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If we are going to talk about compensation for the players, let's start with the annual cost of attendance for out of state students that live on campus: $53,713. That includes, book, travel to/from campus, loan fees ($106, negligible in this context) and miscellaneous.
Rutgers cost of attendance
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 controlHaven’t made the tournament in 30 years and this is what’s on his mind.
I try so hard to like this team, they just make it impossible.
I hope JY sticks around 1 more year, I’ll leave it at that.
If you ask me it looks like he quit some time ago and already focused on where he can make the $$$.pretty simple....he should quit. He’s not happy. That’s what you do in the real world. Not happy with your job, you quit and find something else. He has options, g league, international ball, etc. better yet, organize and start your own amateur league. If enough players do this, then we’ll get a free market response from the ncaa. Maybe he’ll get $10K and Luke Nathan will $250. I’m sure it will change their lives forever.
But these guys should be careful. College basketball is a surreal life altering experience as you’re put on a pedestal, build a massive network and just have the time of your life. Not sure an semi-pro career where he’s living in an random apartment building in a random town will be all that exciting.
Rutgers is like negative 40,000,000 every year in their athletic budget. Does the state of NJ foot the bill?I do agree these kids should be compensated a bit, but where do you draw the line is the issue.
At the end of the day paying a kid on the football team or basketball team makes sense, but then you have to pay every other athlete in the school, can't not pay the womens volley ball team or that would be a title ix issue. No one cares about the rowing team, but they need to be compensated. I think what should happen is that a fund should be set up for these players, and if they graduate they are granted that fund. So when it comes to time in college no one is getting a step up over the other by getting paid and there is a monetary reward at the end of the day.
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.We had a thread discussing Geo's legacy. For better or worse, tweets like this will become a large part of that.
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?Agree or disagree, Geo is posting this at this time because all eyes are on him. Maximum exposure for his cause. He has a bit of point. When I was at RU on full academic scholarship my roommate (also on full scholarship) started a web development business and then a Y2K company that netted him some serious money. If he can do it, athletes should as well. Though, for this to work, some serious financial auditing will need to take place. Where it can go wrong and probably the fear by the NCAA is having a school and some donors setting up a shell company for an athlete then magically buying $1M worth of t-shirts or the like.
Every thing came so easy for this kids. But when they realized they are not pro material they want the money now.But it is
He and the others knew that and still signed.
It's like anything else, if you do not like the terms then do not sign, and find something else to do.
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?What is your solution? You open the box and collegiate sports as you know it disintegrates......except for 20 programs
LOL. Those guys are the biggest betas on the internet. “Alot of people would support you if you dont take the court” yeahhhhh, nah lol. Like 5% of woke warriors would the rest of us would laugh and say oh well, hope you feel good about yourselves, now have fun seeing what modern slavery is really like playing in gyms of 500 people in england making $35k a year trying to hold onto an unrealistic dream living in a team supplied dorm style apartment eating ramen noodles every night
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.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....
Geo and Ron didn’t wait 30 years.Waited 30 years for this week now......
Everyone gets to play in the free market capitalism game except those creating the value. I get it now...
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?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?
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.
This is 100% true.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.
This is so on the money (figuratively and literally)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.
Agree or disagree, Geo is posting this at this time because all eyes are on him. Maximum exposure for his cause. He has a bit of point. When I was at RU on full academic scholarship my roommate (also on full scholarship) started a web development business and then a Y2K company that netted him some serious money. If he can do it, athletes should as well. Though, for this to work, some serious financial auditing will need to take place. Where it can go wrong and probably the fear by the NCAA is having a school and some donors setting up a shell company for an athlete then magically buying $1M worth of t-shirts or the like.
LOL. Was waiting for this one.Everyone gets to play in the free market capitalism game except those creating the value. I get it now...
I had to unignore to check their tweet hahaI 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.
I kinda almost want them to do it so after the other teams play they realize what clowns they are and that no one caresJust imagine that we actually boycott and walk off the court...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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If Geo doesn't stop attacking the NCAA, methinks there will be an NCAA investigation of possible Rutgers recruiting violations down the pike. No pun intended. In light of his continued complaining, how can anyone think that he is coming back for a fifth year.