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June 18, 2010 at 1:37 PM #567882June 18, 2010 at 1:53 PM #566905
davelj
ParticipantOK, this is a threadjack, but since I started the thread – and it’s almost related – then I’m excusing myself (and, hey, the NBA season is over, so who cares about the original post anyway?)…
In light of the USC football revelations (and other similar revelations regarding NCAA sports-related violations over the years)… why don’t colleges just start paying their student athletes? Yes, Reggie Bush violated the “rules.” But the rules are ridiculous. Why shouldn’t he get compensated for his skills? It seems like the NCAA is just a monopolized racket that seeks to keep young athletes poor while shoveling the revenue generated by the athletes into the coffers of the schools and their athletic department personnel. What am I missing?
It seems like there’s some fantasy of college graduates that athletes that attended their alma mater had an experience anything even close to their own. Like, “Yeah, Reggie went to USC, I went to USC, we shared the same experience. That’s kinda cool.” No. Reggie Bush’s “experience” at USC was so unlike any other non-athlete’s experience at USC that he may as well have been going to school on Mars. So, instead of pretending otherwise, why not just professionalize the whole thing and destroy the silly pretense?
June 18, 2010 at 1:53 PM #567001ParticipantOK, this is a threadjack, but since I started the thread – and it’s almost related – then I’m excusing myself (and, hey, the NBA season is over, so who cares about the original post anyway?)…
In light of the USC football revelations (and other similar revelations regarding NCAA sports-related violations over the years)… why don’t colleges just start paying their student athletes? Yes, Reggie Bush violated the “rules.” But the rules are ridiculous. Why shouldn’t he get compensated for his skills? It seems like the NCAA is just a monopolized racket that seeks to keep young athletes poor while shoveling the revenue generated by the athletes into the coffers of the schools and their athletic department personnel. What am I missing?
It seems like there’s some fantasy of college graduates that athletes that attended their alma mater had an experience anything even close to their own. Like, “Yeah, Reggie went to USC, I went to USC, we shared the same experience. That’s kinda cool.” No. Reggie Bush’s “experience” at USC was so unlike any other non-athlete’s experience at USC that he may as well have been going to school on Mars. So, instead of pretending otherwise, why not just professionalize the whole thing and destroy the silly pretense?
June 18, 2010 at 1:53 PM #567508ParticipantOK, this is a threadjack, but since I started the thread – and it’s almost related – then I’m excusing myself (and, hey, the NBA season is over, so who cares about the original post anyway?)…
In light of the USC football revelations (and other similar revelations regarding NCAA sports-related violations over the years)… why don’t colleges just start paying their student athletes? Yes, Reggie Bush violated the “rules.” But the rules are ridiculous. Why shouldn’t he get compensated for his skills? It seems like the NCAA is just a monopolized racket that seeks to keep young athletes poor while shoveling the revenue generated by the athletes into the coffers of the schools and their athletic department personnel. What am I missing?
It seems like there’s some fantasy of college graduates that athletes that attended their alma mater had an experience anything even close to their own. Like, “Yeah, Reggie went to USC, I went to USC, we shared the same experience. That’s kinda cool.” No. Reggie Bush’s “experience” at USC was so unlike any other non-athlete’s experience at USC that he may as well have been going to school on Mars. So, instead of pretending otherwise, why not just professionalize the whole thing and destroy the silly pretense?
June 18, 2010 at 1:53 PM #567616ParticipantOK, this is a threadjack, but since I started the thread – and it’s almost related – then I’m excusing myself (and, hey, the NBA season is over, so who cares about the original post anyway?)…
In light of the USC football revelations (and other similar revelations regarding NCAA sports-related violations over the years)… why don’t colleges just start paying their student athletes? Yes, Reggie Bush violated the “rules.” But the rules are ridiculous. Why shouldn’t he get compensated for his skills? It seems like the NCAA is just a monopolized racket that seeks to keep young athletes poor while shoveling the revenue generated by the athletes into the coffers of the schools and their athletic department personnel. What am I missing?
