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FWST: ‘Fair-market value’ of a TCU football player? $246,465
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<blockquote data-quote="CountryFrog" data-source="post: 2523913" data-attributes="member: 70667"><p>Allowing boosters, shoe companies, etc. to start paying players would essentially make those people owners of university football teams. The players would become more responsible to those people/companies than they are to the school they attend or even the coaches on the team. A lot of people like to criticize college athletics for using these kids as a means to a financial gain, but I think we'd all rather have those schools helping the kids out than trusting the Nikes and Boone Pickens of the world to look out for each kid's best interests.</p><p></p><p>At what point will the "student" side of student athlete become a complete farce? The kids may cash in for a couple years but as soon as they no longer present value to the boosters who are paying them then that income will stop. Then what happens? You think that 19 year old kid was making regular investments to his Roth IRA? Now he's out of school without an education and his money has dried up with no pro prospects. Is this better for the kids or does it just make us adults feel better that we're fulfilling the promises of capitalism and the American dream?</p><p></p><p>Then of course there are boosters and companies who will be paying multiple players on several different teams. And remember, since this is the primary source of income for all of these players instead of their team (like it is in the pros) then you're going to have an insane amount of conflict of interest where the kids are being used and taken advantage of far more than they currently are.</p><p></p><p>And these are only SOME of the problems. So you'd have to have an organization that is able to closely monitor all of these activities. Anyone think the NCAA is up to this task?</p><p></p><p>I say all of this as someone who is totally in favor of giving these kids as much as possible. It'll have to be done through the schools, though, and there would essentially have to be some type of salary cap and I just don't know how plausible that all is. I'd love for them to figure out a way to do it, I just don't know what that way is. I don't think allowing the players to "market themselves" is the answer though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CountryFrog, post: 2523913, member: 70667"] Allowing boosters, shoe companies, etc. to start paying players would essentially make those people owners of university football teams. The players would become more responsible to those people/companies than they are to the school they attend or even the coaches on the team. A lot of people like to criticize college athletics for using these kids as a means to a financial gain, but I think we'd all rather have those schools helping the kids out than trusting the Nikes and Boone Pickens of the world to look out for each kid's best interests. At what point will the "student" side of student athlete become a complete farce? The kids may cash in for a couple years but as soon as they no longer present value to the boosters who are paying them then that income will stop. Then what happens? You think that 19 year old kid was making regular investments to his Roth IRA? Now he's out of school without an education and his money has dried up with no pro prospects. Is this better for the kids or does it just make us adults feel better that we're fulfilling the promises of capitalism and the American dream? Then of course there are boosters and companies who will be paying multiple players on several different teams. And remember, since this is the primary source of income for all of these players instead of their team (like it is in the pros) then you're going to have an insane amount of conflict of interest where the kids are being used and taken advantage of far more than they currently are. And these are only SOME of the problems. So you'd have to have an organization that is able to closely monitor all of these activities. Anyone think the NCAA is up to this task? I say all of this as someone who is totally in favor of giving these kids as much as possible. It'll have to be done through the schools, though, and there would essentially have to be some type of salary cap and I just don't know how plausible that all is. I'd love for them to figure out a way to do it, I just don't know what that way is. I don't think allowing the players to "market themselves" is the answer though. [/QUOTE]
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