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NCAA Coaches: Bribing Players

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MaxBuck said:
So you don't want to let collegiate athletes benefit from their popularity because, in so doing, they might lose their popularity.

I understand your desire to retain the status quo, but this isn't a logical argument.
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I assume you understand that you misrepresented what I was saying but I will elaborate just in case I am wrong.

Currently the players get scholarships and world class training. Which is far less than what is being made in their name.

People want them to a fair value based on the income they are generating and that makes perfectly logical sense. I have no issue with this.

My concern is the reality of the situation may end up being that since only a select few schools can actually compete financially with the top dogs that allowing them to do it openly will shift the balance of power so dramatically that they lose the popularity and in the process cost themselves and all the lesser players that they needs to fill out the leagues will lose the fair market value as well as the scholarships and the world class training.
 
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BuckeyeSoldier said:
People want them to a fair value based on the income they are generating and that makes perfectly logical sense. I have no issue with this.
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That fact wasn't evident to me from your previous post. My only interest is in allowing players to benefit from their market value, through reimbursement for their image or similar marketing. I have no desire to see players getting salaries, tiered stipends or other such payments.
 
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Meanwhile, out in Tuscon.

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Might be a little messed up that coaches could get jailed in the name of an organization grossing $1B revenue protecting "amateurism". Just wild someone could go to jail for paying someone with an athletic skill.

Now, the ins and outs, legalities and whatnot of said payments are up for debate- but the underground nature is all created out of this facade of amateurism. What a world.
 
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also, i have dog in this fight as far as status quo goes. I am confident that tOSU would do far better than most and likely better than they already are
OhioState001 said:
The non paying of players argument is weaker in college basketball than it is in football. Any of these top recruits could get paid over 100k in Europe.
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Then why dont they?
MaxBuck said:
That fact wasn't evident to me from your previous post. My only interest is in allowing players to benefit from their market value, through reimbursement for their image or similar marketing. I have no desire to see players getting salaries, tiered stipends or other such payments.
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but how do you allow them to benefit without boosters giving inflated payments in exchange for attending desired schools?
 
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BuckeyeSoldier said:
also, i have dog in this fight as far as status quo goes. I am confident that tOSU would do far better than most and likely better than they already are


Then why dont they?

but how do you allow them to benefit without boosters giving inflated payments in exchange for attending desired schools?
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Because despite the fact they are not getting paid in college they are still getting more than enough perks for it to be worth it for a year
 
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