(03-15-2019 02:06 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(03-14-2019 06:29 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(03-14-2019 03:34 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Another issue with name and likeness is that the name and likeness is probably worthless without the university stage. Additionally, name and likeness revenue for the efforts of the entire team will accrue to just a few members. The QB--a running back--perhaps a receiver or linebacker. I doubt the name and likeness money for a offensive lineman is significant. Id prefer for the "name and likeness" revenue to be pooled and distributed to the players equally. The star QB aint crap if the OL fails to block.

That's like saying that Tim Cook isn't worth anything without the efforts of everyone at Apple, therefore all of his salary, bonuses, and stock must be divided equally among every Apple employee and, for that matter, all of Apple's revenue must be pooled and distributed to the employees equally. Karl Marx would have loved that argument.

Didnt realize Apple was an amateur hobby workshop. Amateur athletics isnt supposed to work like the pro's. Thats kinda the point. Id like to figure out a way for the players to get the equivalent of a nice college part time job so they at least have some decent pocket change to go out on a date or something with. You can play around with the arrangements. Maybe the player shooting the commercial gets 20% of the money to himself and the rest goes into a fund for the team, conference, or NCAA (however the leagues decide to do it). The point is to keep it generally amateur and to allow these outside payments to reflect the team nature of the game.

Bottom line---I dont like the idea at all. It essentially just makes it legal to do EXACTLY what SMU got the death penalty for. Thats how far away from the where we started this rule would take us. If your going to do this--just pay the payers. At least then the schools and conferences can have moderating influence. Whats being proposed is the Wild West.

What's being proposed is capitalism.

Also, as currently proposed, the only "penalty" for clinging to NCAA-style shamateurism is losing tax-exempt status. Any school that wants to give up tax-exempt status for its athletic department can make that choice.