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You just described a "consumer."
If they paid them as employees wouldn’t they all have to raise their tuition fees? But everyone wants free tuition? I’m already confused lol
The money from TV contracts gets ploughed into facilities and coach and admin salaries. I'm sure every school is different, but it's not used to generally keep the price of tuition down.
If they become employees, there is no more NCAA, and no more rules. Anti trust rules come into play, and no more conferences, they will have to follow all the Professional rules.
Maybe some renumeration for the non Scholly athletes is fair. I do not like the idea but I get it. Think of the overtime for travel to away or bowl games.
It also helps fund the non revenue sports like men and women’s soccer, lacrosse, softball, crew, track & field etc
What if, and bear with me, these employees were one of a kind like a very low % of people could do their job AND their employer makes a f ton of money off of their unique skill set? Oh - and they have a very limited time to ply their trade?
I don’t understand the anger toward the players. They put in 40-45 hour weeks, as well as classes and homework.
I’m not angry at the players at all. Just the system. Maybe college kids don’t need to spend 40 hours per week on athletics.
There is a 20 hour a week limit put on athletic related practices or athletically related activities per week during the playing season. In addition, one day a week there can be no athletic related activity except during conference/NCAA tournament time (in other words a total day off each week). Games count as 3 hours from that 20 hour weekly limit.
So 17 hours for the rest of the week, have a hard time believing that.
So 14 hours if there are 2 games in a week span.
Oh come on. Everyone sidesteps that rule with ease, as it only refers to official team activity. "Voluntary" workouts, time in the training room, and individual film study all get put in off the "official" clock.
It’s not anger at all. It’s that we give kids enough already in my opinion. I don’t agree with the nil either but it is what it is. all the food and extra studying help should be enough. Look at it work wise. Tuition at SU is around 60,000 plus food and board so say 70,000 grand 40 hour work week/class and practice, is about 1500 dollars a week. Do we need to give them more for their time. I don’t believe so. That’s all I’m saying. I have no hate for the kids. I used to coach in h.s. and want all of them to do well. I also don’t believe in handing them stuff either.
Yeah, I’m sure the rules have tightened up. But when they first went to the time limits, what constituted an on-field practice was the use of a football. So we’d run walk-through’s and install days with tennis balls to not soak up the clock.
What reasoning do you have for this position aside from "because I think so?"
