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Originally Posted by nik-
The NCAA rules are indeed stupid. I mean just look at Hockey. The Flames can't even pay for a flight for their prospects to attend prospect camps. They can't cover their hotel rooms while they attend the camp.
Alabama's football program made a profit of $45 million in 2012. I understand that a lot of this money helps fund sports that don't have 100000 people in the stands, so I'm not necessarily saying the kids should be paid by the program, but let them earn money on the side from their celebrity. It's so lame.
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That has always bugged me.
The NCAA loves to make these kids celebrities and profit off of them but they don't allow these kids to profit off of their own hard work.
There is no guarantee that these kids are going to make it as professionals, and these schools don't care if these kids actually get an education that will help them succeed once they graduate (Matt Leinhart taking Ballroom dancing for example).
They only care about winning games and making profits.
Yet all it takes for a lot of these kids is one concussion, a blown out knee, etc and their career is over, their scholarship withdrawn, and they are done.
If somebody wants to pay Manziel for his signature why the hell does it matter. Maybe instead of preventing these kids from making money they should actually teach them how to manage money.