It seems like there’s some fantasy of college graduates that athletes that attended their alma mater had an experience anything even close to their own. Like, “Yeah, Reggie went to USC, I went to USC, we shared the same experience. That’s kinda cool.” No. Reggie Bush’s “experience” at USC was so unlike any other non-athlete’s experience at USC that he may as well have been going to school on Mars. So, instead of pretending otherwise, why not just professionalize the whole thing and destroy the silly pretense?
June 18, 2010 at 1:53 PM #567892ParticipantOK, this is a threadjack, but since I started the thread – and it’s almost related – then I’m excusing myself (and, hey, the NBA season is over, so who cares about the original post anyway?)…
In light of the USC football revelations (and other similar revelations regarding NCAA sports-related violations over the years)… why don’t colleges just start paying their student athletes? Yes, Reggie Bush violated the “rules.” But the rules are ridiculous. Why shouldn’t he get compensated for his skills? It seems like the NCAA is just a monopolized racket that seeks to keep young athletes poor while shoveling the revenue generated by the athletes into the coffers of the schools and their athletic department personnel. What am I missing?
It seems like there’s some fantasy of college graduates that athletes that attended their alma mater had an experience anything even close to their own. Like, “Yeah, Reggie went to USC, I went to USC, we shared the same experience. That’s kinda cool.” No. Reggie Bush’s “experience” at USC was so unlike any other non-athlete’s experience at USC that he may as well have been going to school on Mars. So, instead of pretending otherwise, why not just professionalize the whole thing and destroy the silly pretense?
June 18, 2010 at 2:14 PM #566920CardiffBaseball
ParticipantHow much is the education they are receiving worth? It’s not like they are taxed on that money and I don’t know if either of my kids will get anything like that. Hopefully some baseball money but even that is usually smallish as there are twice as many kids on the team as scholarships (so they divide them up).
I am not sure I care that much about giving them $150 week stipend, but then you have to pay all athletes right? Some Big-Ten school with a team in every conceivable sport suddenly has a lot of kids to pay. The big Ohio State/Texas type revenue schools can handle it, but you must have FOOTBALL money to be able to afford this. Men’s basketball is the next best thing and it’s dwarfed by football revenue and can’t cover these costs.
June 18, 2010 at 2:14 PM #567016ParticipantHow much is the education they are receiving worth? It’s not like they are taxed on that money and I don’t know if either of my kids will get anything like that. Hopefully some baseball money but even that is usually smallish as there are twice as many kids on the team as scholarships (so they divide them up).
I am not sure I care that much about giving them $150 week stipend, but then you have to pay all athletes right? Some Big-Ten school with a team in every conceivable sport suddenly has a lot of kids to pay. The big Ohio State/Texas type revenue schools can handle it, but you must have FOOTBALL money to be able to afford this. Men’s basketball is the next best thing and it’s dwarfed by football revenue and can’t cover these costs.
June 18, 2010 at 2:14 PM #567523ParticipantHow much is the education they are receiving worth? It’s not like they are taxed on that money and I don’t know if either of my kids will get anything like that. Hopefully some baseball money but even that is usually smallish as there are twice as many kids on the team as scholarships (so they divide them up).
I am not sure I care that much about giving them $150 week stipend, but then you have to pay all athletes right? Some Big-Ten school with a team in every conceivable sport suddenly has a lot of kids to pay. The big Ohio State/Texas type revenue schools can handle it, but you must have FOOTBALL money to be able to afford this. Men’s basketball is the next best thing and it’s dwarfed by football revenue and can’t cover these costs.
June 18, 2010 at 2:14 PM #567631ParticipantHow much is the education they are receiving worth? It’s not like they are taxed on that money and I don’t know if either of my kids will get anything like that. Hopefully some baseball money but even that is usually smallish as there are twice as many kids on the team as scholarships (so they divide them up).
I am not sure I care that much about giving them $150 week stipend, but then you have to pay all athletes right? Some Big-Ten school with a team in every conceivable sport suddenly has a lot of kids to pay. The big Ohio State/Texas type revenue schools can handle it, but you must have FOOTBALL money to be able to afford this. Men’s basketball is the next best thing and it’s dwarfed by football revenue and can’t cover these costs.
