PAY THE MAN!!! (Unless the man is a college athelete...)

[bionicarm]

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Originally Posted by mantisman51 http:///t/388746/pay-the-man-unless-the-man-is-a-college-athelete#post_3430394
Actually, I think if nothing else, just ease up on giving them jobs and housing and such. A perfect example of how ridiculous the rules are is Boise State football. After wasting 18 months and hundreds of thousands of dollars, they were fined and lost 3 scholarships because some of the older football players let the incoming freshman sleep on their floors and couches. They tore that university apart and all they could find was "unauthorized housing allowances"-for letting poor kids sleep in the apartments and dorm rooms of upper classmen. That was nothing more than a witch hunt by the NCAA because BSU was embarrassing the big schools with their football program and they used the rules against payments to student athletes as the excuse. You know what, it doesn't hurt anyone or the so-called integrity of the programs if a student sells his old jersey for $1000. Fine, to be "fair" to all the worthless sports, we'll make sure these kids live in abject poverty and then complain if a fan buys them an XBox 360 or God help us, someone buys them dinner.
Anyone at Boise St. deserves the punishment. Simply because they play football on a BLUE field.

 

[reefraff]

If you think about it they get a full ride scholarship whether they turn out to be a productive player or not. If they get hurt and never play a down they still get their college education. PLUS the get the benefit of the coaching staff, physical therapists, trainers etc. I'd say they were pretty well paid already.
The football program bring in the money that supports the lame sports Title IX requires.

 

[bang guy]

Eliminate sports from secondary education.
Problem solved.

 

[stdreb27]

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Originally Posted by mantisman51 http:///t/388746/pay-the-man-unless-the-man-is-a-college-athelete#post_3430345
It is very rare. Teams no longer have regular "walk on" trials like they used to. And it is the draft where young kids have the best opportunity to make a decent amount of money verses the physical risks.
I disagree, they do still have walk on tryouts. But it is a one in a million chance...
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Originally Posted by Darthtang AW http:///t/388746/pay-the-man-unless-the-man-is-a-college-athelete#post_3430363
towns in the state of texas will have 5000 people stadiums for football...the town will only have a population of 3000. that stadium will be packed every game........the schools make a profit off the football program...so we should pay those kids. after all...just like the business world...not all are successful or will turn a profit. but, the kids generate money. so pay them. does it matter if high school? what is the difference? does it matter if the school is making money? as you stated...not all colleges make money off their sports programs. but all college athletes should be paid...as should all high school athletes.
Dude 5k? Maybe at a tiny school. I"ve been to high school games with 30k at it...
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Originally Posted by bionicarm http:///t/388746/pay-the-man-unless-the-man-is-a-college-athelete#post_3430374
There are some very intelligent football players on all college teams, you see one highlighted all the time with a 3.8 or 3.9 GPA in Chemical Engineering, Physics, etc. Thre majority of those don't continue into the NFL, or they decided to take college seriously because they know if they do manae to get on an NFL team, that career averages 8 years at most.
If you told the parents of a football phenom that their son would get paid $50,000 - $100,000/year to play football, and they would be responsible for all expenses, they'd jump on it in a heartbeat. Problem is, this would never wash with the NCAA. Simply becaus the top-tier schools would get all the recruits. You'd have the same 5 to 10 schools winning the BCS Championship every year.
I'd buy this argument, but I think, they all go to the big schools anyway... And we do have the same 10 school playing in the BCS every year...
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Originally Posted by Bang Guy http:///t/388746/pay-the-man-unless-the-man-is-a-college-athelete/20#post_3430423
Eliminate sports from secondary education.
Problem solved.
lol, you know, I went to college to play sports, probably wouldn't have otherwise....

 

[stdreb27]

but yeah, it is crap that these schools rake in the $$$ and then march the villagers on someone for even selling a ring...

 

[mantisman51]

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Originally Posted by oscardeuce http:///t/388746/pay-the-man-unless-the-man-is-a-college-athelete#post_3430396
If a student athelete sells his/her jersey, who paid for it in the first place? If they bought it then OK, but is the school/athletic department paid for it, and they sell it, then that is theft.
Students are required to purchase non-game jerseys. And they can purchase their game jerseys and usually do as a momento.