Should College Football Players be Allowed to Make Free Market Money?

[ShotgunDawg]

That's why you let them make money on their own, but don't have any school sanctioned payments or inducements for football players. Let women's basketball players go on eBay and sell their autographs too if they want to.

Then you legalize paying players in recruiting. Here you go AJ Brown, here is $315,000 for your autograph. This system would just lead to the richest schools having the best football teams.

Harvard would be a national power in football within 5 years. Here you go Leonard Fournette, here's 5 mil for your autograph

[HSVDawg]

Then you legalize paying players in recruiting. Here you go AJ Brown, here is $315,000 for your autograph. This system would just lead to the richest schools having the best football teams.

Harvard would be a national power in football within 5 years. Here you go Leonard Fournette, here's 5 mil for your autograph

That's why I said in my other post that you could include language to limit it to either fair market value or set a fixed cap on how much per signature. That would curb against boosters exploiting the rule, so they'll just have to keep giving out their $300,000 for free like they are doing now. It would really be no different than if the players sold something that wasn't related to their likeness. Some 5-star RB might have an 87 Chevy Cavalier with 300,000 miles on it that they want to sell on eBay that some booster could pay $100,000 for if they wanted. I'm honestly not sure there is even any NCAA rule against that, but there probably is. Whatever that rule is, just make it the same for autographs since they are essentially the same thing (goods / services being sold on the free market by an individual).

[DawgInMemphis]

Then you legalize paying players in recruiting. Here you go AJ Brown, here is $315,000 for your autograph. This system would just lead to the richest schools having the best football teams.

Harvard would be a national power in football within 5 years. Here you go Leonard Fournette, here's 5 mil for your autograph

The richest schools (that don't have high academic requirements, like Harvard) already have the best football teams.