Calif Dreamin'

Way to not even read the preview blurb. “The legislation would make it possible for college athletes to accept endorsement money.”

Whether for or against it, this is clearly a backdoor way for boosters to pay players. That’s going to be 95% of endorsements. Joe’s Auto Garage paying a defensive back $50,000 to appear on a poster, a quarterback $200k.

I don’t see how it works out any other way.

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The U showed the way. Bounties! :smiling_imp:

Look at it on the bright side. These athletes will have to pay taxes on that $50K or $200K. Indirectly, rich people will pay more taxes. :joy::joy::joy:

College athletes get more than academic students.
Most are never offered 3 catered meals plus snacks
A personal trainer
Free medical
Books
Tutors
Stipend
Free clothes and shoes
Escort to class in the heat or rain
Free housing
Free education to pursue an academic career
Or The opportunity to go Pro without graduating

I cant support paying them a salary when plenty of student who dont receive anything work long hours and study to finish their degree. Yes, the school makes money but there are very few schools who are in the black. Not to mention do they pay taxes off of a large amount or is it part time pay at 10 an hour? Because not even work study allows you to work more than 20 hours a week. In the event that it is their likeness how do you balance it to be even? Where King makes the same as Cantu or are we not gonna care about every player just the stars?

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First, the schools will not pay the athletes. The agency or company who wants to use their image or name is going to pay them.

Secondly, our society is already star struck. We give more attention to those who are more talented, prettier, richer or those of celebrity status. An advertising agency is going to pay King for his images rather than the 2 star guy who came from Iowa that sits on the bench.

You can have set guidelines and caps for it. Sports have salary caps, right? There can be caps on endorsements/appearances. Any star player right now in college can get paid by boosters if he wants to take the risk (even UH players). It shouldn’t be a system where you become a criminal because there is demand for your autograph or your face/name on a shirt. Sure there will still be cheating going on (probably is in pro sports too), but more players can benefit without having to feel bad about themselves or be portrayed as villains.

Plus the thing I think is best is it allows players to be entrepreneurs. Right now, they can’t have a business which is related to their image or them playing their sport. Or maybe they have a charity they really care about and want to do signings and appearances to raise money for those causes. The NCAA wont allow it.

We have a broken system right now. Players don’t even know if they are allowed to have a wedding registry because if a fan buys something for them, they could lose eligibility. If somebody pays a $10 entry fee to a church league game, a player gets suspended.

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FWCoog, very well said.

Where does it say anything about paying anyone a salary? Where does it say anything about paying everyone?

“The Fair Pay to Play Act would make it illegal for colleges and universities in California to take away an athlete’s scholarship or eligibility as a punishment for that athlete profiting from his or her name, image or likeness.”

You do understand that the players DO NOT have to play COLLEGE BALL !!

It is voluntary.

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The Supreme Court ???

Thought it was a Calif court.

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I’m not against it. It make them a professional. They can wait a couple of years and then go right into the NFL…or try to force the NFL to take them out of HS…OH wait, that is been tried. The “Students” lost !!

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The federal courts ruled that the NCAA’s long-held practice of barring payments to athletes violated antitrust laws.

There are salaries in college paid today but they are called tuition, shelter, food, clothes, coaches, trainers, tutors, books, advisors, support staff, etc…, they also get an education.
To think this stuff is free is ludicrous.
To devalue education is criminal.

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It didn’t like the apostrophe for some reason.

This says that AFTER the student graduates, he should be able to make the money.

No problem there.

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Yeah…there will not be any problems with that scheme. !

Ha !

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Per year for tuition, room/board, books, fees $25K per year.
You have to figure at least another $20-40K for other services, clothes, coaching, advisors, tutors, cost to run the dept, etc…

IF don’t want to take that salary out of high school, then don’t play football.

Residents of Texas pay an annual total price of $24,946 to attend University of Houston on a full time basis. This fee is comprised of $8,724 for tuition, $9,984 room and board, $1,300 for books and supplies and $982 for other fees.

Out of state residents are charged a total cost of $37,306 which is 49.5% higher than Texas residents. The tuition charge is $21,084 while room and board is $9,984, books and supplies are $1,300 and other fees come in at $982.

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Speaking of California:
UCLA is bottoming out. They may need to start paying
the crowd to show up.

Last week 10 minutes before the loss vs SDSU

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Well if that’s what the California law says, then it’s not even controversial. The athlete still has to abide by NCAA rules. If the athlete breaks the NCAA rules specified in the California law and the NCAA makes him ineligible to participate in collegiate athletics, he still gets to keep his scholarship. I think this is what it is saying.