What makes you think that the new NCAA rules will allow for a player to sell a single autograph for $100k? That doesn’t sound like the NCAA I know.
They already do that. Haven’t you heard of the bag men? Bag of money dropped off at the front door or in the bed of a pickup with certain school colors.
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Fine…10 signatures for $10K each.
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Throw in a gold Trans Am and you’ve got a deal!
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Its funny but…the real value of a signature is way less. I mean…it took Johnny Football 300 sigs to get $7.5K after all.
Only about 4 or 5 athletes at a school may command big bucks but the other 300 athletes will be happy to make money off their YouTube videos, partime work or hosting a youth camp.
Everyone is always concerned about the few that may make large money but it’s the other athletes it’s really going to benefit.
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Look for recruiting services to weasel their way into this. I can see ratings having a big impact on how a player is compensated. After all, players probably won’t sign unless their rating matches the amount of dollars they want. Will the allocated funds be capped and be limited to the athletic budget? Or will boosters be able swoop in and do as they please? I vote for a compensation cap.
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This is going to completely change college sports.
Mark my words.
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Yeah, it’s going to depend on the rules but unchecked this is basically a way to launder money from boosters to players.
“But they’re already doing that!”
There are degrees. If you don’t think letting them do it out in the open without fear of losing scholarships or school sanctions won’t fundamentally change the dynamics I don’t know what to tell you.
I think this is why they water it down into some sort of “Players fund” that goes towards paying for stipends or something.
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The NCAA is a lumbering dinosaur.
The nothing is changing angle is coming from Banner Society, a SEC-centric blog. AKA, the conference with the most money to pay.
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Also needs to be held in a locked account until the player graduates. If he chooses to leave early or otherwise not graduate, it gets distributed back to the university.
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It already is happening, now they get to pay taxes on it. I guess we will lose out on all those five star studs that keep coming here.
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Well that’s not going to happen. If they go with the special fund account, it will be in the athlete’s name and he or she can’t get it until he is or she is ineligible.
I guarantee you the NCAA is going to have all sorts of rules and regulations.
Exactly!
https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/27960673
Wow, the NCAA said it took the courts (but really the states) to kick them in the butt to get them to intact.
They also are probably going to cap it since they said they do not want it to seem like a professional job. I’m guessing maybe $10K a year which is good but that means the bag men (backed by boosters) will be there to make up the difference making sure the few get $90K more.
Eric, the day the cfp started it changed College Football forever. The real reform in all of this is the creation of a real College Football Championship and the cease and desist of the cfp. When this happens College Football will be “Real College Football” again.
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The NCAA can no longer make unilateral decisions.
The Studen-Athletes and their profession representatives collectively need to be at the table.
This is my fear. I have already started to get numb to college football because of the P5 power hold and this will only tilt it more in that direction. Once money starts flowing, all control is lost. Will we have a Cougar Cash Crew that helps to fund this? And we are going to try to keep up with the Oregon and Nike types?
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The two deep of big teams will be taken care of. Sure the big names will make big money but it will trickle down to the back up center.
They will be the face of dealerships, construction companies, ect. They will get paid.
A marketing campaign doesnt even need to be made public or used for them to be compensated. I have worked on marketing campaigns that never were used but the talent used for photo shoots ect were still paid for their time.
This will change the sport.
What about state income tax, texas will have an edge compared to other states.