this type of mental capacity are the reason we have a Trump v Hillary ticket...
Posted on 11/1/16 at 4:04 pm to Bench McElroy
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Economists think 5-star college football recruits could be worth $150K annually
I'd be interested to see how much the average student athlete costs their school.
I'd bet 80% of male and 100% of female athletes cost their university money.
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