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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
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.
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Where do you draw the line though?
If you can give players cars, etc, what's stopping someone like Phil Knight from giving every top prospect a huge endorsement deal with Nike to come to Oregon?