hoopster3977
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The NCAA and the NFL are corrupt organizations. Why would Leaf want to be involved?
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The NCAA and the NFL are corrupt organizations. Why would Leaf want to be involved?
The NCAA and the NFL are corrupt organizations. Why would Leaf want to be involved?
If these kids don't feel as though an education, room and board, and whatnot is fair payment for them to play sports for a school and generate the NCAA and that school money, they don't have to play. They know the deal when they sign up.
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If I go to Stanford on an academic scholarship and am a world class pianist, I can still sign a record deal and make money off my talent.
If I go to Kentucky on an athletic scholarship and am a world class Center, I can't sign any type of deal and can make no money off my likeness.
Where else in the world does the CEO (Mark Emmert) make millions of dollars and the employees (student-athletes) not only have no ability to make a monetary living, but will be punished if they try to do so? Listen, I understand that these kids (some) are getting an education out of the deal, but that scholarship isn't something that you can turn around and sell for a monetary value. I was lucky, a school was dumb enough to pay me to protect the backside of a QB for 4 years and I am grateful. I just think we should let the free market run its course. If Johnny Manziel wants to trademark his name and sign an endorsement deal with adidas, then he should have the right to do so.
Unfortunately the landscape isnt that simple.
But it is.
Louisville blatently tied Kevin Ware to #5 after his injury and Adidas was ready to make money off of him while knowing he could never see a cent. This single handedly could cripple the NCAA's case vs. O'Bannon.
Players will be compensated and I think it's going to be very very soon.
Schools have always used numbers to represent players. It's why you see a new number on generic NCAA jerseys every couple of years.
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They have never openly stated that the number is a particular player. Louisville directly came out and stated #5 was for Ware. You could buy what you thought was a Santana Moss Canes jersey but UMiami would never have released information stating that the number was related to Moss in any way, even though we all know it did.
There is a difference. I was in several EA Sports NCAA Football games, or I should say my likeness was. I realize numbers are tied to certain athletes.
Thats not something I dealt with. Im too old for ncaa video games.
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Thats not something I dealt with. Im too old for ncaa video games.
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I just don't see myself being petty enough to care about Leaf, the lol of the card world, making a few bucks off of my sig especially when the first 50% of sales were without knowing my card was a redemption.
I just don't see myself being petty enough to care about Leaf, the lol of the card world, making a few bucks off of my sig especially when the first 50% of sales were without knowing my card was a redemption.
So, for all of you that make this sound so simple, I would like to hear your answers to these questions.
Who gets paid?
-What sports?
-Do you realize that WOMEN will get paid out, the same as men as a whole. So if you pay 100 football players, you are then paying womens volleyball, tennis, golf, and softball just to equal that out.
-Do Redshirts get paid?
-Do Walk-ons get paid?
-Equal payments to all?
-Where is the money coming from?
-Will all the coaches take paycuts to make it happen?
-Will other sports get shut down to make this happen?
-Which ones?
-Can players get paid from outside sources?
How much do they get paid?
etc
etc
etc
etc
It is NOT cut and dry