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Originally Posted by PIMking
The universities make millions off of them and then provide a free education. only the top 3% maybe make it to the NFL so they should use what little sense they have to use that 100k education they're getting for free. Besides the 100k education they get free room and board, tutors, books, clothes (from school) and food stipends. Then to add to all of that most qualify for pell grants that they don't have to pay back. (I got $2,775 per semester last year). Yet they want more? The school provides all of that and they want more? Some seem to forget that these schools also pay for all the other sports like Women's basketball, hockey, baseball, softball, rowing, gymnastics, field hockey, ect.... there is about 5 schools in all the divisions of the NCAA that actually make a profit on their athletic department. Yes the schools make millions but it pays for all the other college sports that no one cares about and lose millions.
These players pull the "poor me card" but they get a lot as it is. They never bitched about being paid in High school but I guess it's okay to do it in College?
All these coaches and players are playing the "Cam Newton Card" where they act like they don't know anything so they cant be held accountable. The NCAA is actively looking into Auburn and Cam Newton and stated that they believe he took money but had no evidence yet.
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I will say that I agree that schools should not be allowed to provide the player with payments to play there (like is being rumored in the Cam Newton case).
But if the owner of a car dealership wants to provide me with a free car to drive around campus for four years why the hell should I say no. It's the NCAA not allowing these kids to take the perks that are provided to them from outside the educational institution that I do not think is right.
Some guys wants to give me a car and I am supposed to say no because the NCAA says so, screw that. Players should not get paid from the institution but they should be allowed to benefit from all the free perks of a pro athlete outside of that.
If a star college athlete can be used by the team to generate money for the school, he should be allowed to use his star status to generate money for himself. It makes no sense for the NCAA to say he is not allowed to sign endorsement deals or get paid to promote a product on campus.
The football team makes tens of millions of dollars for the school, and the AD and Head Coaches get paid millions of dollars in salary per year, yet I can't sign this endorsement deal to drive a nice new car around campus for four years and get paid for it even though I am the one risking my health on the field.