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BuckeyeMike80;1946483; said:Should they be able to sell their stuff: Sure. It's THEIR stuff. Either don't give them anything of value for playing the game until after their eligibility is up or continue with the bags of crap that most of them couldn't afford anyway and rings/trophies/gifts/charms but acknowledge that once it's in their possession it's theirs to do with as they please.
I have some sympathy for that argument but the obvious problem is that it surely leads to someone selling their used toilet paper for $10,000 (or something less extreme but you get the point) because boosters are using purchases like that as a cover for golden handshakes. Right now there's no legal way to give players money. Creating one is just opening a loophole through which all the money will flow. If you could put some kind of limitation on it - e.g., the player can sell something but he must sell it through the school or through an NCAA marketplace - it'd be more acceptable.
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