Will NCAA Pay Athletes?
August 22, 2009 Posted in Collegiate, Sports
The NCAA exploits amateur athletes to no end by raking in millions while amateurs aren’t even allowed to get gifts. The worst part is, the guys that do not go on to the pros never get a penny after they lose their amateur status either.
Former UCLA basketball great Ed O’Bannon seeks to change just that as he has filed suit against the NCAA, claiming that they owe him royalties for using his likeness and name in DVDs, video games, and jerseys.
The NCAA and NCAA teams make hundreds of millions from their media contracts and their apparel sales. Go to any sporting goods store and you will find a jersey with the name of any great college basketball or football player. Guys like Rick Barnes, Tubby Smith, Pete Caroll, and Bob Stoops all make millions for coaching these teams – but the players that bust their ass get nothing.
NCAA, who has a huge contract with CBS and other sports networks, is the only entity that doesn’t have to pay the athletes that it sticks into a sold-out stadium in front of tens of millions of viewers.
Their mantra has always been to claim that paying student-athletes would take the innocence and amateur status out of the game, but what about when the players graduate and the NCAA and colleges all around the country continue to exploit them and make a bundle in merchandising?
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Has anyone seen how much a college education costs these days? They are indeed getting paid.
Athletes cannot work and the money they receive is not enough to pay 100% of all college expenses, including study aids or extra textbooks. Per the NCAA, football players can only devote 20hrs a week to football — but coaches "require" an extra 10-15hrs for "voluntary" workouts, watching videos,etc. Not to mention all the time involved traveling or on game day.
If you want o belive these kids are "student" athletes, then pay them based on credits earned each semester ($300 for A, $150 for B, $75 for C) so they will have a reason to go to class and to be students.
Plus give athletes the right to freely transfer to any school if the coach who recruited them leaves. That would force schools to not pay coaches so much, or to have huge early termination clauses in their contracts. Sure would free up more money for the athletes.