The NCAA Is Under Seige

[bull-71]

Ok if I want to be a commerial airline pilot I can go to school pay all my fees and if I am good I will qualify..If I don't make the grade I still OWE for my education..

 

OK Now I want to be a NFL football player..I go to College for free and get hurt get every thing paid for..Oh yes I want to get paid while Im a sub par player also...

 

IMO come  on get paid is BS and while we are at it  the father who says..Make sure Johnny doesn't get hurt he's got a windfall if he signs with the NFL--Ok so the average stay in  the NFL is only three years...

 

It doesn't fly and I project if players get paid  it will be the DEATH of College sports  ...I don't go to NFL games..Lots of people don't go see the Buc's play..WE have one looser there WE don't need to put USF in the same boat..

 

Go Bulls

[MonsterBullMCMXC]

So how much goes to the rest of the student body that pay tuition so the university can continue to exist and give these athletes the platform to showcase their skill? Will I get a cut from their million dollar contract once they hit it big since I paid into the program that showed them off to the country? Where's my cut from having a high gpa which raises the profile of the school academically? Stupid argument. I would love to have everything paid for and get to play a game I love around the country for free. Sure, let's pay these athletes so they can barely pass their criminal justice degree or sociology. God, life is so hard, I get to go to school for free and play football while the other 44,000 students get jobs and in debt to pay for this. B U L L S H I T.

[Brad]

slick1ru2, on 09 Feb 2013 - 12:56, said:

This is just one of the articles mentioned in piece done in the current SI issue about how the NCAA is under attack from all angles including the EA Sports lawsuit. Basically the college institutions are making billions on unpaid student athletes.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/10/the-shame-of-college-sports/308643/

The Shame of College Sports

 

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A litany of scandals in recent years have made the

corruption of college sports constant front-page news. We profess

outrage each time we learn that yet another student-athlete has been

taking money under the table. But the real scandal is the very structure

of college sports, wherein student-athletes generate billions of

dollars for universities and private companies while earning nothing for

themselves. Here, a leading civil-rights historian makes the case for

paying college athletes—and reveals how a spate of lawsuits working

their way through the courts could destroy the NCAA...

Is that article you posted really from October 2011?

Silly me, I decided to actually take a look (first page only). Any updates relevant to that stuff?  For the fans, what's the shelf life of a siege?

[bull-71]

When USF started the Football program tickets for my seats --To the best of my memory were $12 per game..Tickets now are about $45 I can  justify this as  supporting USF athletics.  If I want to pay $45 for paid players  I can always see a loosing Bucs team..

 

Go Bulls

[Brad]

I went to a high school basketball tournament.  They charged $8 to get in for the day.

 

I feel dirty.

[jvwvu]

On a WVU board we have been discussing this

Here is where I see it's going.

The Big 4-5 will end up breaking away from NCAA along with the C7 schools will end up breaking away from the NCAA, because of BCS money being shared with others, and the NCAAs biggest money maker is March Madness. The top 60-80 football teams and 10-20 bballs teams are going to split that money.

The athletes will get paid a stipend of about $10k per semester spring and fall and $5k for summer for a capped total of $25k per year. The schools will have to decide which sports that they want to give stipends to and how much based on revenue that sport brings in or how much you want to support that sport.

The money from TV, March Madness, and not sharing BCS money will help make these payments.

[charsibb]

The more I read all of these changes (potential and real) the more I feel our program has missed the boat by starting too late. There are so many possibilities but when you add them all up it seems to be on the negative.

 

You can blame John Lott Brown for this one. He didn't just have to retire, he had to DIE before we could get football.

 

What a misguided old man he was ('course, that's what most folks say about me, so who am I to talk...)

[slick1ru2]

Ok if I want to be a commerial airline pilot I can go to school pay all my fees and if I am good I will qualify..If I don't make the grade I still OWE for my education..

 

OK Now I want to be a NFL football player..I go to College for free and get hurt get every thing paid for..Oh yes I want to get paid while Im a sub par player also...

 

IMO come  on get paid is BS and while we are at it  the father who says..Make sure Johnny doesn't get hurt he's got a windfall if he signs with the NFL--Ok so the average stay in  the NFL is only three years...

 

It doesn't fly and I project if players get paid  it will be the DEATH of College sports  ...I don't go to NFL games..Lots of people don't go see the Buc's play..WE have one looser there WE don't need to put USF in the same boat..

 

Go Bulls

No one would be using your likeness while you where in school to line their pockets with billions. Apples and oranges. Many of these players don't go to the NFL. IF you actual read one of the articles, the school he attended got millions for him winning the Heisman and now he sells used cars.

[Florida Bull]

The more I read all of these changes (potential and real) the more I feel our program has missed the boat by starting too late. There are so many possibilities but when you add them all up it seems to be on the negative.

You can blame John Lott Brown for this one. He

didn't just have to retire, he had to DIE before we could get football.

What a misguided old man he was ('course, that's what most folks say about me, so who am I to talk...)

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I am not sure where, but I read we would not have a football program without Lee Roy Selmon. He is the face of our athletic department.

Edited February 11, 2013 by Florida Bull

[NewEnglandBull]

On a WVU board we have been discussing this

Here is where I see it's going.

The Big 4-5 will end up breaking away from NCAA along with the C7 schools will end up breaking away from the NCAA, because of BCS money being shared with others, and the NCAAs biggest money maker is March Madness. The top 60-80 football teams and 10-20 bballs teams are going to split that money.

The athletes will get paid a stipend of about $10k per semester spring and fall and $5k for summer for a capped total of $25k per year. The schools will have to decide which sports that they want to give stipends to and how much based on revenue that sport brings in or how much you want to support that sport.

The money from TV, March Madness, and not sharing BCS money will help make these payments.

If this happens I am done, college football will be dead to me. Back to NFL.