EA/CLC Settlement With O'Bannon Team Is $40 Million

[KingofATL]

All the time in court and court cost for a few hundred dollars.....

C'mon Maaaaaaaaaaaan!!!!!!!!

[Sam Marlowe]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportzbro

How about I bitch and moan about the university commercials often shown touting how great this program is - or how amazing this field of study is - or how if you come here you're life will change - or we have X amount of award winners - or the debate team is defending national champions... I'm part of that. I make that happen along with countless other students. Where's my compensation for making the university what it is?

You either aren't really reading my comments or you don't understand what Im saying. Im basically throwing any pay system from the school end of things out of the window. Its untenable and currently illegal. But why should the NCAA be allowed to have a monopoly on player likenesses and names for profit to go along with their other revenue streams?

Players can't be paid, but why should they be denied access to money they themselves could generate from their own likeness or name? And not just while they attend school but even after they have left?

[sportzbro]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sam Marlowe

You either aren't really reading my comments or you don't understand what Im saying. Im basically throwing any pay system from the school end of things out of the window. Its untenable and currently illegal. But why should the NCAA be allowed to have a monopoly on player likenesses and names for profit to go along with their other revenue streams? Players can't be paid, but why should they be denied access to money they themselves could generate from their own likeness or name? And not just while they attend school but even after they have left?

Yes, I was a bit confused by your comment, but do agree with the pay system not happening. As far as compensation for likeness - games/jerseys/etc. - IMO, they are simply a number... a member of the collective, amateur team with revenues going back into the team which propels it for future success helping attract more students/professors/athletes.

It's a two way street - you play for us & we'll set you up for success, BUT we own your "image". I think it's a fair trade off all things considered. That's about as simple as I can summarize my stance on it.

[Sam Marlowe]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportzbro

Yes, I was a bit confused by your comment, but do agree with the pay system not happening. As far as compensation for likeness - games/jerseys/etc. - IMO, they are simply a number... a member of the collective, amateur team with revenues going back into the team which propels it for future success helping attract more students/professors/athletes. It's a two way street - you play for us & we'll set you up for success, BUT we own your "image". I think it's a fair trade off all things considered. That's about as simple as I can summarize my stance on it.

Im sorry but this doesn't cut it. The institutions themselves value the higher earners (which is what they really are) more. Hence the vip treatment, bogus scholarships ect.

Anyway, its not nowhere a fair trade off. U get millions while I get "exposure" and "set up for success"? LOL, no. (Btw Im referencing things at the highest level. The top schools, top conferences, top players. That's where all the money is generated)

[Dogslax41]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportzbro

What is with this mentality of players and former players trying to convince others that their life was so terrible in their playing days because they "can't just enjoy the life of a regular student". This is a classic case of having your cake and eating it too, and the underlying problem of all these current athletes wanting to be paid. You can't have it both ways. You signed on to play whatever sport. Not one person forced you to do this, and you even had the resources to have your pick between scholarships and paying for your own education. This isn't a sacrifice - it's a privilege to have that type of option.

Life was so terrible...no. Would I do it all over again in a heartbeat absolutely but to sit and listen to a jocksniffer tell me that playing D1 ball doesn't require serious life altering sacrifices then yes that gets on my nerves. A PRIVILEGE that every single one of us worked non stop for pre-college and in college and earned.

At no point did I ever say it was unfair. What I said was you have ZERO room to trivialize the sacrifices athletes make.

[koolaid251]

We need to whip Ed O'bannon and Sam kellers *** this is some bs!!!

[jerwoods]

if i was EA and knew let say in dec 2012 that this was going to be my last ncaa game most likely for good


i would have done this
1 Add a Custom Playoff 4'8'12'16
2 add all 1-a and 1-aa teams
add all 1-aa conf
3 add storming the field after a big win
in dynasty mode add loss of scholarships bowl bans
add all uni
4 put in a stadium editor

[da ThRONe]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportzbro

You made the decision to play. You knew the risks. Why is that so hard to understand? And students also generate "millions" by developing technology, cures, figuring out formulas, producing top talent that enters the work force. By them succeeding, more students want to go to that university. It's not all about you.

And you make the decision to go to the school. That doesn't make the escalating cost of college fair or the exploitation of college athletes fair.

You make my case. Those student who work in labs get paid through grants. Again I think the cost of colleges are criminal and something should be done about it. However that's not the discussion here. Also forbiding athletes from accepting money and/or signing endorsement deals doesn't have any impact on your tuition.

Quote:

10K per semester for this regular student. Stop putting yourself on a pedestal.

It's no pedestal just common sense. Nothing prevents you from accepting money or working. If you can work for Mircosoft for a summer and they want to pay you however much they are more than welcome to. Student athlete not so much.