How is that? People want NCAA athletes to be able to make all the money they want on anything. Let alums pay 17 year olds to come play at their favorite schools all they want. No regulation, no checks and balances. It’s like Citizens United. Let’s take all the regulations out of political fundraising! Certainly not a…

He also went through the draft process last year and decided to return. Which completely contradicts his argument. If his college experience is so bad, he had options to leave but chose to come back...

Ah yes, Citizens United for college athletes! It’s not a good idea in politics and results in a lot of shady stuff, but it’s fabulous for 18 year old athletes!

Where did you go to school? I went to a Big Ten school and lived with football players. They had complete room and board covered - which included rent money that allowed them a LOT of extra money because it was a lot more than needed to live in a decent place.

It’s actually not common. 98% of college football and basketball players are not highly sought after so the effort isn’t often worth it. When you think of the thousands of college football and basketball players, you see very few cases. It’s like Trump complaining about voter fraud.

$136/week when you don’t have to spend a dime on tuition, books, housing, meals, most of your clothes, etc. - is actually not that bad of a gig for a college student. My friend used to save his extra stipend money to throw a kegger each semester.

So the only jobs that athletes should have are car dealership commercials? The pretty simple retort is that you end up selling players to schools based on people paying athletes to go to a school. It’s very simplistic to say oh they should be able to make money on endorsements - except it would just end up as boosters…

That’s not true....they spend it to keep up with the salaries and facilities needed to attract recruits.....the money is invested in what the athletes want! Shocking.

You disproved your own point. A biology student at a university that does research that is sponsored by that university and ran by professional staff - that student can’t take that research and sell it. As you yourself said, they reap the benefits WHEN THEY GRADUATE with a job offer. Just like college sports! If…

They are paid a cost of living stipend in cash on top of their scholarship, room, board, meal plan, etc. They are doing something majorly wrong if they can’t feed themselves when they have a full meal plan.

I explained in another thread. Think about what you’re saying. Under Armour is owned by Kevin Plank, a former Maryland Football player. If a 5 star recruit is picking between Maryland and Penn State - Kevin Plank can arbitrarily offer this player a $5 million endorsement to go play at Maryland. You basically end up in…

The very simplistic reasoning is that......let’s say I own Ford and I’m a big Michigan fan. There’s a 5 star recruit that’s considering Michigan or Ohio State. I’ll call the recruit and let them know if they go to Michigan, I’ll give them a $5 million endorsement deal to do 1 commercial for me. He chooses Michigan…

He’s compensated in many different ways. Aside from his scholarship, he also receives a cash stipend of a few thousand dollars every year. He also flies on charter flights to and from his games, not commercial. He stays in nice hotels while traveling, not Best Westerns. He gets private meals separate from regular…

First off, they do not arbitrarily restrict his earnings. They can get a job and get paid for that job (and yes, football players and basketball actually do have jobs! That’s why you hear of rare situations where athletes are “hired” and paid by boosters even though they didn’t do work at that said job, which is…

This is the problem with this subject. Most people have no idea what they’re even talking about. I remember a relative of mine kept talking about how they wanted their kid to play lacrosse in college to pay for tuition - except I had to inform them that he’d probably get just a fraction of a full scholarship, which…

This is flat out not true. I went to a Big Ten school and my 2 of my roommates played football and both had internships during college. The connections from playing a sport are incredibly valuable - one got a job on Wall Street because of a connection with a football alum who hired him.

If people want to make an argument for paying college athletes, fine. But at least use basic facts.