re: The NCAA should allow pay for play

Most athletic departments lose money every year already. Want to kill college sports?

There is absolutely no was this kills college sports.

There's just too much money being made for this not to be figured.

Y’all have paid players for decades. I know this seems natural to you.

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If a college player can sign a shirt and make $500...let him.

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What if a college player can make $600,000 by speaking in front of the local rotary club that happens to be filled with LocalU boosters? Does that shift in magnitude alter your perception of this law? Because I think it should. You would be very naive to think this won't be exploited to the very limits of absurdity. Maybe the kicker would get $500 for an autograph, but what kind of opportunities do you think would be promised to someone like Trevor Lawrence?

Here's a scenario. TLaw just wins the national title. SC, with it's infinitely superior local and booster support, calls up Trevor and says, "Hey T, we need a QB. Transfer here and we'll set you up with monthly speaking engagements that will net you about $500K each year you are enrolled at the university. Have your agent call me if you're interested and we'll get a contract drawn up."

ETA: I really can't understand why people think the system needs to be changed in this way. Why do these players need to be compensated above that of scholarships and stipends. I don't think there is one single compelling argument out there to support it.

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People who want these People who want these athletes to be paid don't understand that they're already making millions of dollars without even realizing what they've got access to. If you go to a smaller school where you don't have access to these things -- pity, you should focus on your education. to be paid don't understand that they're already making millions of dollars without even realizing what they've got access to. If you go to a smaller school where you don't have access to these things -- pity, you should focus on your education.

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You can’t be that inarticulate. Maybe you are

You have a free education, better ti advance you're future than enrich the pockets of those who need your money in their pockets like lawyers and agents.

The fact that LeBron James - who never attended college - is the poster boy for the CA law tells me more than some talking head looking for clickbait.

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With Title IX things get a big problematic.

I can see a world where Men's Golf, Wrestling, Baseball, Men's Tennis are all cut because they suck money - whereas Women's sports are preserved.

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You really don't understand Title IX, do you?

It protects men's sports as well as women's. You cut a men's sport, you have to cut a women's sport also.

This is being discussed at a seemingly lower level of economics. But once this door is opened, what is to keep a national company, a pizza or major car manufacturer, a shoe company, from signing a national contract worth millions of dollars? Not every player, no, but a player from a high PR profile, say N.D. in the Chicago market or USC...yea yea yea, I know....in the S.Calif. market, how many car dealerships in BR would pay JB now to market their cars? And with recruiting already cut throat, how many tips would the IRS be getting from AU fans re bama players incomes? From Ms.St. fans re Black Bear players? This would not be opening Pandora's Box, this would be like opening the Black Hole.

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I mean it varys from player to player I bet Tua would make like .5 million dollars and a OL making 4k.

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I would bet that those "estimates" are grossly over estimated.

Y’all are missing the whole point of this. They are trying to make it legal for players to profit off of their likeness and images. Basically this would just allow players to make money off autographs and selling items like jerseys and shoes. This is not meant to pay them a salary or something.