The NCAA is nothing but a den of pimps and whores

[Via]

My man Bilas comes through again. I used to not like him, but he's great on the student athlete vs. NCAA thing.

Most of us who follow sports know that Johnny Football is in trouble for signing some memorabilia. The NCAA has also long contended that jerseys and other such items with athlete's numbers on them have no connection at all to individual athletes. So Jay surfs to the official NCAA website and finds that you can search for merchandise by individual player.

He typed in "Manziel" and guess what came up? A jersey with his number and the word "Football" on the back where the name would be. I guess some other names were checked with similar results. After he tweeted what he found the NCAA immediately altered it's website and removed the search function.

These kids can't accept a minimum wage job while the monolith that controls them makes billions. This will not end well for the NCAA.

 

[surfsatwerk]

Didn't read the OP but I agree wholeheartedly.

 

[PokerGuy]

I normally like Bilas, but I completely disagree with him. He keeps contending that the players don't get anything. The average cost of a college education these days is roughly $30,000 per year, so a player getting a full ride to play football or basketball is essentially being "paid" around $120,000. I hardly consider that not getting anything. For every Manziel that might create a lot of money for the school, there are 100 other scholarship players that don't produce a lot of money for the school. Are they "exploited" too, getting paid $120k to play?

The whole "exploitation" stuff is just BS. They willingly decide to play under NCAA rules. If you don't want to, you don't have to. Nobody's making you take that scholarship to play a sport.

On this one Bilas is wrong.

 

[Vdubchaos]

I normally like Bilas, but I completely disagree with him. He keeps contending that the players don't get anything. The average cost of a college education these days is roughly $30,000 per year, so a player getting a full ride to play football or basketball is essentially being "paid" around $120,000. I hardly consider that not getting anything.

The whole "exploitation" stuff is just BS. They willingly decide to play under NCAA rules. If you don't want to, you don't have to. Nobody's making you take that scholarship to play a sport.

On this one Bilas is wrong.

His point is that the money that these athletes get compared to what these big organizations pay is not fair.

And he has a valid point!

 

[Via]

I normally like Bilas, but I completely disagree with him. He keeps contending that the players don't get anything. The average cost of a college education these days is roughly $30,000 per year, so a player getting a full ride to play football or basketball is essentially being "paid" around $120,000. I hardly consider that not getting anything.

The whole "exploitation" stuff is just BS. They willingly decide to play under NCAA rules. If you don't want to, you don't have to. Nobody's making you take that scholarship to play a sport.

On this one Bilas is wrong.

That argument flew many moons ago, but it's not relevant anymore. NCAA football and basketball are billion dollar businesses who's main employees are cost controlled.

It's the most un-American situation you can imagine.

 

[waggy]

That argument flew many moons ago, but it's not relevant anymore. NCAA football and basketball are billion dollar businesses who's main employees are cost controlled.

It's the most un-American situation you can imagine.

agreed. that's why i really don't give a shit that he got some cash for signing some jersey's.

the media/ncaa want to blow this up into some huge fucking story. i don't give a fuck about it.

Contact me when he does meth or kills someone. him selling a few shirts? fuck the media.