No they will not…
How is that? You can be sure that you will have some companies wanting to sponsor players. I am not saying that Boeing will be sponsoring but you have plenty of opportunities there.
I’m not for nor against paying athletes, but here are some potential challenges/benefits if “pay to play” did happen:
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Some College athletes could make money for their work. That’s good.
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Football and men’s basketball would be able to make some money, but all other sports would be out of luck. There’s really no TV money for most schools’ Olympic sports.
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Colleges could make paid athletes (football/basketball) pay for their education, including out of state tuition. Getting paid would allow schools to save on scholarship money.
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Since athletes would be paying to go to school, the transfer rules could be dropped completely - benefiting the athletes.
Just some thoughts.
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If they adopt these rules (athletes can make money selling their memorabilia) what’s to keep the well heeled fans from offering outrageous amounts. Maybe we have they mystery envelopes now but imagine what it can become. We are about to corrupt football and basketball beyond repair.
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That’s definitely a valid concern.
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It is a great point but regarding football the ncaa started it first with the cfp. It/the ncaa created this mess.
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Mama Cass had a voice!!!
Dropout rate will double or triple for athletes…very bad! Since we would pay, what is the age gap…can someone play as long as they want to…32 years plus??! We would start a major decline in education.
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Jim is absolutely correct here. We have ALWAYS had problems with donors/$$$ at big programs…
I can list literally dozens of examples, as can everyone else old enough to remember Bubba Bean, Earl Campbell, RC Slocum, Range Rovers at USC, and SMU…
But better the Devil you know, than to open the biggest corrupt wallet in the world. This literally would be the end of the “student athlete”…
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https://dailytitan.com/2019/09/college-athletes-ncaa/
Neither the NCAA, nor universities are held financially responsible for paying athletes. The proposed bill would not make college athletes university employees, affect the cost of attendance or change the scholarship value awarded to athletes. However, it would contradict NCAA’s amateurism policy, which bars student athletes from earning any monetary compensation for their name, image or likeness.
The NCAA has shown it isn’t particularly interested in athletes who earn any revenue from the organization, as it only cares to hoard the revenue it makes on the backs of student athletes.
In 2014, Los Angeles Rams’ running back Todd Gurley was suspended four games for selling $3,000 worth of his signature on various team merchandise during his time at the University of Georgia, despite his jersey being sold in teams stores for $134.95 and $89.95.
In 2017, Donald De La Haye, a University of Central Florida kicker, was deemed ineligible to be a part of the team and had his scholarship taken away for making advertisement money from his YouTube vlog channel that detailed his life as a college athlete. Today, De La Haye now has nearly 2 million subscribers to his channel.
The only reason Gurley’s and De La Haye’s choices were scrutinized was because the revenue they made did not go into the NCAA’s pockets.
Actions such as these show the greed and corruption the NCAA poses along with their stronghold on college sports. Rather than opening avenues for athletes to explore throughout their playing careers, participants are forced to conform to a blatantly broken system that mismanages the distribution of the wealth generated.
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The law being contemplated by the state of Colorado would go further, allowing student athletes to be paid directly for competing.
Colorado is a flashpoint for this debate because of the case of Jeremy Bloom, who was a former two-time olympian and professional skier, who also played for the University of Colorado’s football team until the NCAA told him that he could not continue to play NCAA football as long as he was being paid and receiving endorsements as a skier. Bloom was ultimately forced to abandon his NCAA football career.
Swimmer Missy Franklin is a five-time Olympic gold medalist who made her Olympic debut at the age of 17-years-old. In the process of shattering records, winning meets and earned accolades, Missy was prevented from earning a dime off of major endorsements that come along with being a champion because she decided to attend Berkley. As a 24-year-old retiree, she will never get the opportunity to earn that money again as a competitive athlete.
Former UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi has been helping to keep the sport of women’s gymnastics relevant to the masses in non-Olympic years with her culturally relevant, acrobatically astounding routines. Unfortunately, because she was a member of the UCLA women’s team while doing so she couldn’t make a dime from her image being shown up and down timelines across the world. And let’s face it, non-Olympic gymnasts don’t stand to make much money in the performance of their sport, so financial opportunities in gymnastics are likely slim from here on out.
Young talent Mo’ne Davis recently started playing softball at Hampton University in Virginia. As a Little League phenom, Davis was an American sensation before she could drive a car; making TV and event appearances left and right. Unfortunately, because there’s no significant market to earn a living as a softball player and because NCAA rules prevent athletes from earning endorsement and appearance fees, Davis will likely completely miss out on earning money as an athlete.
In college, Brittney Griner wowed the country with her dominance on the basketball court. But she couldn’t earn a dime for keeping people glued to their television screens as an athlete at Baylor. Although, Griner has gone on to earn money as a professional basketball player, her salaries and endorsement deals trump the money earned by men’s basketball players; meaning she could’ve used those NIL dollars in college.
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I think if they were already phenoms out of high school, forego the college degree for a while and do what you do best to earn money. If a college education is important they will have the time and money after their “earning days” are over.
I didn’t go to college right out of high school but after the military I went back and got my degree. It didn’t hurt all that badly to do that and I bet I didn’t get paid in the Army near what they will get paid
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If the two mentioned states do not pass a law that their amateur athletes can do the same as the California amateur athletes can, they will be at a distinct recruiting disadvantage, hence they will be forced to change to a conference where recruiting will be more balanced . . . . . I do believe I have left out Oregon as a State that will need to follow Cali’s lead or change conferences . . . . .
I wonder how well a graduating high school senior would perform against grown arse men??
You know every state will follow including Wyoming, north Dakota etc…
Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.) introduced a bill Thursday that would allow National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) athletes to profit off their image and likeness.
The Student-Athlete Equity Act, which is co-sponsored by Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), would amend the definition of an amateur in the tax code to allow student-athletes to get paid when they appear in video games and other public media.
“Signing an athletic scholarship with a school should not be a moratorium on your rights to your name, image, and self-worth,” Walker said in a statement. “It’s time to bring equity to student-athletes and fix the injustices that exist in the current NCAA model. After nearly two years of discussions with players and leaders, we are introducing legislation that won’t cost the NCAA or our schools a single dollar, while empowering college athletes with the same opportunities that every American should have in a free-market.”
depends on the sport I would think. Not a lot of grown arse men gymnasts. Golfers do pretty good. I would think volleyball would be another field
Since this is a football board I was thinking football.
sure but it applies to all sports. The football guys will just go to college and get paid by sponsors. The golfers will just go on tour and get their pga tour card. Gymnasts, softball players, soccer, they just need to do what works for them to get the maximum money they feel they deserve.