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For those of you opposed. How would you feel if ODU refused to pay and ended up dropping back down to D2 to do so?

(02-02-2014 07:41 PM)monarx Wrote:  As it is now, if a kid signs he is pretty much guaranteed a scholarship until he graduates, no matter what his skills wind up being or even if he gets hurt. If we start paying kids, seems like maybe they should be able to be fired too. Personally, I think this is all just a big scam by the P5 to price the little guys out of the market. I have split feelings. I am glad ODU is trying to keep up, but on the other hand I hate to see us try to do so futilely and not win much. In some ways I wish the NCAA would tell the P5 to shove it, and take all their sports with them. The backlash could be brutal if they screw up the NCAA hoops tourney because of their greed.

This is not true. Schollies are year-to-year.

And someone's greedy alright, but it's not the players wanting to be paid...it's the NCAA.