Fans/boosers can now pay NCAA athletes to play

[Enfuego]

The concept is pretty cool. Take Duke's Okafor for example. If you want him to stay at Duke longer than his Freshman year, you can go on this website and donate money. Basically, you can say you want to donate $10 that will be paid to him if he stays until the completion of his sophomore, junior or even senior seasons. Whatever you want to do.

Upon the completion of those milestones and after his eligibility is up, the site will contact him and offer him 80% of the money in escrow earmarked for him. 10% would go to his teammates and 10% to charity.

Pretty cool idea.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...-fanangel-allows-fans-donate-college-athletes

 

[Murphy8276]

Who gets the money if they dont stay the duration?

Sounds like an interesting concept, although the NCAA is earning interest on all these "donations" so I am sure that played a part in the idea... hno:


-murph

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

Why would anyone give 2 shits for him to stay. Just another BS attempt to pay these jackasses. None of them would know what a campus looks like without their athletic ability. I will never support paying them. They can get a free college education. That is more than enough.

 

[Enfuego]

Who gets the money if they dont stay the duration?

Sounds like an interesting concept, although the NCAA is earning interest on all these "donations" so I am sure that played a part in the idea... hno:


-murph

Good question. I don't know.

 

[Enfuego]

Why would anyone give 2 shits for him to stay. Just another BS attempt to pay these jackasses. None of them would know what a campus looks like without their athletic ability. I will never support paying them. They can get a free college education. That is more than enough.

An English Major at let's say Oregon St., can write a book and be paid for the profits while attending school. Why can't an athlete benefit as well?

Trust me, you're in the minority of people who think they shouldn't be paid for their efforts.

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

"RG 3 had an offer to Stanford and so did Jameis Winston" This is the kinda crap to the question why..

Colleges for students are not the same as colleges for athletes. Like Alvin Mack said in "The Program" " They will find a way to keep you eligible"

What would become of Vince Young without athletics? And he probably still didn't graduate.

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

An English Major at let's say Oregon St., can write a book and be paid for the profits while attending school. Why can't an athlete benefit as well?

Trust me, you're in the minority of people who think they shouldn't be paid for their efforts.

I am in the minority of everyone but am still right. I believe in imprisoning them first before paying them more than the 100k they automatically get.

Pay them for what?

 

[Enfuego]

I am in the minority of everyone but am still right. I believe in imprisoning them first before paying them more than the 100k they automatically get.

Pay them for what?

Their play on the field is making the university an obscene amount of money to include clothing sales using the players likeness. Without a player like RGIII at Baylor, there's no way they have that new stadium in Waco. You are not right but carry on.

 

[Enfuego]

"RG 3 had an offer to Stanford and so did Jameis Winston" This is the kinda crap to the question why..

Colleges for students are not the same as colleges for athletes. Like Alvin Mack said in "The Program" " They will find a way to keep you eligible"

What would become of Vince Young without athletics? And he probably still didn't graduate.

And all of this has what to do with them being compensated for making the universities millions?

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

Their play on the field is making the university an obscene amount of money to include clothing sales using the players likeness. Without a player like RGIII at Baylor, there's no way they have that new stadium in Waco. You are not right but carry on.

I am always right. And Bryce Petty is far better

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

These jackasses get too much shit to begin with. They get nothing. So many jobs as a requirement require a college educaton that most can not afford and they get it for free. This is no debate. The dumbass gets a 4 year scholarship and that is far more than enough. Not a debateable issue.

 

[MantisToboggan]

Their play on the field is making the university an obscene amount of money to include clothing sales using the players likeness. Without a player like RGIII at Baylor, there's no way they have that new stadium in Waco. You are not right but carry on.

Yes, football and basketball make the university an obscene amount of money, but that money covers the losses brought on by every other sport those universities participate in. There are only 20 athletic departments in the entire country that operate in the black. It's not as if these athletic departments are Scrooge McDuck swimming in piles of money. Literally, every single sport but two are non-revenue? The crowdfunding concept is interesting in the sense that it compensates these players without forcing the universities to cut costs by eliminating programs, coaches and scholarships. Problem is they are not being compensated while playing which I would assume is the biggest complaint players have already.

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

Yes, football and basketball make the university an obscene amount of money, but that money covers the losses brought on by every other sport those universities participate in. There are only 20 athletic departments in the entire country that operate in the black. It's not as if these athletic departments are Scrooge McDuck swimming in piles of money. Literally, every single sport but two are non-revenue? The crowdfunding concept is interesting in the sense that it compensates these players without forcing the universities to cut costs by eliminating programs, coaches and scholarships. Problem is they are not being compensated while playing which I would assume is the biggest complaint players have already.

Get rid of girls sports. Only marginally are 4 or 5 programs in girls basketball relevant. Stop paying for Rutgers girls diving team to go to Vegas. I could fix this stuff asap. Why give them scholarships? I don't care what Title 9 says, I want results and $$. Rules are meant to be broken.

 

[Enfuego]

Yes, football and basketball make the university an obscene amount of money, but that money covers the losses brought on by every other sport those universities participate in. There are only 20 athletic departments in the entire country that operate in the black. It's not as if these athletic departments are Scrooge McDuck swimming in piles of money. Literally, every single sport but two are non-revenue? The crowdfunding concept is interesting in the sense that it compensates these players without forcing the universities to cut costs by eliminating programs, coaches and scholarships. Problem is they are not being compensated while playing which I would assume is the biggest complaint players have already.

So punish the players that actually play in sports that make the university money?

 

[Enfuego]

These jackasses get too much shit to begin with. They get nothing. So many jobs as a requirement require a college educaton that most can not afford and they get it for free. This is no debate. The dumbass gets a 4 year scholarship and that is far more than enough. Not a debateable issue.

Now this is funny. It cost an in-state resident at the University of Alabama $4,913.00 per semester to attend. That's roughly 10K a year.

Amari Cooper brings that University far greater than 30K during his time as a player on the football team.

Just because you say there's no debate doesn't mean there's no debate.

 

[MantisToboggan]

So punish the players that actually play in sports that make the university money?

No, not at all. I am not advocating Title IX, but as long as title ix exists you cannot pay these guys. Period. It's simple math.

 

[Enfuego]

No, not at all. I am not advocating Title IX, but as long as title ix exists you cannot pay these guys. Period. It's simple math.

That's the point of this thread. This guy has created a way of paying them after they complete their eligibility.

 

[MantisToboggan]

That's the point of this thread. This guy has created a way of paying them after they complete their eligibility.

Yes, if you read my post above I said it is an interesting concept for that reason, however, it doesn't solve the problem of compensating these kids while they are participating in college athletics. The whole Shabazz Napier goes to sleep hungry deal. They would be entitled to the money at essentially the same time as they would be signing a professional contract. It's a cool concept but I just don't see it solving the problem.

 

[Enfuego]

Yes, if you read my post above I said it is an interesting concept for that reason, however, it doesn't solve the problem of compensating these kids while they are participating in college athletics. The whole Shabazz Napier goes to sleep hungry deal. They would be entitled to the money at essentially the same time as they would be signing a professional contract. It's a cool concept but I'm not of the opinion that it solves the problem.

Yeah, that's the one issue with this thing. These guys leave because they have no money so how does this solve the issue?

 

[MantisToboggan]

Yeah, that's the one issue with this thing. These guys leave because they have no money so how does this solve the issue?

Yeah, I've yet to hear of an easy fix. At least basketball guys can go the Brandon Jennings/Emmanuel Mudiay route and play overseas until they are draft eligible. Football is much more difficult with a 3 year wait to be draft eligible and no viable alternative to the NCAA/NFL.