No longer slave owners

[Glorfindel]

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[Trailrider]

Well that didn't take long. Works for me.

 

[Nuke And Juke]

When you cave like that...you just know u were doing sumting wong

 

[MacTavish]

Since they will be able to earn $$$ their scholarships should be based on academics and not sports. That should cut the costs to the schools dramatically.

 

[Falcon1]

Since they will be able to earn $$$ their scholarships should be based on academics and not sports. That should cut the costs to the schools dramatically.

I don’t follow. The money will not be coming from the schools, this just basically says they are now allowed to do endorsements and sell autographs etc. and be paid by third parties.

 

[Justin87]

Didn't see that one coming.

Does this mean that they will be coming out with a new edition of NCAA football for the PlayStation/Xbox? That would be pretty sweet

 

[Trailrider]

Since they will be able to earn $$$ their scholarships should be based on academics and not sports. That should cut the costs to the schools dramatically.

You realize it's not the schools that will be "paying" them, right? This just says, they can be paid for their likeness and name. So if EA Sports makes a new NCAA video game using the players real names and numbers, they can be compensated for it, since the video game will make 100's of millions of dollars. Or if Nike sells their jerseys the same thing. This has nothing to do with the school or their scholarships.

 

[Trailrider]

Didn't see that one coming.

Does this mean that they will be coming out with a new edition of NCAA football for the PlayStation/Xbox? That would be pretty sweet

That's actually the rumor! I heard that yesterday.

 

[Trailrider]

I don’t follow. The money will not be coming from the schools, this just basically says they are now allowed to do endorsements and sell autographs etc. and be paid by third parties.

This. So much misconception about how this works. Everyone keeps screaming about how the school already gave them a scholarship. I don't think people are comprehending that the players wont be getting paid a salary to play college sports.

 

[Justin87]

That's actually the rumor! I heard that yesterday.