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Anti-trust lawsuit against NCAA

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cincibuck said:
And maybe, if the Michigan AD had drawn up Baylame's contract offering 300K if he successfully taught his team to block out, UK's coaches would be less $300K in bonus money.
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Maybe if the players contracts were written up to get 300k they would have put in the effort to learn how to block out.
Remember. When you are forced to pay the players under the table Kentucky wins. When you can pay then in the open the school that has the most money, Michigan, wins.
 
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What if schools didn't pay players but players were allowed to receive endorsements, money, etc from whoever else chooses? I'm starting to like this because schools can't/shouldn't be paying for players, they should be spending their money on the university and education. If schools were to pay it would instantly collapse all non revenue sports, which isn't really a problem either because we are talking about universities and not sports development programs.
 
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greyscarlet said:
What if schools didn't pay players but players were allowed to receive endorsements, money, etc from whoever else chooses? I'm starting to like this because schools can't/shouldn't be paying for players, they should be spending their money on the university and education. If schools were to pay it would instantly collapse all non revenue sports, which isn't really a problem either because we are talking about universities and not sports development programs.
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Ok st and Boone Pickens love this Model..
 
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TampaBuckeyes said:
Maybe if the players contracts were written up to get 300k they would have put in the effort to learn how to block out.
Remember. When you are forced to pay the players under the table Kentucky wins. When you can pay then in the open the school that has the most money, Michigan, wins.
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Disagree with the last sentence. The schools with the most distorted priorities and shallowest donor/alumni bases win. You honestly think the SEC! schools wouldn't gut their academic budgets in order to outbid the BIG and PAC schools?
 
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Was listening to some talk about this on the radio yesterday.... or.. maybe it was Tuesday... in any case, I cannot understand how so many people seem to get sucked into this idea that an athlete has some kind of "right" to a career as an athlete. They don't. They have a right, I suppose, to pursue such a career - but that's quite a different discussion, in my view. The professional leagues, in my view, are certainly allowed to set minimum requirements for employment. If the NFL says "All applicants must be 3 years out of high school" so fucking be it. A kid who is good at basketball doesn't get to be an NBA player simply because he thinks he's entitled to it. And, I suppose that's part of what bother me about this generation of athlete - entitlement.

Then there's the whole "Well, it's the players labors which are making millions for their institutions (usually conflated with the NCAA)" bullshit. When I was in school, I had a job making a meager pay while the corporate big wigs of my employer(s) were yachting it up in the Caribbean. So FUCKING WHAT. Other people making money on our labors? BIG FUCKING SURPRISE! Grow the fuck up, eat your free meal, enjoy state of the art facilities and your opportunity for a free education - with a chance to hit a fucking jackpot job that most people can never even come close to - and shut your goddamned mouths.
 
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