Posted on 06/21/2021 8:22:08 AM PDT by Dacula
WASHINGTON -- In a ruling that could help push changes in college athletics, the Supreme Court on Monday unanimously sided with a group of former college athletes in a dispute with the NCAA over rules limiting certain compensation.
Yes, I understand, I do not live in MGW. I have not listened to Sportsline in around 9 months. Simply do not care anymore.
My SWAG, they will loose at least high single to low double digit percentage of ticket sales as a minimum from 2019.
It will be interesting to see how this turns out at the various schools.
I was a grad student I know the life well !
Same here and I love football too!
Why is it illegal to pay former college athletes?
it’s over....its done...nice while it lasted....
Not even remotely compared to the value they bring in. Why should they only keep 1% of the value they bring to the school? Its a pure monopoly and it should be struck down, period.
its $200,000 NOT being used to help some working class kid .
yes they are corrupt....
however, if you want to pay players, then PAY them....take away their college scholarships and stop pretending that they are "college" material...many are, many are not....
and when they are paid, TAX them please....make them pay taxes....
who wants to see the same 3 or 4 football teams in the national championships each year....
no patsys for these behemouths to play , how are they going to beef up their records?...
its becoming more and more farcical...
I am not sure how this is going to work out, but hopefully it will end the farcical idea of the student athlete. A majority of football and basketball players at the top tier schools are either too stupid, or too ill-prepared for college. Maybe this ruling will help to end the pretense that these are real college students.
Also, when the schools start spending big money on the talent it will likely create more jealousy and discord within the team. What third string quarterback doesn’t think he deserves to be the starter? What happens when the starter is getting big money and the third stringer is receiving relatively peanuts in comparison? What happens when a star player is offered more money to transfer to another college?
The best outcome of this decision may be that it brings about the end of the NCAA and a majority of the school sponsored athletic programs. I have long advocated that athletics be separated from middle schools, high schools and colleges in favor of club sports. Club sports do exist for elementary kids, and they used to exist for adult sports. Colleges could still sponsor clubs, but the players could go to trade school, or work as an apprentice, or go to college. The phony pretense of the student athlete could thus end.
true, but often academic scholarships pale in comparison to athletic scholarships.
science majors will NOT get free travel, be introduced to mulitple rich people and get connections, will not get highlighted in media.
You can take the remedial high school classes allocated for student athletes at any local community college
Not at USC in California, even if you go to the draft before graduation you can come back and finish under the scholarship. It is a tough school and they do not have baby courses, over 50,000 applicants a year for 5,000 openings and 200Kplus for 4 years. My daughter not a sporto finished in 4 and paid off her student loans in full
Each school is different but the NCAA pushes the limits by marketing the players while still in school through gaming companies and the person they use as bait gets nada
A fair question. I think a lot of people would be shocked to learn that in MANY states, the highest paid civil servant is likely to be a college basketball or football coach. In fact, the several highest paid state employees are likely to be athletic coaches.
In theory, college sports should still exists but it should be regular folks playing it not studs like we are seeing nowadays.
“Cost does not equal value.
Nor did I say it did. I simply said the n4yr cost is $200,000...period.
My opinion if you want it is that none of today’s Colleges are worth even 10% of what they charge and I repeat a HS education up thru the mid 60’s far surpasses what the Colleges turn out these days.
I know that Nick Saban is the highest paid in Alabama, and his assistants make good money. His success also brings in more than his program spends, and subsidizes many other sports.
A complicated topic. I happened to play football at a Div I-A (now known as FBS) school. My son played college baseball on a partial scholarship and both my daughters played sports as well, but on limited scholarships as well. So, I think I have a reasonably good understanding of what scholarship athletics means to the conferences, the schools and most importantly, the student-athletes.
I think the argument against is not without its merits. The value of a full-ride scholarship to my alma mater is in excess of $60K a year. That’s some serious coin.
OTOH, the argument that says the players that are having their likeness used to promote the NCAA and the individual schools without ANY remuneration whatsoever is also not without merit. How would you like to see your face on the NCAA football video game that is going to generate hundreds of millions (or more) and you’re not going to see a penny of it. That’s not right either.
But honestly, I don’t see how they can allow some athletes to access the endorsement market without it quickly devolving into a farce. This may be one of those problems where there aren’t any good solutions.
“Most college athletes do not get full boat scholarships.”
I thought D1 universities scholarships are full rides.
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