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re: Why are college players not allowed to sell their own autograph?
Posted on 1/6/13 at 8:54 am to PrimeTime Money
Posted on 1/6/13 at 8:54 am to PrimeTime Money
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I understand WHY they outlaw that kind of stuff... But what I am getting at is that athletes can have regular jobs... as long as they are paid "fair market value". Why can fair market value not be determined when selling autographs?
Because a booster might want to buy 20,000 autographs for $10 each. After all $10 is a fair price.
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Posted on 1/6/13 at 9:00 am to RollTideRob
For the same reason college players are not allowed to hold jobs.
Did you know that even if a college ballplayer held a cure to cancer, or knew the secret to bringing peace to the world and ending hunger ... no matter what the case. That student athlete playing football would have to forgo everything else in order to play football. He could not be an actor during the off season for example, or a musician or a doctor.
The NCAA owns you.
I suspect that is going to change in coming years. It is basically a form of legal slavery.
Did you know that even if a college ballplayer held a cure to cancer, or knew the secret to bringing peace to the world and ending hunger ... no matter what the case. That student athlete playing football would have to forgo everything else in order to play football. He could not be an actor during the off season for example, or a musician or a doctor.
The NCAA owns you.
I suspect that is going to change in coming years. It is basically a form of legal slavery.
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