No wayyyy this guy cares one bit about this issue after he graduates. This is all about HIM not about the rule and/or future players
Old Mediocre Has-Been Desperate To Appear Relevant; aka JBo To Return
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Shouldn't they be able to negotiate that contract though? The NCAA has held all of the cards traditionally. You got what you got. You're just a student, but you don't have the same rights as other students because... reasons.
It's a sham. A corrupt bargain that has been allowed to exist for far too long. I love college sports dearly, but that doesn't make their practices any less unethical.
It is all about him, which is the whole reason he wants it to pass because he wants people to talk about him forever as one of the trailblazers. It will ALWAYS be about JorBo. He lives for the attention.
This guy is the gift that keeps on giving. He may honestly be one of the least intelligent people around. Zero self awareness and he actually thinks people care that he plays basketball.
The NIL isn’t going to help you BoBo because you have to have marketability for someone to pay you. Maybe someone will toss you a few hundred bucks to be in a local Iowa City bar commercial. Guys like Manziel, Cam Newton, Zion are guys that are going to make any kind of real change off of this. All for the athletes getting a slice but there might be a rude awakening for some of these athletes who think they are worth more than they are.
The NIL isn’t going to help you BoBo because you have to have marketability for someone to pay you. Maybe someone will toss you a few hundred bucks to be in a local Iowa City bar commercial. Guys like Manziel, Cam Newton, Zion are guys that are going to make any kind of real change off of this. All for the athletes getting a slice but there might be a rude awakening for some of these athletes who think they are worth more than they are.
He’s also supposedly one of the three players meeting with Emmert after the tourney to talk this thing over. If I am a collegiate athlete I would be terrified that BoBo is one of the three representing them.
Bet he leaves a signed pair of shoes on Emmert’s desk after the meeting saying, “Thanks for the memz.” And then comes back next year to be under the NCAA umbrella for a tenth year.
Bet he leaves a signed pair of shoes on Emmert’s desk after the meeting saying, “Thanks for the memz.” And then comes back next year to be under the NCAA umbrella for a tenth year.
But isn't the negotiation in the recruitment? I like the idea that they get the ability to be able to host camp or sign a ball for some cash. I just see that this would open the door from the rich (schools) getting richer...
You know aside from the entire PAC-12 and schools like Northwestern a few years ago. But yeah he’s the trailblazer. This stuff has been being talked about for years before he got into the fold. He’s just keeping things going but many before him did the real dirty work.
Real question. Would the NIL encompass simply being on tv? Profits are being made from these players by simply playing the game. Could it be argued successfully that they should get paid when they are on tv? Or for simply playing at all?
I feel the end is near for any non blue blood if all this goes in favor of athletes. The rich will get richer and I'll have no reason to ever watch sports again.
I feel the end is near for any non blue blood if all this goes in favor of athletes. The rich will get richer and I'll have no reason to ever watch sports again.
1 - I'm not sure there is much profit for him to get.
2 - I would absolutely love if they start paying athletes if they then drop scholarships. If they want to be paid, then drop the scholarships and they should be able to pay for school like everybody else.
2 - I would absolutely love if they start paying athletes if they then drop scholarships. If they want to be paid, then drop the scholarships and they should be able to pay for school like everybody else.
I mean he may have a future working at DSW and asking for people to sign their receipts, but that's the only time shoes and signature probably apply to him.
Without a doubt these players should benefit from their NIL rights, but its falsehood to think that 95% of them are going to make at most a couple grand a year. The QB from Clemson may make big money and a few others, but the vast majority are not going to make a $1000 dollars to come down and sign autographs, its just not happening.
What I fear is some well heeled boosters get together with their friends and come up with a plan to all of them to throw $100,000 into a pool, and then they give each player of the football team and men's BB team $10,000 grand to sign autographs at the site for the opposite sport. During BB season we have 2 players from the FB team signing their name for free to all fans that want to get in line, and then they pocket $10,000 for the game. Don't think for a second it will not happen in the SEC and in the Texas schools.
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It absolutely is... but what is the actual fix? There is no way to set a standard or value for players at this level. Then, once you set that value say their Freshman year and they blow up as a Sophomore, do they get to renegotiate each year? What if their value goes down? Who's bank account does the money come from because it'll get passed to us consumers one way or another. And do they also get scholarships still, because if so, that's an unfair advantage most students don't get. And how in the world do you keep this from being exploited and abused by dirty schools?
It's just a pandoras box that once you open it, much of the joy of college athletics - including the parity - will be gone forever. The "value" of playing for Kansas or Duke is going to be meaningfully higher than playing at an Iowa State so what little parity in being able to attract Top 100 kids will be absolutely gone.
The NCAA is evil in many ways, but these kids also wouldn't be getting a free education and a chance at a pro career without much of the perks that they already get because of the NCAA. It'll never be enough and sports will absolutely suck within 5 years of opening pandoras box.
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I agree with you. Hopefully the other two meeting with Emmert are more respectable.
Agreed. If this is true, I can picture Bohannon having the attitude of "by the time I get done with Emmert, he'll be more than glad to give me what I want."
I saw a study that put a value on the access to training equipment ( like an elite-level gym membership e.g.), training table, study table, etc. They estimated a four year scholarship at a D1 school is conservatively worth $250k+. So the question is, if you start paying athletes, what do you then start charging them for?
Talk about a crippling blow to women’s athletics.