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Players deserve fair compensation. But the current system is unsustainable. There needs to be some rules.
My thing is, it has always been this....The difference is the front and fairy tales that was packaged and sold to you as college basketball isn't feasible anymore as people become more aware of what's happening. Attempts are being made to compensate everyone fairly but as they try to continue to cut players out of TV money, it opens the door for boosters/nil to be the ones compensating players for their services.
You do realize that the point is to get a college education or at least that used to be the point since 99% of these kids will need to find jobs. People have twisted these arguments so far they don’t even know wtf they are anymore.
The NCAA is dominated by the "haves" who are happy with an unbalanced uncompetitive system (for now). The have nots have the power and votes to change the system, but they are have nots because they don't care as much about sports, so the leadership of those institutions has little incentive to invest the energy in gearing up to fix the system.
That rule I think was also deemed to infringe on individual rights by the courts. The solution would have to be a negotiated agreement with some kind of player's union and some more robust version of the NCAA supported by the universities. This would require leadership from the universities which has been in short supply.
@Geo_Baker_1 wanted kids to be able to profit from their celebrity (i.e. autograph signings, selling t-shirts, appearances, endorsements, etc.). This whole pay to play abomination is not what he was professing. We need rules yesterday.
Old scams like giving a free education to a kid who needs it for employment? Kids who in many cases don’t make it into those schools on academics and merit alone.
I think that the NCAA could issue a boilerplate contract for any D1 player to sign if they want to get a scholarship. The player could forgo a scholarship if they want to transfer year to year.
Perhaps most are but why do we have the one-and dones in college. It’s ridiculous. Those players aren’t there for ANY semblance of an education. If the NBA doesn’t want them right out of HS, they should go to the G league or some minor league unless the player is willing to sign on for 2 years in college…since they are getting paid, they might as well have a contract for more than one year. Right now it’s just a free-for-all.
Why are we letting a handful of athletes destroy the entire fabric of college sports?
Yes.....
lol. 1. A college level degree and with your point for doing nothing 2. Have some historical perspective. 3. Most schools lose money from athletics
Keyword being athletics... because they use the money they make from revenue generating sports to pay for the other sports. Do you see how much these tv deals are? If you want to say these schools are giving these scholarships out as charity then idk what to tell you. Big ten tv deal is worth 8 billion lol
I don't want to do anything but again the keywords are revenue generating sports. And as far as athletic departments turning a profit, is your point that scholarships are given out as charity because the athletic department operates at a loss? Need to understand where you are coming from. But if employees or contractors were only paid if the company or hiring entity turns a profit many fortune 500 companies wouldn't have paid anyone for decades. Some companies have never made a profit but they thrive and grow with investor money. Investors that believe in the potential of their products. There will be money invested into Rutgers this year because people believe in the potential of the athletic teams. Without the athletic department turning a profit, there will be an influx of money into Rutgers..this is the way things work...