June 18, 2010 at 2:14 PM #567906ParticipantHow much is the education they are receiving worth? It’s not like they are taxed on that money and I don’t know if either of my kids will get anything like that. Hopefully some baseball money but even that is usually smallish as there are twice as many kids on the team as scholarships (so they divide them up).
I am not sure I care that much about giving them $150 week stipend, but then you have to pay all athletes right? Some Big-Ten school with a team in every conceivable sport suddenly has a lot of kids to pay. The big Ohio State/Texas type revenue schools can handle it, but you must have FOOTBALL money to be able to afford this. Men’s basketball is the next best thing and it’s dwarfed by football revenue and can’t cover these costs.
June 18, 2010 at 2:27 PM #566930Participant[quote=CardiffBaseball]How much is the education they are receiving worth? It’s not like they are taxed on that money and I don’t know if either of my kids will get anything like that. Hopefully some baseball money but even that is usually smallish as there are twice as many kids on the team as scholarships (so they divide them up).
[/quote]I think the athletes should be able to sell their scholarships if they so choose. At many schools that would amount to a pretty big chunk of change. And, sure, they should be taxed on what they receive like any other income. Realistically, this would probably only apply to football and men’s basketball because these programs make all the money. My idea would be for the athletes to train full time for the four years they play – no classes – and THEN go to school after that four years is up. That way you can end the charade that anyone’s really getting an education while they play. Of course, if there are folks that want to do both at the same time – and are held to the same standard as non-student athletes – more power to ’em.
June 18, 2010 at 2:27 PM #567026Participant[quote=CardiffBaseball]How much is the education they are receiving worth? It’s not like they are taxed on that money and I don’t know if either of my kids will get anything like that. Hopefully some baseball money but even that is usually smallish as there are twice as many kids on the team as scholarships (so they divide them up).
[/quote]I think the athletes should be able to sell their scholarships if they so choose. At many schools that would amount to a pretty big chunk of change. And, sure, they should be taxed on what they receive like any other income. Realistically, this would probably only apply to football and men’s basketball because these programs make all the money. My idea would be for the athletes to train full time for the four years they play – no classes – and THEN go to school after that four years is up. That way you can end the charade that anyone’s really getting an education while they play. Of course, if there are folks that want to do both at the same time – and are held to the same standard as non-student athletes – more power to ’em.
June 18, 2010 at 2:27 PM #567533Participant[quote=CardiffBaseball]How much is the education they are receiving worth? It’s not like they are taxed on that money and I don’t know if either of my kids will get anything like that. Hopefully some baseball money but even that is usually smallish as there are twice as many kids on the team as scholarships (so they divide them up).
[/quote]I think the athletes should be able to sell their scholarships if they so choose. At many schools that would amount to a pretty big chunk of change. And, sure, they should be taxed on what they receive like any other income. Realistically, this would probably only apply to football and men’s basketball because these programs make all the money. My idea would be for the athletes to train full time for the four years they play – no classes – and THEN go to school after that four years is up. That way you can end the charade that anyone’s really getting an education while they play. Of course, if there are folks that want to do both at the same time – and are held to the same standard as non-student athletes – more power to ’em.
June 18, 2010 at 2:27 PM #567641Participant[quote=CardiffBaseball]How much is the education they are receiving worth? It’s not like they are taxed on that money and I don’t know if either of my kids will get anything like that. Hopefully some baseball money but even that is usually smallish as there are twice as many kids on the team as scholarships (so they divide them up).
[/quote]I think the athletes should be able to sell their scholarships if they so choose. At many schools that would amount to a pretty big chunk of change. And, sure, they should be taxed on what they receive like any other income. Realistically, this would probably only apply to football and men’s basketball because these programs make all the money. My idea would be for the athletes to train full time for the four years they play – no classes – and THEN go to school after that four years is up. That way you can end the charade that anyone’s really getting an education while they play. Of course, if there are folks that want to do both at the same time – and are held to the same standard as non-student athletes – more power to ’em.
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