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So he's been compensated to the tune of roughly $210k. That's before the coaching, training and support investment the school has made in him. That easily has to add up to another $200-$300k. Call it $500k investment in every 4 year player.
What's Rutgers monetary profit from this investment? How much has the basketball team made during his time here?
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Like akwasi last year, JY is the most mature kid on the squad, just goes about his business and doesnt worry about the things out of his control
If you ask me it looks like he quit some time ago and already focused on where he can make the $$$.
Rutgers is like negative 40,000,000 every year in their athletic budget. Does the state of NJ foot the bill?
If he really wanted to take a stand, don't play Friday.
We had a thread discussing Geo's legacy. For better or worse, tweets like this will become a large part of that.
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His legacy has really morphed into a baby off the court who had a few big shots in his career while averaging 10 ppg. Frankly.
I wish we would transfer some of our "woke" into being more awake at the start of games.
As an academic scholly recipient did you get a monthly stipend? Have a building just for you and other academic scholly kids to go to to have your every need catered to? You were smart off the top but did you have what equates to an academic personal assistant there who knew exactly your workload and a held you to a personally tailored plan to graduate?
I'm genuinely curious because I was just a C student a$$hole who left Rutgers with early adulthood altering debt. I'm not attacking you. I just have questions about what you were responsible for since Geo thinks comparing his scholly to yours is apples to apples.
The real solution is to get sneaker companies out of the game. Cap the amount coaches can be paid. Hire many individuals to monitor illegal activity. Ban elaborate practice facilities.
then there would be money left.
then there would be money left.
Every thing came so easy for this kids. But when they realized they are not pro material they want the money now.
Wow. I thought geo was our leader. Unfortunately he is too immature. Timing is absolutely ridiculous they need to be focuses on one thing. That is winning. They are on the cusp of making a run to the national championship for the first time in 30 years and he is talking about getting paid which will not happen while he is in school.
timing is everything. This conversation could easily have waited until next week, next month or next year. Please don’t pretend is couldn’t have.
geo better put his money where his mouth is. He wants to get paid then we better not see a performance like we saw against Nebraska, illinois, penn state....
timing is everything. This conversation could easily have waited until next week, next month or next year. Please don’t pretend is couldn’t have.
geo better put his money where his mouth is. He wants to get paid then we better not see a performance like we saw against Nebraska, illinois, penn state....
As long as there are 2 paths. Professional and non professional Geo has no beef in my eyes. He chose the non professional path.
There is only one real solution; ending college sports as a form of entertainment.
No more spectators and no more television contracts. Just play in front of friends and family. There is no way to fairly divide college sports revenue among participants without turning it into a pro league. Anything in-between complete de-entertainmentification of college sports and the system we have now leads to a market inefficiency that would collapse on its footprint in the long run.
No more spectators and no more television contracts. Just play in front of friends and family. There is no way to fairly divide college sports revenue among participants without turning it into a pro league. Anything in-between complete de-entertainmentification of college sports and the system we have now leads to a market inefficiency that would collapse on its footprint in the long run.
Everyone gets to play in the free market capitalism game except those creating the value. I get it now...
Isn’t it that way now? The same 10 schools get every recruit in football. The same teams make the 4 team playoff. It is also very rare for a non blue blood to become a consistent basketball power as well. It happens more than it does it football, but the same schools still get the top recruits. What exactly would change?
I blocked those losers the last time they took up this mantle with the players. I never even followed them but there were other fans I followed that would like their garbage takes. Best thing I did on Twitter TBH.
If Geo was a leader he would take a charge when in proper help position instead of getting out of the way. Same for the other captain.
So if college athletes get paid are the fans allowed to boo their performance even though they are 18 yo kids?
Bottom line this is a byproduct of being stuck in a hotel 24/7.
You can’t practice and play video games all day and there is a significant amount of free time – of course these guys have nothing better to do than just sit around and think/talk and social media makes it too easy to spout off.
I get it is a time when people are paying attention BUT if Rutgers goes out and loses we will automatically wish they spent more time focusing on the task at hand than using their station to push an agenda...
Let UNC or Duke players lead this charge - they dance every year (😉) - so our fans can enjoy this momentous occasion and share in this joy with the team...
You can’t practice and play video games all day and there is a significant amount of free time – of course these guys have nothing better to do than just sit around and think/talk and social media makes it too easy to spout off.
I get it is a time when people are paying attention BUT if Rutgers goes out and loses we will automatically wish they spent more time focusing on the task at hand than using their station to push an agenda...
Let UNC or Duke players lead this charge - they dance every year (😉) - so our fans can enjoy this momentous occasion and share in this joy with the team...
