October 23, 201411 yr Texas’ AD said UT will budget $6 million/year to fund full cost-of-attendance scholarships and fund the $5,000/year trust under O’Bannon. — Alicia Jessop (@RulingSports) October 22, 2014 So is the Texas AD lying, or misinformed? Putting it in the budget doesn't necessarily mean they're ready/able to start paying it out.
October 23, 201411 yr Putting it in the budget doesn't necessarily mean they're ready/able to start paying it out. My point was, what's false about what was posted?
October 23, 201411 yr My point was, what's false about what was posted? He was talking in hypotheticals from what I gather. Basically stating what they'll do if the new rules are enacted.
October 23, 201411 yr I'm all for it. I do wish that only the athletes in revenue producing sports were paid. I'm sure many will disagree but it just seems more sensible to me.
October 23, 201411 yr I'm all for it. I do wish that only the athletes in revenue producing sports were paid. I'm sure many will disagree but it just seems more sensible to me. I say just remove the restrictions regarding outside employment. If McDonald's wants to pay the Harrison Twins to be in a March Madness commercial, why shouldn't they be allowed to do so? Any other university student could take that gig.
October 23, 201411 yr I say just remove the restrictions regarding outside employment. If McDonald's wants to pay the Harrison Twins to be in a March Madness commercial, why shouldn't they be allowed to do so? Any other university student could take that gig. Because you end up with guys like T. Boone paying athletes $100,000 to be in ads.
October 23, 201411 yr Because you end up with guys like T. Boone paying athletes $100,000 to be in ads. I know it gets messy, but I hate that rule. I doubt there is any restriction on marching band members making money as studio musicians while in school. Maybe continue to define boosters as they are currently, and preclude boosters from employing athletes?
October 23, 201411 yr I know it gets messy, but I hate that rule. I doubt there is any restriction on marching band members making money as studio musicians while in school. Maybe continue to define boosters as they are currently, and preclude boosters from employing athletes? You really think marching band and athletics is a fair comparison? When's the last time 100,000+ people filled a stadium to watch a marching band competition? Is college marching band a billion $ industry? I just don't think you can allow employment without it getting messy. I'm not a booster of UK but a huge fan. If I were rich what stops me from opening a carwash in Lexington and paying players $100,000 a year to wash cars? IF you did allow them to work you have to cap what they can make.
October 23, 201411 yr You really think marching band and athletics is a fair comparison? When's the last time 100,000+ people filled a stadium to watch a marching band competition? Is college marching band a billion $ industry? I just don't think you can allow employment without it getting messy. I'm not a booster of UK but a huge fan. If I were rich what stops me from opening a carwash in Lexington and paying players $100,000 a year to wash cars? IF you did allow them to work you have to cap what they can make. If you start paying $100,000 to players to wash cars, I think that would qualify as becoming a booster. Obviously it would have to be though out and rules/regulations established, but the NCAA is making billions of dollars of these athletes while they're making effectively nothing. Especially terrible for the superstar types that are injured and don't make a dime in the pros because they destroyed their body making money for the NCAA. They're famous. Let them leverage that fame like any other person in the country.
October 23, 201411 yr If you start paying $100,000 to players to wash cars, I think that would qualify as becoming a booster. Obviously it would have to be though out and rules/regulations established, but the NCAA is making billions of dollars of these athletes while they're making effectively nothing. Especially terrible for the superstar types that are injured and don't make a dime in the pros because they destroyed their body making money for the NCAA. They're famous. Let them leverage that fame like any other person in the country. This is the line of thinking that loses me. Athletes aren't making effectively nothing. If big time college sports went away tomorrow what option would most of these athletes have? Whether anyone wants to admit it, the athletes aren't getting the complete shaft.
October 23, 201411 yr This is the line of thinking that loses me. Athletes aren't making effectively nothing. If big time college sports went away tomorrow what option would most of these athletes have? Whether anyone wants to admit it, the athletes aren't getting the complete shaft. The presence of big-time college athletics has been the biggest barrier to smaller leagues popping up. If big-time college sports went away tomorrow, you'd finally see the proliferation of successful leagues in basketball and football. I'm all for it.
October 23, 201411 yr The presence of big-time college athletics has been the biggest barrier to smaller leagues popping up. If big-time college sports went away tomorrow, you'd finally see the proliferation of successful leagues in basketball and football. I'm all for it. I just don't see what would essentially be minor league sports leagues being as popular.
October 23, 201411 yr This is the line of thinking that loses me. Athletes aren't making effectively nothing. If big time college sports went away tomorrow what option would most of these athletes have? Whether anyone wants to admit it, the athletes aren't getting the complete shaft. The ones in question would play pro (minor league, overseas, etc. NBA/NFL have to change their rules if D1 college sports disappear). That is why I say forget the school paying them (beyond a small amount possibly). No reason Sam Malone should make the same as the Harrisons. No reason the last guy on the bench of the gymnastics squad should make as much as Sam Malone. Leave it to the free market to decide how much each of those guys is worth for an appearance/endorsement/etc.
October 23, 201411 yr I just don't see what would essentially be minor league sports leagues being as popular. I have a vision for how it would work but it would require a few... measures. With the system as it is now, no, they wouldn't be as popular, but we're dealing with a pretty flawed system in the NCAA and so the demise of that isn't necessarily a big problem for me in the grand scheme.
October 23, 201411 yr I was able to work 40+ hours a week (night shift and weekends)while earning my degree. It sucked, but I had enough free time away from school to make it work. I didn't have daily practices to attend, film sessions, weight lifting. I never had to travel to an away game. That's why I was able to make it work. At the least, I believe the kids playing revenue producing sports should be compensated to the tune of a couple hundred bucks a week for their time and efforts. They bring tons of money to the universities and deserve a small piece of the pie.
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