tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post1477332143322010562..comments2024-02-17T04:06:00.805-05:00Comments on Just Not Said: Questions about the college players' unionJohn Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-36132211372560960752014-04-05T21:05:35.371-04:002014-04-05T21:05:35.371-04:00Anon --
Ha! You're right, I don't think th...Anon --<br />Ha! You're right, I don't think they were anticipating the "laryngeal shave" Bruce who emerged. (He didn't like his prominent Adam's apple, so had it shaved down.) John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-52595182628419602472014-04-05T20:49:04.003-04:002014-04-05T20:49:04.003-04:00As Olympic endorsents go, does anyone think Genera...As Olympic endorsents go, does anyone think General Mills is still glaad they put Bruce Jenner pm the Wheaties box?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-46296073187116515792014-04-05T10:29:01.426-04:002014-04-05T10:29:01.426-04:00Anon --
I completely agree with you that college a...Anon --<br />I completely agree with you that college athletes ought to be allowed to earn whatever money they can on the side. They should be allowed to accept gifts and endorsement money. <br /><br />But keep in mind that it's only the rare -- very rare -- Olympic athlete who can make millions in endorsements. In this country, there have been only two: Phelps and Lochte. The rest of the Olympic team can scrape together a living from swimsuit companies and national stipends, but it probably doesn't add up to much more than the value of a scholarship at a top college. For every Usain Bolt, there are hundreds of lower level Olympic runners who barely scrape by. You rowed, you know how that is. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-13652024954006977242014-04-05T09:51:14.595-04:002014-04-05T09:51:14.595-04:00Unlike college football players, olympic athletes ...Unlike college football players, olympic athletes can make millions in endorsements. College football players would be kicked out of football for selling their game jerseys, while olympic swimmers sign contracts to sell goggles and swimsuits.<br /><br />It may not be the responsibility of the college to pay their athletes, but they should give athletes the freedom to at least earn money via endorsements or signing autographs.<br /><br />The NCAA rules prohibit them from taking money from boosters. Why ? They forbid them from transferring to another school to play football (if they transfer to another school they must sit out a year and may lose a year of playing time. Even the International olympic committee allows nations to pay their athletes. Many nations give their athletes stipends and pay for their coaches, food, rent etc... and give them a bonus for winning a medal.<br /><br />a rower on my college team competed in the 1996 olympics. while training for the olympics they raised private funds to help pay the costs of training and living expenses. Yet college athletes would be banned from accepting such funds, and the university would be sanctioned if they allowed a private group to help student athletes pay their living expenses. <br /><br />at minimum the NCAA should allow athletes to accept gifts, money, endorsements etc...Instead of imposing sanctions on teams if an athlete accepts gifts.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-1686653074133856022014-04-04T16:23:20.666-04:002014-04-04T16:23:20.666-04:00Thank you, you make some good points too. I hadn&#...Thank you, you make some good points too. I hadn't thought of likening the college system to minor league baseball, but it's an apt analogy. <br /><br />Do the college football players deserve some of the television revenue? By that line of logic, NBC, which makes millions off of its Olympic coverage, ought to share that money with the runners and swimmers and gymnasts. (Sorry, the rowers don't bring in the same ratings.) After all, they're the ones the audience tunes in to see, and it's because of them that NBC makes so much money. So does NBC owe them money? <br /><br />A more stretched analogy: news shows make money off people who've had tragedies happen in their lives; do they owe those people money? They also make money off of their coverage of politicians; are they owed money as well? I don't think so.<br /><br />I certainly wouldn't mind the NCAA having rules governing the coaches the same way they do the players; that does seem more fair. <br /><br />i agree that football is a dangerous sport which can easily result in lifelong injuries; I'd even say that over 50% of the ex-fotball players I've known are nursing something gimpy 20 years after their careers ended. (We're humans, not rams.) But is that the responsibility of the college? I"m not so sure. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-35711644700602993062014-04-04T15:56:31.193-04:002014-04-04T15:56:31.193-04:00you make some good points.
college football funct...you make some good points.<br /><br />college football functions similar to the minor league baseball clubs, so it would be interesting if the NFL started to pay the college coaches salaries and the college players salaries were supplemented from the NFL and the NCAA TV revenue. Each NFL team could take an "ownership" stake in 2 or 3 college programs, then the players would get tied to an NFL team when they chose their college, just as baseball players in the minor leagues.<br /><br />But I do see why the college football and Basketball players want some of the income the NCAA gets from their efforts. The Universities and NCAA make millions of dollars from these students efforts, and most of the students get little in return. The NCAA has so many rules governing the players, they should add rules to govern the coaches, seems unfair they can pack up and leave a program without notice, while the players they recruited are stuck playing for another coach. <br /><br />I do think the College football players should get paid a monthly stipend while they are at school. The universities are earning plenty of money from these athletes. <br /><br />I was a student athlete for 2 years in college, on the crew team. It is very difficult to play division 1A and get good grades. But with football the players often graduate with bad knees and significant bodily injuries which last a lifetime. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com