Just imagine that we actually boycott and walk off the court...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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what part of 200K plus paid by the school in receiving an education which will go alot further than shooting a ball
I’m all for players being able to profit off their image and likeness - the reality is that 99% of these players probably have an overinflated perception of what their “worth” is.
Having 5,000 Twitter followers doesn’t translate into much worth. And once they graduate people will quickly forget about them (unless they go pro).
The very large majority of these kids should spend their time and energy taking advantage of all of the resources, opportunities and connections they have at their disposal being a college D1 athlete. Just look at Myles - he started the Black Dev initiative and it led to an internship with IBM.
The sad thing is a majority of college athletes don’t take advantage or appreciate what they currently have available to them and value making a few hundred/thousands of dollars over a couple years in their college career more.
Having 5,000 Twitter followers doesn’t translate into much worth. And once they graduate people will quickly forget about them (unless they go pro).
The very large majority of these kids should spend their time and energy taking advantage of all of the resources, opportunities and connections they have at their disposal being a college D1 athlete. Just look at Myles - he started the Black Dev initiative and it led to an internship with IBM.
The sad thing is a majority of college athletes don’t take advantage or appreciate what they currently have available to them and value making a few hundred/thousands of dollars over a couple years in their college career more.
You open the box and the gap gets wider. Rutgers wouldn’t be able to compete in the B1G. Where would it come up with the money to pay both FB and CBB athletes?
Notre Dame would not have a problem.
I don’t know about baby off the court just yet. Winning solves everything. But if we lose, it will be because geo and Ron did not show up. They will then have to answer the question why they were mot focused.
just like when Jordan decided togolf and gamble before big games. You win no one cares. You lose and it is a big deal. The difference is Jordan was the best ever and could back it up. Ron and geonot so much.
One thing not mentioned, aside from all the scholarships and such, there is one more benefit, The
tutoring they get, you don't see many athletes failing anymore.
tutoring they get, you don't see many athletes failing anymore.
Maybe if CJ Getty's got paid he wouldn't have to sell his game worn shorts and chase wall street bet investments to make a living, or if he actually realized pro basketball isn't in the cards for him.
I do not think they should get paid by the league/schools etc but they should be able to profit off their name and have rights to their own image.
geos example prior to the losing streak was he couldn’t run a camp using his name. He should be able to do that if he so wishes.
also wish they didn’t do this at this time butI mean their platform is as big as it can be.
geos example prior to the losing streak was he couldn’t run a camp using his name. He should be able to do that if he so wishes.
also wish they didn’t do this at this time butI mean their platform is as big as it can be.
Who is saying geo can't go start a company? NCAA has no problem if Geo started a company or works at the local wendy's. The NCAA is saying he cant get paid based on his affiliation with the basketball team. If geo wants to start a company go for it. If he wants to get compensated for playing a sport unfortunatly the scholarship is all he can get.
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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy
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LOL. Was waiting for this one.
capitalism- free market voluntary exchanges of goods and services of value.
NIL- simply pay for play. Aka which school has the most donors with money they can light on fire with zero chance of ROI.
these are not the same.
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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy
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I don’t understand the “if you don’t like it don’t play” crowd, you should not have to boycott something you’ve put in years of hard work to get to so you can have ownership of YOUR OWN LIKENESS. Geo taking the tournament off won’t do anything. Either it’s going to have to happen through a legitimate boycott of all teams or a long-term push. Still, spreading the message is at least something to bring awareness to this problem. Good on Geo and ron
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I kinda almost want them to do it so after the other teams play they realize what clowns they are and that no one cares
This broke this morning. I am surprised it took so long to get posted over here. I wasn't gonna be the one to start the fire lol.
Pikiell can come out and say this is all fine and whatever. But I am sorry. My concern has always been his too touchy and feely approach and not enough fire and control. There's a time and place and he could help manage this. Instead he's fueling it with his comments. And you wonder why we come out in games the way we do. Sorry. That's my opinion.
You can support your kids and coach them at the same time. I don't think CVS or Schiano would be approaching this the same way. oh well. Somebody had to throw some water on the excitement.
(#NotNCAAProperty) well thank God this came out AFTER the seedings...
Pikiell can come out and say this is all fine and whatever. But I am sorry. My concern has always been his too touchy and feely approach and not enough fire and control. There's a time and place and he could help manage this. Instead he's fueling it with his comments. And you wonder why we come out in games the way we do. Sorry. That's my opinion.
You can support your kids and coach them at the same time. I don't think CVS or Schiano would be approaching this the same way. oh well. Somebody had to throw some water on the excitement.
(#NotNCAAProperty) well thank God this came out AFTER the seedings...
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