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Originally Posted by valo403
That's a slippery slope argument, there's plenty of in between that can protect some of the values (if there are any) of college football while allowing athletes to capitalize on opportunities presented to them.
Manziel is a great example. Even though I think the kid is a d-bag he should have the ability to capitalize on the fact that he's a hot commodity right now. He's not guaranteed to have an NFL career, this may be his only opportunity to financially reap the rewards of his success, and instead of getting paid himself NCAA.com is selling shirts with his number and using his name and accomplishments in the descriptions. The fact that players hand their image rights over to this entity, which has the nerve to declare itself a non-profit, which then sucks every dollar it can out of those players accomplishments is despicable. And if those players try to make a buck themselves they're banned.
I'm looking forward to seeing the NCAA fall, it's been a long time coming and the O'Bannon lawsuit is going to be the first blow of many.
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A colleague and I were discussing this yesterday and when this issue came up, we both agreed you could take 5 minutes, hire a competent legal team and draft your way around it.
I can see not wanting to pay athletes in college, from the college, but if they can profit off of who they are, why not.