Florida Schools to Allow Athletes to Profit...

[JTrue]

1 hour ago, Fold FB Invest in BB said:

They would benefit, just not at USF. Why would they come here and get the CiCi’s pizza sponsorship when they could go to UF and get the PaPa Johns dough instead.

 

It does affect our programs. It means the rare talent that does sign here will be fewer and further between. This is the next step in making a new tiered system in the money sports.

Or maybe, it does help us. If you're a run of the mill 4-5 star guy signing with a big program, you're lost in the mix. You sign with us, you're a star and you might get something.

[Brad]

NY Times used a picture of USF WBB?  Wow.  There’s the highlight.  

[Brad]

“We don’t want to change the character of sports,” said Representative Chip LaMarca, the Republican architect of Florida’s law. “We’re just trying to add the same economic freedom and fairness that a typical student in college would have.”
 

 

What economic freedom? To buy ramen? 

Impossible mission.  This opens window for so much abuse. 

Also, how much must the “student-athlete” then pay the School to be featured with their logo, mascot, colors.

Another stupid idea to appease stupid players that should just try going pro to get their “bag”  Stay out of school.  They disrespect the value of the education instead wanting to make money as a pawn for some huge donor’s business.  All can be bought.  This takes advantage of the situation.

Where does Title IX come in? Won’t chicks have to receive same extra payments or is this a sneaky way around the “equality” rules?  

I don’t like one bit of this or the slow destruction of college sports.   

This reminds me of the student athlete I knew who worked as a waiter (long time ago).  He received incredible tips from you know who - the same folks you’d see at games. All under the guise that poor, although fully funded players “should be allowed to work too, just like other students .”  But it’s not the same, at least as far as the tips go.

Watch it all rot.

Sports in our society are failing.  

 

[Brad]

Think of all the Gator sponsorships the Tampa area money will go to. Pay a recruit while recruiting more to UF.  
 

 

“When I was playing college football, my priorities were girls, football and then school,” said Mark Richt, who led the football programs at Georgia and Miami before he retired from coaching in 2018. “Now it’s going to be money, girls, football, school.”

[Brad]

 

[BulledOver]

All this conjures up the image of our players taking the field and their jerseys/helmets loaded with endorsement/advertisers logo's kinda like a Nascar vehicle....

Thought: Of course only a small % of players will actually ever benefit from this move. It will be skill players mainly, the stars. Since $$ is going to be allowed to flow into the college ranks why not get it more equal? Set performance and team goals that pay off with cash at graduation or when transferring. Kinda like pro bonuses. Attain your goals, win the conference, get to a bowl all the players make a few bucks. If your skill/star guys get hooked up with the "use of likeness" scenario sure they make more. If this only benefits a few I see potential problems..?  Money starts flowing-Cheating starts showing

[CousinRicky]

10 hours ago, BulledOver said:

All this conjures up the image of our players taking the field and their jerseys/helmets loaded with endorsement/advertisers logo's kinda like a Nascar vehicle....

Thought: Of course only a small % of players will actually ever benefit from this move. It will be skill players mainly, the stars. Since $$ is going to be allowed to flow into the college ranks why not get it more equal? Set performance and team goals that pay off with cash at graduation or when transferring. Kinda like pro bonuses. Attain your goals, win the conference, get to a bowl all the players make a few bucks. If your skill/star guys get hooked up with the "use of likeness" scenario sure they make more. If this only benefits a few I see potential problems..?  Money starts flowing-Cheating starts showing

I've not read any details of this subject.  Are there going to be limits on what an athlete can earn?  Otherwise, a big donor at Alabama can pay a kid $100k for his autograph and a jock strap.  

[Brad]

Exactly the plan.

[CousinRicky]

1 hour ago, Brad said:

Exactly the plan.

Limits or no limits?

[Friscobull]

23 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

Limits or no limits?

No limit, like Texas Hold em.