So, how does a college player, like a star QB, share his jersey revenues with the following people who were provided for him free of charge:
A: his offensive linemen
B: his receivers
C: the coaches who made him better.
D: the trainers who made him better.
E: the university, that filled the stadium with fans long before he got there, and will long after he leaves.
F: the citizens of the state, who built the stadium
G: the journalists who give him tens of millions of dollars of free press
….etc etc etc….see where this is going? The notion that a current crop of players “generate the revenue” is just fallacious.
Funny, the NFL has no problem working all that out.
The same way an NFL player does... he won’t. But notice most everybody on that list you made already gets paid.
Do you share your salary with your employer for your office space, or the human resources department looking out for you or the co-workers who give you ideas, etc. etc. ?
I’m just proposing giving an athlete the right to merchandise himself. If he wants to share his jersey revenues with his linemen, I’m sure he would suddenly find himself better protected in the pocket. The Pro quarterbacks are smart enough to do it.
Coaches and trainers are already paid, and coaches have no problems merchandising themselves.