Is It Safe To Say The USF Basketball Program Isn't Paying Players

[DELdaBull]

Who knows. Remember we are bad at cheating

[chapelbull]

We are paying ..... just in food stamps

[Fold FB Invest in BB]

https://theintercept.com/2018/02/22/ncaa-student-athletes-unpaid-prison/

"At the root of its legal argument, the NCAA is relying on one particular case for why NCAA athletes should not be paid. That case is Vanskike v. Peters.

Only there’s an important detail: Daniel Vanskike was a prisoner at Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois, and Howard Peters was the Director of the state Department of Corrections. In 1992, Vanskike and his attorneys argued that as a prisoner he should be paid a federal minimum wage for his work. The court, in its decision, cited the 13th Amendment and rejected the claim.

The 13th Amendment is commonly hailed as the law that finally ended slavery in America. But the amendment has an important carve-out: it kept involuntary service legal for those who have been convicted of a crime. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction,” the amendment says. It’s that phrase — “except as a punishment for crime” — which allows American prisons to force their inmates to do whatever work they want or need them to do."

[Skingraft]

Football is next for the pay to play.... i could see some legacies absolutely dissolved

[charsibb]

Really? Wow.

The NCAA is citing the 13th? I find that extremely hard to believe they're that stupid.

OK, I read the motion, nowhere in it does it cite Vanskike directly, but it does cite  bunch of cases that cited Vanskike.

The optics of this is unbelievable for an organization that "employs" so many young black men.

I think this might be a bridge too far, and Vanskike, rather than helping their case, will be the camel's straw.

Might be the death knell tolling...

[Bausfkid]

Then do away with free rides and everyone pays full boat.  There are so few "stars" in the games.  Most are just athletes who play sports in relative obscurity.

[NewEnglandBull]

Might as well drop the college affiliation and just be a semi pro league. It would be cheaper for all and the players would get $ based on their skill level.