What do you all think about this. Governor says he will pass the bill if he has a chance. Could this be the end of Big 12 or what? I thought this topic would bring a good debate about college athletes being paid. Personally, I believe they should get paid to a point. Just look at how much money they bring to the schools, why not give them some money in return. Besides, most athletes are paid illegally anyways. Why not make it legal? Here is the link to the article
Maybe there trying to motivate the players a little more, since that horrible season they had last year eh
I wholeheartedly disagree with paying athletes. They get free room & board, plus free tuition, books, fees, etc. A full scholarship in the entire form of the word. Some of us should be so lucky.
Yeah, if you start paying all college athletes that bring in money, might as well start paying High Schoolers as well. They bring in a limited amount of money as well.
Exactly. They're getting a reward in the form of room, board, and education that has a five- or six-figure value. Surely this will not happen... I hope not. In addition to the basic unfairness (addressed above), this will make competition tough on the smaller schools and those without the big budgets. You end up with a league of professional teams which carry the names of large state universities, and the rest of the schools suffering by comparison (in recruiting, first of all)...
So what role does NCAA play in all of this. If it is passed and Nebraska begins to pay its players. Do they get kicked out of NCAA? If so, then wouldn't they get the best recruits in the country?
Well, there are students that get full academic scholarships, and they are allowed to have part time jobs. Participating in athletics is their job. They spend hours each day at practice and then play games that prevent them from getting a part time job. A stipend would be their "salary". Of course, knowing the NCAA, they would seriously low-ball the athletes on a stipend, so it wouldn't make much of a difference...
I have no problem with them getting part-time jobs. But they don't deserve a salary. Participating in atheletics is not their job. It is a requirement to receive a scholarship. There are two main types of scholarships. Academic and Sports-based. Academic scholarships have high academic standards, requiring recipients to maintain a high G.P.A. Full scholarships usually require an extremely high G.P.A. This amounts to a lot of hard mental work in the realm of studying. Sports-based scholarships are always full rides. They require very little academic work, just passing (a 2.0 I believe). Considering that many college athletes major in flimsy areas of work, this isn't very difficult. (No I'm not stereotyping, I'm just stating what I've seen over the course of college sports history whenever an athlete's name major is mentioned. There are always the Craig Krenzel's of the world as well...) However, for college athletes to keep their scholarship they are required to participate in practices, games, study film, work-out etc. It is apples and oranges. Both types of scholarships require hard work, just different types. If a college athlete wants a part time job, than by all means go ahead. I don't see a problem with that. But how many people on full rides academically have part time jobs? I would love to see a statistic about that. I'm sure it is just as tough (time-wise) for them to commit to a job as it is for a college athlete.
No more "pro sports is all about the money" arguements can be made in favor of college atheltics now. Thank god.
Many of the D1 athletes live off campus so they get their scholarship money in the form of a check made out to them. Many of these players live together and surprisingly their rent is lower than surrounding properties. Therefor they pocket their schlarship money. I don't know if it happens to all athletes but it happens to the football players. They also get other benefits that others don't: 1. Tutors 2. Training table food (when otehr students are away they eat very well) 3. Availabilty to classes (these guys get into the classes they want to get into, some of them are popular for a reason) So they may not be rich but they have more workign for them than most of the student body.
D1 football is a full-year sport now.....I think they do need to be paid something....Nebraska just has to find SOME way to get any kind of athlete in there at all, since their coach is the anti-Mack....
I think the players will be against it!! If the state takes over their pay, it will likely be a cut from what they have been getting from boosters.
Bduke- Virtually all D1 sports are year round. From fall ball in baseball, to open gyms in basketball there is no off season for most major sports. Basically the problem will be how do you justify paying only football players? Don't you think the Title 9 attorneys will have a field day with that. And there is no way any university will be wqilling to pay every athlete.
Yeah they are compensated in the 5-6 figure range. But, the market value of the best of them is higher yet. So, they are still lowballed by the NCAA monopoly.
EXACTLY!!! Top athletes deserve a stipend as they cannot hold down jobs, but the high-profile sports help pay for non-profile athletics. If it’s purely a junior league, then why the affiliation with schools at all??? If they want to get paid "market" then they should play pro. Let someone start a pro league for highschool/college kids and pay market rates. Then if the kids don't want to go to these exploiting schools, they don't have to. Or they can simply declare early and go to the big leagues/or development leagues/ or foreign leagues straight off.
