Posted on 06/03/2023 7:52:06 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
California lawmakers have moved onto the next big battleground in the convulsive world of college sports: sharing the industry’s wealth with athletes.
...That could include a windfall for University of Southern California and University of California, Los Angeles, football players after their schools move in 2024 to the Big Ten, as they would benefit from the conference’s $7.5 billion seven-year media rights deal.
Payments to players would be based on a formula in which half of the money is set aside for male athletes and half for female athletes every year, and then apportioned equally among players in programs that generate revenue over the 2021-2022 baseline, after the cost of players’ scholarships has been deducted.
... a provision that could bring paychecks for graduating female athletes even in sports that don’t turn a profit on schools’ balance sheets.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
As this is become a profit making enterprise, the players should get paid.
—”Do the Trans athletes get paid twice?”
Not to worry.
An additional half will be carved out just for them.
The same as Congress does for any favorite special interest group.
The emblem they use now us B1G
But of course people will still call it the Big 10
The sports which make money are men’s basketball and football. Everything else is a money loser. With the profits paying the players instead of paying for other sports, will those other sports now be cut? Will college sports be reduced to men’s basketball, women’s basketball (to match the number of athletes), football and enough other women’s sports to match the football rosters?
That is a sticky wicket.
Pls, define profit and the associated expenses. Lifetime medical care for sports injuries? Including inflation?
Do Colleges Make Money From Athletics? Although college sports play a big role in bringing in money for universities, they rarely generate a positive net revenue — especially in light of COVID-19.
... On average, a university will realize more revenue from football than it will from the next 35 sports combined. At the University of Texas — routinely ranked No. 1 on the earnings list — 70% of its athletics revenue is derived from football.
https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/analysis/2020/11/20/do-college-sports-make-money/
I think you meant football and basketball. The college baseball game has no major tv revenue or huge attendance numbers. Because MLB baseball is more direct, with a professional farm team system, top players usually skip the college game altogether.
Some college teams are run as business. I have a friend from High School who played for a major D1 team. He was directed to certain courses that would keep his grade point up and provided tutoring. Yes, there are some who take hard academic courses and graduate with honors, but they are few and far between. My friend had little time except for practice, travel for games and rest. Even in the off season the work outs were intense and offered little time for studies.
The skills of these kids is the basis of a multi-million dollar industry, they are “hired” via a scholarship and expenses to labor within that industry, while working far more than an 8 hour day. Some D1 sports like football and basketball are in reality feeder teams for professional football and professional basket ball.
The “Student Athletes” are absolutely not amateurs. It is time to recognize that at least for certain D1 college sports that they are professional sports teams and pay the athletes for their work and sacrifices.
—” Yes, there are some who take hard academic courses and graduate with honors, but they are few and far between. My friend had little time except for practice, travel for games and rest. Even in the off season the work outs were intense and offered little time for studies.”
One of the many fun things my old friend mentioned was his first meeting with the COACH.
He shows the COACH his proposed schedule and is quickly told it would never work and assistant Bob will take care of it.
Bob tells him he should work his schedule around a list of instructors that are “FRIENDS OF THE TEAM”.
And to attend classes wearing team sweats so there is no mistake.
He said he only attended about HALF of all possible classes.
With all the help coming into the final semester of the last year he realizes he must pass every class to graduate on time in four years.
Still, he had one very questionable class, public speaking.
His fraternity brothers were a big help in tutoring and loaning him ties, sports coats, and collared shirts...
One day his prayers were answered!
The instructor was very late to class and announced that his friend, Professor Smith had been in a terrible car accident and in need of blood donations.
Any donors would be appreciated and helped after class.
That did the trick.
Although drafted into the pros, he had a solid offer to start as a teacher in the fall.
He said that he didn’t have the full skill set for the pros, most like him would play for a few years in Europe for further development.
Ten years of teaching were the best of his life, but his soon-to-be former wife demanded that he find a real job with a full paycheck! I do not recall the pay but not very much, in the late 1960s or early 1970s. in a few years, teacher pay jumped in the area.
I don’t want a team to buy Natties. It’s ruined for me.
If players are guaranteed equal-ish shares, what’s to stop every single student from joining some kind of team in order to get a share of the booty?
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