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Tim Tebow Says College Athletes Do Not Deserve Compensation
Tebow Against Compensation
Quote:Tebow, an ESPN college football analyst and the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner, argued Friday that athletes’ pursuit of compensation diminished college sports. Speaking on “First Take,” Tebow, 32, said paying student athletes would turn the NCAA “into the NFL where who has the most money, that’s where you go.”
Quote:When he played at Florida, Tebow said, he didn’t want any money for the time he devoted to football, nor did he want any cut of the profits the athletic department reaped by using his name and likeness. He said he was motivated to play college football because of his family connections to Florida and the pride he took from representing the institution.
Quote:“That’s why people are more passionate about college sports than they are the NFL. That’s why the stadiums are bigger in college than they are in the NFL, because it’s about your team. It’s about your university. It’s about where my family wanted to go. It’s about where my grandfather had a dream of seeing Florida win an SEC championship, and you’re taking that away so that young kids can earn a dollar, and that’s just not where I feel like college football needs to go.”
Tebow said it is us, a team sport. Without the other players, he would never been a household name. The California Bill and others turning a team sport into a me sport. It would make one player superior over the other. 99% of the team on college sports would not be able to sell their names and likeness like that one player. Teammates would turn on that 1 player because he is playing for the me syndrome and just used them to make money while they could not.
Balis said in this article sounded like that all NCAA athletes should get paid. This includes tennis and the other sports that do not make money. These bills are intending not just for football and basketball players, but the over all sports that each colleges and universities fielded. I told you this before if you start paying players? You have to pay all the athletes from all sports and this could go all the way down to the JUCO levels. This would start killing sports at the P5, G5, FCS, D2, D3, NAIA,NCAA, USCAA and JUCOs which many private schools could drop all sports.
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09-20-2019 05:37 PM |
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Renandpat
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RE: Tim Tebow Says College Athletes Do Not Deserve Compensation
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RE: Tim Tebow Says College Athletes Do Not Deserve Compensation
Should colleges pay athletes directly? no
Should athletes and schools be penalized when a kid makes money off their image and fame? No
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09-20-2019 08:54 PM |
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RE: Tim Tebow Says College Athletes Do Not Deserve Compensation
It's not up to Tim Tebow.
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09-21-2019 06:39 AM |
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09-21-2019 07:17 AM |
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RE: Tim Tebow Says College Athletes Do Not Deserve Compensation
(09-21-2019 07:17 AM)quo vadis Wrote: (09-20-2019 05:57 PM)Renandpat Wrote: Quote:When Tim Tebow made his famous “I promise” speech, he wasn’t wearing Gators Nike gear, he was wearing a T-shirt with the future logo of his business arm, XV Enterprises.
https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/...8577104896
His brother, Robby, set up the business.
https://miamiherald.typepad.com/gator_cl...ators.html
Seems irrelevant.
Seems that guy is a troll on Twitter. The company that Tim's brother created came out in the future. Is Tim and his brother a future reader or send that shirt back in time?
I agree with Tim. You are there in college because you love to play the sport. Screw the money. Go to school, get the education, and if you want the money to play the sport? Wait until you get into the pros. You have to earn it first, but get the education first.
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09-21-2019 09:00 AM |
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RE: Tim Tebow Says College Athletes Do Not Deserve Compensation
He's right. The starting nose tackle isn't going to get paid 50k to appear in a car dealership commercial. Then again, maybe he will. What's to stop said car dealership from inviting the whole team out annually for a car commercial with each team member receiving $5000 for their services. The OU's of the world will have a field day with this.
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09-21-2019 09:52 AM |
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RE: Tim Tebow Says College Athletes Do Not Deserve Compensation
Tebow has a lot of very unusual opinions and is notoriously stubborn so I’m not really sure why his opinion matters here
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09-21-2019 10:19 AM |
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RE: Tim Tebow Says College Athletes Do Not Deserve Compensation
What does the starting left offensive tackle at Kutztown State think about it?
His viewpoint is about as relevant as Tebow's is.
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09-21-2019 04:36 PM |
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RE: Tim Tebow Says College Athletes Do Not Deserve Compensation
(09-21-2019 04:36 PM)TerryD Wrote: What does the starting left offensive tackle at Kutztown State think about it?
His viewpoint is about as relevant as Tebow's is.
You should ask him then
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09-22-2019 03:35 PM |
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RE: Tim Tebow Says College Athletes Do Not Deserve Compensation
(09-21-2019 10:19 AM)Gamecock Wrote: Tebow has a lot of very unusual opinions and is notoriously stubborn so I’m not really sure why his opinion matters here
Agreed.
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09-23-2019 01:47 AM |
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