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

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Quote: Originally Posted by BenGerman

I think the easy answer here is to create a minor league system of some kind in the NFL where players can go pro straight out of college. I agree that I don't want amateur sports killed off (I do think all NCAA athletes deserve a small stipend), but why are we trying so hard to keep them from making money?

This is the question that I just don't understand. As the amount of money generated with major college athletics constantly increase why wouldn't these Student Athletes look to capitalize on the contributions they make? But more importantly like you questioned why are so many against it?

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Quote: Originally Posted by MBFranchise

Except that violates federal law. In my eyes the best way to see what would be best for athletes (not just football and basketball, but all athletes) would be to ask them, "What would you rather have, an athletic scholarship or the ability to market yourselves?" Because if the students could make money off of their likeness, why would they need scholarships in the first place? This is the only way it could work with Title IX, to keep it how it is or completely erase athletic scholarships, which would hinder probably 99% of athletes.

To my understanding this isn't true. Title IX is about fair play between gender and sports. Everything that applies to one SA has to applies to all SA's. Everything that I've heard or read doesn't say title IX makes paying scholarship athletes against the rules it makes paying only certain scholarship athletes against the rules. Since there's no way the school could afford to pay them all anything significant enough to matter they pay none.

Again if the NCAA removes all rules barring athletes from receiving outside benefits from 3rd parties it would be unilateral. Most importantly it wouldn't cost each individual schools a dime. When you break it down the argument that SA's then should have to choose between a scholarship or the ability to accept gift/money from a 3rd party is just way off base.

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Quote: Originally Posted by sportzbro

Thanks for the laughs.

Your welcome.

Again I have yet to have anyone make a logical case why this is bad for the scholarship athletes or the schools themselves.

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Well, I have issues with the integrity of the sport at that point. Part of the appeal of college football for me is that it is amateur. This is probably why I firmly believe the best game and rivalry in college football every single year is Army vs Navy.

Allowing third parties to pay, i.e. bribe, the student athletes would be devastating to the integrity of the sport, though the NCAA and institutions have done a good job of that at themselves.

Like I have said in previous posts, I'd rather the whole of college football and basketball be scaled back. College football should look more like Army vs Navy and less like Alabama vs LSU.