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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 789303, member: 405"] Some interesting discussion here. My two cents: I would allow players to receive a 10% royalty on the sale of their jerseys, and I would permit them to sign autographs off-campus (like Johnny Manziel). Players already receive a bit of money in excess of the cost of tuition (around $2-3,000, I think) if they demonstrate economic need. So they already do have "walking around" money. I think that beyond that, once you start paying players money for real, then it becomes a bidding war for who gets the top recruits - I know, some people feel that that's what's happening already (which QB reportedly was looking for $200K to go to an SEC school a few years ago?). But if it's out in the open, then Michigan says to a five star QB, "We'll give you an allowance of $100K a year", and many schools will be foreclosed from getting top athletes. Talent will become more concentrated. As for the video games, EA Sports settled out for $40M, but what happens with future game installments? Who gets the money on behalf of the players? (Their lawyers?) I don't see any merit to the claim that players should also get paid separately for being on TV. It's a public event that the school is putting on, and the player is being compensated by the school. It's the teams that people are watching, not individual players. For those who talk about the value of an education that is being offered to these kids, too many drop out or leave early for the pros. If a kid gets a scholarship to play for a Division 1 school, and they don't finish their degree before their eligibility expires or they withdraw / go pro, then I think it would be fair to offer those kids the opportunity to come back and continue to work toward their degree for a period of say 10 years after their class graduated for free. [/QUOTE]

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