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(10-02-2019 10:37 AM)wmubroncopilot Wrote:  

(10-01-2019 02:28 PM)Boca Rocket Wrote:  

(10-01-2019 11:27 AM)wmubroncopilot Wrote:  

(10-01-2019 11:15 AM)Boca Rocket Wrote:  

(10-01-2019 10:53 AM)wmubroncopilot Wrote:  OK sure, there could be a nominal charge to use a player's likeness on a jersey etc. (maybe? not sure about this if their name isn't on it). That's not the huge deal to the bottom line you're making it seem. In fact, the school could perhaps sell more jerseys if they can stick a star player's name on it instead of the generic #1 jerseys I saw in the bookstore when I went to WMU.

This won't make a lick of difference separating haves and have nots. All the stuff you're referencing re: skill players vs. blockers etc. already happens. For reference: https://www.bannersociety.com/2014/4/10/...ll-players

The idea that more players are gonna go P5 because of this is fantasy considering they already get all the players they want anyway.

If anything this could help mid majors steal a few guys from the mid to lower tier P5s, if a guy is a star at a smaller program they could easily have more opportunities for endorsements or car dealership ads vs. being a rotational player at Indiana or Syracuse.

You're selling endorsements. I'm selling education and college experience. People pushing this have no
regard for the value of education. Somebody that's
looking for a pay check needs to go to work. If you got an endorsement deal, forfeit your schollie pay for your education. The majority of fans are tied to the school not the player.

And who are you or the NCAA to tell a student they can't make money on the side? Honestly applying a little logic, your position is ridiculous. A player getting an endorsement deal has nothing to do with him getting scholarship money. They ARE going to work, it's the damn free market, if someone is willing to pay them because they deem it's good for their bottom line (or whatever other reason they choose), that's nobody else's business.

If a star music student becomes famous on American Idol and gets paid should they be forced to give up their scholarship? Because some old dude is bitter about it?

There's no reason to oppose this besides outdated tradition.

Does he or doesn't he use the brand the University
has developed to get his endorsement deal?

You bring this up as some kind of smoking gun when the reality is it's a minor issue that can be worked out, whether it's case by case or in bylaws. Obviously if players are getting endorsements or appearing in commercials as athletes representing a school, the universities are going to require payment for use of their brand. That already happens with all sorts of apparel deals etc. This really could be a win-win for both sides, although probably less so at the major universities who stand to lose some money off their already insane apparel sales.

This nitpicking of details isn't helpful to the discussion, really.

"In fact, according to an analysis cited in The Economist, if players were paid in proportion to the amount of revenue they generated for their colleges, “the top 10 percent of football and 16 percent of basketball players would be paid around $400,000 and $250,000 a year respectively.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/opini...-paid.html