I think UH would fit perfectly in the PAC12.
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I was responding to an above post. Regarding the article, you would give California school an unfair recruiting advantage and players at the top schools i.e USC and Oregon would bring in alot of players who would under other circumstances go somewhere else just to be paid for their likeness. How could any other school compete thatâs not a big school. We and other schools are already at a major disadvantage youâd put us in am even bigger one or âcollege footballâ would just be between an elite few schools. Which I guess wouldnt change anything from what it is now.
This explains why I canât ever go places.
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This could all be solved if these kids were allowed to play professionally after high school. Paying college athletes is a bad idea and cannot be done fairly without (more) massive subsidies. Canadian football, XFL, or other leagues would spring up and meet the demand if the NFL is too dangerous. They are adults, let them get paid and leave the educational institutions out of it.
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Schools will not pay the athletes. The agency or company who wants to use the athleteâs image or name is going to pay them. No money comes from the university.
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Male athletes with Female tutors and being âescorted to classââŠseen a bunch of that my years at UH. During Helton years, Athletes only came on test days, or so it seemedâŠ
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This would be more than some super fan from Joeâs bar paying players for advertising. This will open the door for NIKE, Under Armour, etc. to safely pay players at P5 schools for their image on NIKE ads.
Bubba is an outstanding BB player that everyone wants. NIKE contacts him and negotiates a contract that now includes his one and done year and his pro years that will follow, barring injury.
Just like today where NIKE executive is on record as stating they tell players in BB where to play. Now they can tell football players which P5 NIKE/Jumpman schools to play at if they want a $$$ image ad contract.
This will only be for the elite and probably include a large incentive after the first year in college FB if they become a brand like Oliver, Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa, etc.
This also would slow down portal transfers unless said QB or other star player not yet eligible for the NFL has a transfer clause in his contract.
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Its called a SCHOLARSHIP, and it is worth many thousands for a free educationâŠThats what they receivedâŠand i dont remember anyone paying my way through schoolâŠ
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this is my major concern about the possibility players get the green light in California to accept money from whoever is going to pay them. Logically the targets will be the 5 star players or lesser rated players that play up to a 5 star after entering college. If I am one of those guys I am going to California to play or another state that also makes this decision to allow me to accept money.
At some point California will have all the 5 stars and some very powerful teams. The rest of us, not so much.
Will the players represent themselves in these endorsement contract negotiations? Will they be allowed to hire a manager or sports agent to handle things? Will the school employ an endorsements coordinator? Wouldnât a school endorsements coordinator be required under Title IX to ensure equal endorsements for all athletes? Wouldnât a professional sports agent be uniquely positioned and motivated to expand the payment opportunities available to clients, by any means necessary?
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To quote Judge SmailsâŠthe world needs ditch diggers too !
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Iâm not sure you read the California proposed law. It states:
âThe Fair Pay to Play Act would make it illegal for colleges and universities in California to take away an athleteâs scholarship or eligibility as a punishment for that athlete profiting from his or her name, image or likeness.â
To me it means if their school catch a player selling his autograph, the school cannot take the scholarship from that athlete. The school has to report it to the NCAA because it is still a violation. The NCAA might make him ineligible but the school cannot take him off scholarship.
Why would the athlete go to California to do that risking not being able to play? Athletes need lots of playing time to keep his value up to.get in the NFL.
Why would a school be okay with an athlete doing that risking they may have to vacate games won where that athlete participated in? I assure you those California schools will reinforce the NCAA rules to their athletes.
I do not see this rule changing anything in college athletics because there is too much at risk on all sides.
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One would think that the California state legislature has more pressing needsâŠ
âŠsuch as trying to stop an outbreak of Bubonic Plague in their major cities !
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Now you know politicians do not like to tackle the hard issues.
did you miss the part you copied and pasted that said âtake away an athleteâs scholarship or eligibilityâ? According to the law they want to pass the NCAA would be liable for making him or her ineligible. They can try but lawsuit here we come.
UCLA: we canât take away your eligibility
NCAA: You are now ineligible
California: NCAA, you are in violation of our law
No body is saying that⊠If you want to call all those benefits with education a salary, then why are you against players making money on the side? Why are they restricted from profiting off of their image or ideas? No body on an academic scholarship is told they cant make money off their craft. Itâs ridiculous.
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Please educate me on this paying topic.
Assuming King works part time on weekends as salesman with 10% commission rate, which applies to all employees. Since people know him, he sells more. Assuming he sells 100k every month, can he keep that 120k commission?
I love it when a State on the verge of bankruptcy is called âprogressiveâ. How is all that progressive thinking working out for them?
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I have no idea. I donât live there but I donât think they are on the verge of bankruptcy.
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I believe the NCAA forbids football players from having part time jobs.