I don't....but think they should form minor leagues as in baseball for those students who don't want an education, but want to pursue an athletic career........Let the "regular" students play school athletics

They should be compensated. If the answer to that is a union, then sure.

(03-29-2014 10:57 PM)tigerfansincebirth89 Wrote:  They should be compensated. If the answer to that is a union, then sure.

Why? The average student pursuing an education is punished by not being able to participate in sports<----THESE are the true student- athletes......Those ballers who just want to ball are not student-athletes, they are ATHLETE-students.........What is the purpose of college? To educate, not to be a business or to be a minor league for athletes.

Why does the average student go to college????????????

Sorry...it may be Northwestern

Dumb argument. The money earned from institutions goes to pay athletes school needs , other tuition for non athletes and to run said institution including advancements and or improvements


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We are getting ever so closer to a pay to play situation. Honestly it needs to happen. I'm not sure of the bestway to do it but the amount of money these universities make off athletes is insane and throw in top the amount the ncaa makes of them. They deserve some sort of stipend

What's to stop the ballers from forming a union? How do you coach that?

They need to just go ahead and set a max. pay grade, take away all scholarships, and mandate that to get paid you must attend classes and pass.

"Passing" isn't a problem. Just put your jersey number on the paper, son. It'll be taken care of.

(03-30-2014 01:33 AM)mem-x Wrote:  "Passing" isn't a problem. Just put your jersey number on the paper, son. It'll be taken care of.

true-- per my mother who taught athletes a required course. Instructions overriding the norm 'came from above'.

She felt sorry for them. They were always so tired from practicing, she said, that many of them actually slept through her class. lol

I'm afraid that this unionizing stuff is the beginning of the end of college athletics as we know it.

They can't unionize at the moment. the NW ruling only applied to private schools. State "employees" are governed by different set of rules.

They are compensated with an education. Go play football or bball in Europe or Canada if you don't want an education and want to get paid.

(03-30-2014 08:56 AM)FCBE TIGER Wrote:  They are compensated with an education. Go play football or bball in Europe or Canada if you don't want an education and want to get paid.

You either let them make what they are worth some how or that's exactly what will happen. Or someone smart with rich people behind them will start a league that will force the NBA/NFL to get rid of their stupid age restrictions.

Get ready, if this happens college sports will be out sourced over seas. Hope everyone travels well. I got to get a ticket to China this week, the tigers r playing the vols!

imagine players striking before a final four game for more money or demanding no classes before noon or doing away with a tradition like "Tiger Walk" because the union thinks it's unnecessary

(03-30-2014 09:37 AM)OneShiningMoment Wrote:  imagine players striking before a final four game for more money or demanding no classes before noon or doing away with a tradition like "Tiger Walk" because the union thinks it's unnecessary

Players unions have never struck right before a championship game.

fine with me - let the nfl dust off the usfl and make a "AAA" league for the ones coming up and the ones trying to hang on. let the nba make the nbadl into what it SHOULD be - a "AAA" league for the same people. let THOSE franchises pay those players and coaches and pay taxes back into the communities they play in. let the players who will never ever sniff a pro contract remain in the ncaa and let colleges and universities go back to running educational enterprises, not minor league sports franchises.

im beyond worn out by the hypocrisy

(03-30-2014 09:46 AM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(03-30-2014 09:37 AM)OneShiningMoment Wrote:  imagine players striking before a final four game for more money or demanding no classes before noon or doing away with a tradition like "Tiger Walk" because the union thinks it's unnecessary

Players unions have never struck right before a championship game.

but it has caused championship games/series to be cancelled. The 1994 World Series was canceled on September 14 of that year due to an ongoing strike by the Major League Baseball Players Association, which had begun on August 12.

(03-30-2014 12:05 AM)tigers0830 Wrote:  We are getting ever so closer to a pay to play situation. Honestly it needs to happen. I'm not sure of the bestway to do it but the amount of money these universities make off athletes is insane and throw in top the amount the ncaa makes of them. They deserve some sort of stipend

This argument just is not true. The money that is made by the school is reinvested back into the program. Almost all schools do not turn a profit. The oodles of profit that schools make off of athletes only exists if you are Ohio St. or Texas. Take the fact that only 22 athletic departments make money, but now you have to pay all players within them. WOW, can you say mass cutting of Olympic sports? If the athletes had to choose between being able to play a sport that they love for 4 more years or being greedy about the opportunity that they have been given to maybe advance to the next level, it would be a no-brainer. If all athletes were to vote, most would play for free if it meant continue playing their sport. Football and basketball players would be far overwhelmed.

http://www.businessinsider.com/ncaa-reve...ort-2011-6

(03-30-2014 10:06 AM)OneShiningMoment Wrote:  

(03-30-2014 09:46 AM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(03-30-2014 09:37 AM)OneShiningMoment Wrote:  imagine players striking before a final four game for more money or demanding no classes before noon or doing away with a tradition like "Tiger Walk" because the union thinks it's unnecessary

Players unions have never struck right before a championship game.

but it has caused championship games/series to be cancelled. The 1994 World Series was canceled on September 14 of that year due to an ongoing strike by the Major League Baseball Players Association, which had begun on August 12.

If the universities get caught breaking federal law and then defaulting on payments then yes they should strike.