Quote Originally Posted by Extendedcab View Post
NO, everybody knows and has for many years that the best players get money/gifts and the larger schools have deeper pockets. The thing is it used to be under the table, a taboo - against the rules, and for the average fan colleges had somewhat of a semblance of having STUDENT/ATHLETES (Student being first) or amateur athletes. That is not true anymore, they are now professionals whether they like it or not. They are getting payed, in the open like pro athletes. It takes some of the mystique and pageantry and just pure love of competition away from the game that used to be there. Now it is ALL about money and the original reason for attending college, an education, is gone.
But they are not paid athletes. They are athletes that now have the right to make money off of their fame and ability.

What they do have now is equal rights to every other 18-22 year old person in this country. They have the right to make money and transfer like any other student in the country. Which is fine by me.


If you/NCAA were so concerned about it, why didn't the NCAA set a payment schedule to each athlete in school? Why do they have age requirements on declaring for the NFL draft? Why do they have eligibility requirements on the number of years someone can play on the team? If you want money out of the game, then take money out of the game. No more billion dollar contracts with TV. No more allowed advertising dollars for coaches and jumbotrons, etc.

There were about 20 ways they could have fixed this, but they decided to give the players equal rights to every other student on campus. No other student has to be an amateur? Every other student can have a job or make any other money they want as long as it is legal.