re: Does it bother you to see ESPN profit off of college players?

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It doesn't matter WHY the NCAA does it, it doesn't matter IF I agree or don't agree with it, and it doesn't matter if it's ethical or non-ethical for the schools, the NCAA, ESPN, or whomever to prosper of the athletes. What matters is that the rules that are in place are the rules that have to be followed.

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This.

It's like the players who get busted for smoking pot. "Well it should be legal". But it isn't and that's irrelevant.

There are rules in place. Rules that players are completely aware of. Deciding to break those rules will result in negative consequences.

What makes JFF's case so sad is that he comes from a well off family. He didn't really need the money. Dumb.

You know what bothers me?

TD making MASSIVE profit off of the SECr and specifically, posters like you who work very hard, contributing original, thought provoking, meaningful, intelligent topics and threads for all of the other posters to enjoy and participate.

I mean, do they offer to share their revenue? I haven't gotten a check, NOT EVEN A THANK YOU CARD, for fricks sake. I mean, what's going on around here? People like you and I stay up all night and take VALUABLE TIME away from our work days to contribute these awesome threads and discussion topics and we get what... NOTHING!?!?!

fricking capitalist frickers, the lot of them. If they don't do something about this ridiculous abuse of SECr talent, we'll be forced to leave this stupid place and start our OWN RANT BOARD!!!!

Power to the posters.

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NorthGwinnettTiger
Does it bother you to see ESPN profit off of college players?
Well, if the NCAA is gonna be the farm system for the NFL and not MLB or NBA, they need to compensate the athletes. Why give basketball and baseball highschool athletes more advantages than a football player

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The U.S. Department of Education would have something to say about that. Inconvenient thing called Title IX.

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Upperaltiger06
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No question. And then there would be lawsuits from the smaller schools who aren't making money. Keep in mind, only about 10 schools are actually running in the black


What if the players were making money not through the university, but privately as this JFF incident?

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Do you guys really want us Gumps to be able to privately funnel as much money as we want to our players...legally? Sounds good to me. Saban can promise the next stud running back $500,000 a year in autograph payments through private sources.

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madmaxvol


I'm sure J.C. Watts would have been a Congressman had he not played a down at Oklahoma.

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If he'd played at Texas, he probably would have been President. Damn shame.

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It's like the players who get busted for smoking pot. "Well it should be legal". But it isn't and that's irrelevant.

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But in this case the coaches, admin, etc. are profiting from the players while telling the player that they cannot. So that be like the coach passing out piss cups while lighting a doobie.

It's kind of a symbiotic relationship is it not? Does Cam Newton sign a massive Under Armour endorsement deal as a rookie QB in the NFL without ESPN putting his face all over TV for a year while he was at Auburn? Probably not. ESPN makes money off of them, but the tradeoff is that ESPN gets them free publicity that can later boost their earning potential when they become professionals.

It's easy to agree that college athletes should get paid. But what's not so easy is the "how to do it" part. If you pay JFF, you have to pay the second team girl's volly ball player the same amount. And the last place player on the girl's golf team. To keep it easy, let's say each school has 10 girls' sports, with 14 on each team, for a total of 140 female athletes ( the girls' track teams blows this out of the waters but keeping it easy). Add in another 140 male athelets in other sports. So you have a total of 280 athletes plus the 85 on football scholarships. The big boys in college sports can afford this, but with only a very few schools breaking even in sports funding, where does this new money come from? The NCAA is the obvious answer:but, again, be specific in the "how to do" part.LSU probably could, bama, UT, etc. But what about ULLL or the weenies? Other questions: Does JFF get paid more than the third team TE? Since they are getting paid now, do they continue to get a free education?

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Does it bother you to see ESPN profit off of college players? It's easy to agree that college athletes should get paid. But what's not so easy is the "how to do it" part. If you pay JFF, you have to pay the second team girl's volly ball player the same amount. And the last place player on the girl's golf team. To keep it easy, let's say each school has 10 girls' sports, with 14 on each team, for a total of 140 female athletes ( the girls' track teams blows this out of the waters but keeping it easy). Add in another 140 male athelets in other sports. So you have a total of 280 athletes plus the 85 on football scholarships. The big boys in college sports can afford this, but with only a very few schools breaking even in sports funding, where does this new money come from? The NCAA is the obvious answer:but, again, be specific in the "how to do" part.LSU probably could, bama, UT, etc. But what about ULLL or the weenies? Other questions: Does JFF get paid more than the third team TE? Since they are getting paid now, do they continue to get a free education?

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Again.....I'm not talking about the university paying the player. I'm speaking of 3rd parties......just like the JFF scenario.

I think all pro sports should follow the baseball model. You can go play in a minor league system and work your way up to the top level after high school or you can go play college for 3 years and then enter the draft.