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Jay Bilas bitchslaps the NCAA

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This could really influence the O'Bannon case.
 
Letting players get sell their game gear / autographs will completely destroy the competitive balance of the NCAA D1. The gap between the 'haves' and 'have nots' will become a canyon.
 
91deac said:
Letting players get sell their game gear / autographs will completely destroy the competitive balance of the NCAA D1. The gap between the 'haves' and 'have nots' will become a canyon.
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Oregon and Maryland would become NFL caliber teams overnight.
 
who was the last 5* that didn't go to a football warehouse?
 
Isn't Bilas making a ton of money off of the efforts of student-athletes? Where does he think his paycheck comes from? Not even saying he's not right, but he is part of any problem he talks about.
 
Solution? Players have to pay back as much of their scholarships as they make from any kind of payment for jerseys or autographs.
 
94Deac said:
Solution? Players have to pay back as much of their scholarships as they make from any kind of payment for jerseys or autographs.
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Why? A kid on an academic scholarship doesn't have to pay back a portion of his scholarship money if he earns money from a part-time job while in school.
 
91deac said:
Letting players get sell their game gear / autographs will completely destroy the competitive balance of the NCAA D1. The gap between the 'haves' and 'have nots' will become a canyon.
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It already is a canyon.
 
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Why? A kid on an academic scholarship doesn't have to pay back a portion of his scholarship money if he earns money from a part-time job while in school.
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You're right. Fuck him too. Players want pay? Fine. Pay back that scholly and any uniform and equipment costs. Company hire you because of the name on your jersey or thesis/dissertation? Pay it back. Solves all problems. After all- and I really get fucking sick of the pay-for-play people downplaying this- you're getting a free goddamned education and fuck you if you think that isn't worth SOMETHING. Ask the kid whose family- or themselves- has to pay the full fucking ride.

ETA: and the NCAA should be prohibited from linking the names of any athletes to any promo items. They can't have it both ways. So if a school wants to let them sell a nameless jersey number, so be it. But linking it to a particular athlete is off-limits.
 
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94Deac said:
You're right. Fuck him too. Players want pay? Fine. Pay back that scholly and any uniform and equipment costs. Company hire you because of the name on your jersey or thesis/dissertation? Pay it back. Solves all problems. After all- and I really get fucking sick of the pay-for-play people downplaying this- you're getting a free goddamned education and fuck you if you think that isn't worth SOMETHING. Ask the kid whose family- or themselves- has to pay the full fucking ride.

ETA: and the NCAA should be prohibited from linking the names of any athletes to any promo items. They can't have it both ways. So if a school wants to let them sell a nameless jersey number, so be it. But linking it to a particular athlete is off-limits.
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Too many have forgotten the Boston College point shaving scandal of the early 80's. To have outsiders give money to athletes for gear, autographs or pretty much anything else can lead to disaster. The blank jersey idea is a good one.
 
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Why? A kid on an academic scholarship doesn't have to pay back a portion of his scholarship money if he earns money from a part-time job while in school.
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Academic scholarships do not equal athletic scholarships.
 
Bilas has a great point here but has completely ignored any of the goings on at UNC, which really doesn't make me think he's in it just to bring down the NCAA. He has his agendas and makes them know.
 
tau06 said:
Bilas has a great point here but has completely ignored any of the goings on at UNC, which really doesn't make me think he's in it just to bring down the NCAA. He has his agendas and makes them know.
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Explain
 
tau06 said:
Bilas has a great point here but has completely ignored any of the goings on at UNC, which really doesn't make me think he's in it just to bring down the NCAA. He has his agendas and makes them know.
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Not sure what you mean by this, either. The UNC scandal, as I understand it, is more indicative of a lack of institutional control (or perhaps too much...) than it pertains to the exploitation of "the student athletes" at the hand of the NCAA. That's been his issue for quite some time.
 
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