Rumors of players getting paid?? Say it ain't so!!
http://www.lostlettermen.com/agent-accuses-saban-of-paying-players/
http://www.lostlettermen.com/agent-accuses-saban-of-paying-players/
yeah they were playing it on the Feinbaum show too, guy back tracked a little, wouldn't reveal anything, kind of reminded me of that tool that said he knew who the bagman was that paid of Cam Newtons dad.Rumors of players getting paid?? Say it ain't so!!
http://www.lostlettermen.com/agent-accuses-saban-of-paying-players/
It's time for "student-athletes" to start getting a stipend.
yeah they were playing it on the Feinbaum show too, guy back tracked a little, wouldn't reveal anything, kind of reminded me of that tool that said he knew who the bagman was that paid of Cam Newtons dad.
...but their APR is solid and isn't meeting that arbitrary flawed concept what is really important?
how about kids can get paid, but then they have to pay for there educations. the $ that ships cover is huge, greedy ppl...
The scholarship money is trivial compared to their earning power. College football earns billions and billions of dollars a year on the star power of these kids who get paid somewhere between 15 and 50K a year in scholarship money? And no way to go bring a girl out on a date with extra money in your pockets?
These kids needs a stipend at the very least, given their inestimable value to the big business of college football.
The scholarship money is trivial compared to their earning power. College football earns billions and billions of dollars a year on the star power of these kids who get paid somewhere between 15 and 50K a year in scholarship money? And no way to go bring a girl out on a date with extra money in your pockets?
These kids needs a stipend at the very least, given their inestimable value to the big business of college football.
I've always thought it would be interesting to call the players bluff on this one.
Give them a stipend, but then they pay for their education.
The devil in this plan is the details. Do all players get paid the same stipend regardless of whether they're an AA or if they're on the scout team? No pro sport team exists in the concept of equal pay for all.
Have a "base" stipend which covers tuition and maybe $500/month and then a graduating scale based on performance?
Lots of ways to go here.
Personally, I think the cost of a five year ride should be clearly laid out to the kids when they sign their LOI so they understand they're being given a $200,000+ free ride regardless of on-field performance. For the upper echelon players, they're getting ripped off because they generate well-beyond that amount per year. But on a team with 85 scholarship players, no more than 5-10 are "taking one for the team". 70+ players on almost every team won't ever see a pro football roster and their football skills won't ever provide income that is more than the value of a scholarship.
Free market or collective good? And it's got to be a system that 120+ universities agree on for implementation and enforcement.
Face it. The university pay system is extemely biased towards the top administrators and professors and every one else feeds in to them.
Couldn't disagree more.
Every school loses money.
Why? Because the money stays with the AD.
No school makes money when you look at athletics as a whole and not just football.
Even Texas loses money. Michigan too.
These kids would be lucky to play in the NBDL for peanuts were it not for college baskebtall. Who wants to watch Sioux City play Peoria?
Football would be even worse. It would be semi-pro with players moonlighting as UPS packers.
We say it often but it cannot be said too much - LSU Athletics uses no state tax dollars and no student fees. All funding for the athletics program comes from ticket sales, radio and TV revenues, concessions and merchandise sales, corporate sponsorships, Southeastern Conference revenue distribution and private donations.
In fact, LSU has one of the few athletics programs in the country - and the only one in Louisiana -- that not only fully funds its entire operations and capital outlay but also contributes back to the financial well-being of the university.
As state general appropriations for LSU has dropped by $92 million over the last three years, the Athletic Department has stepped forward to assume even a greater financial burden in support of the University. You may have read last week that, to help the university survive an $8.1 million mid-year budget cut, the Athletic Department will take on $1.5 million for funding the Academic Center for Student-Athletes. That is only the tip of the iceberg of what Athletics does for LSU.
Consider the following. In the last 10 years the Athletic Department has contributed to the University more than $5 million to enhance the appearance of the campus, such as replace and repair sidewalks, protect the oaks and magnolia trees and build paved areas for students to enjoy between classes.
The Athletic Department has contributed more than $4 million in the last decade for classroom repairs and renovations including the replacement of hundreds of chairs and desks, many of which were decades old.
The Athletic Department has also spent more than $5 million in the last 10 years to build or assist with the building of parking lots that are used not only for sporting events but for the day-to-day use of students, faculty and staff.
In the last two academic years alone, Athletics contributed more than $7 million to the academic side of the University, including $3.4 for the construction of a new Band Hall, $1.3 million toward the construction of a new complex for the College of Business plus regular contributions to the Campus Beautification Fund at $1.3 million, the Classroom Renovation Fund at $1 million and the Chancellor's Excellence Fund at $400,000.
jaxhusky,
I am pretty sure LSU is the exception, not the rule.
People are also missing an important aspect of this conversation. Even if we assume that players shouldn't be paid, they are forbidden for getting market value for their goods. So if you wanna sell that autograph, that's it, you're not an amateur. You can't get an endorsement deal. You can't use your connections to get a good job. You are essentially forced into a certain standard of living by the NCAA.
It's one thing to say, okay, these kids get scholarships and that's enough of a salary for them. I get that. But telling a kid he can't sell his autograph because it defies the point of amateurism when the school can make millions off of him? Or telling him he can't get a deal with Under Armor when the school can?
I think there are more shades of gray here than people are willing to admit, honestly. I'm not necessarily on the "let's pay them" bandwagon, but I do think there are some compelling points to be made, especially considering the vast gap between those who make the programs profitable and those who actually profit.