Pay to Play Topic #1 for 2014

Booster X would have to go through the NCAA authorized dealer, and there would have to be some rule to prevent that. Give me a minute and I'll think of something.

Let them form their own league - straight out of high school if the want to get paid.

Money finds its way to players now, both legally and illegally. No amount of new rules or extra money will prevent NCAA rules from being broken.

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What's to keep Booster X from purchasing 5,000 autographs for $20 a piece?

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Let's say Todd Gurley is set up at the Monroe Walmart at the intersection of Hwy 138 and 10.

There are 300 people lined up around the block to get an autographed picture for $25 each, Gurley keeps $20, the NCAA Authorized Dealer keeps $5 for overhead and compliance administration.

Technically, everyone in line would meet the definition of a booster, whether they went to UGA, or bought tickets to a game at some point, they would all meet that definition.

Make the limit 5, or 7 or 3, let's just say 5 per person.

Then it wouldn't matter if one person in line has $130 in their checking acccount, and the person in line behind them has $700,000 in his checking account. You can only buy 5 signed footballs.

Now, next week Gurley sets up at the Walmart in his home town in North Carolina, and another 300 people are in line for his autograph. Mr $700,000 could make the trip up there to buy another 5 autographs, get back at the end of the line, and buy another 5 footballs while wearing a different hat and a fake mustache, and he's technically getting 15 signed footballs and putting $300 into Gurley's pocket.

Now let's say Gurley does 10 of these events this year, and Broker X goes to all of them, and let's say there are 10 broker X's.

So all 10 of them go to all 10 events and get in line twice wearing a disguise, Gurley is getting $2000 off them.

That's really just a drop in the bucket because he'd be making $60,000 from the other 300 people at all of the events.

And that sure is alot of trouble for 10 super-boosters to go through for a relatively small benefit to the individual player.

And that means those same boosters can't be at Keith Marshall's signings, or any of the other players holding signings around the state that a booster would want to boost.

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Does the NCAA have the resources to effectively manage something like that?

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The authorized dealers would manage it for a percentage of the take. Because it would be a cash cow, the incentive is for the dealers to follow the rules strictly, less they get their authorization yanked. There would also be audits to make sure the dealers didn't have any other business activities or relationships that would compromise the integrity of the program.

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The authorized dealers would manage it for a percentage of the take. Because it would be a cash cow, the incentive is for the dealers to follow the rules strictly, less they get their authorization yanked. There would also be audits to make sure the dealers didn't have any other business activities or relationships that would compromise the integrity of the program.

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How do you keep the dealers from allowing XXXX number of autographs instead of XXXX number of autographs and pocketing the extra and not reporting it?

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1: You must have completed 4 semesters at your school to be eligible

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"After you complete your full semester here give you $10,000"


"After you complete 4 semesters HERE I'll give you 20,000"

It differs because that type of behavior is against the rules now. If you condone the autograph signing then there will those that figure out how to use it to their advantage.

Amateur athletes should not be paid. They are getting a free education from a good school in some cases, room and board.

They are also getting valuable training in their craft should they aspire to play in the NFL.

If they want to get paid, go play in Canada and forget school.

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It differs because that type of behavior is against the rules now. If you condone the autograph signing then there will those that figure out how to use it to their advantage.

Amateur athletes should not be paid. They are getting a free education from a good school in some cases, room and board.

They are also getting valuable training in their craft should they aspire to play in the NFL.

If they want to get paid, go play in Canada and forget school.

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I agree with the spirit of your post.

But I'm not talking about paying players.

I'm talking about players being able to make money off their own likeness. The stuff Johnny was accused of doing illegally, and the stuff Aaron Murray was doing 1 week from when he declared for the draft.

Murray set up at Georgia Square Mall and sold autographs for $20 a piece.

I think it's ridiculous that he or Johnny shouldn't be able to do that while in college.

The main roadblock is the ability to abuse it, as already outlined in this thread.

If a way to remove that roadblock could be put in motion and still protect the integrity of college athletics, why would you be against it?