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Should College Athletes Be Paid a Salary?

Should College Athletes Be Paid a Salary? (multiple choice)

  • Yes

    Votes: 11 57.9%

  • No

    Votes: 5 26.3%

  • They should be able to work

    Votes: 4 21.1%

  • They should be able to market their likeness/autographs

    Votes: 6 31.6%

  • Boosters should be allowed to pay them

    Votes: 2 10.5%

  • Other

    Votes: 1 5.3%
  • Total voters
    19
Jack Hays said:
Back in the 1980's during the scientific kerfluffle over "cold fusion," the claims for which were advanced (as I recall) by two professors from Texas A&M, a skeptical physicist cautioned that he could not believe in cold fusion until the experiments were replicated by researchers "from a university without a good football team.":mrgreen:
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Good evening, Jack! :2wave:

That skeptical physicist was a wise man! :thumbs:

I wonder who will end up playing for the championship? :confused:
 
polgara said:
Good evening, Jack! :2wave:

That skeptical physicist was a wise man! :thumbs:

I wonder who will end up playing for the championship? :confused:
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Good evening, Polgara.:2wave:

Being from Indiana, I tend to favor the Big Ten but my alma mater plays in Division 3 so I'm not a hard line fan. I also have a soft spot for Boise State because their success drives the "big boys" crazy.:mrgreen:
 
I think all students should get a college paid salary.
 
MarineTpartier said:
I was listening to ESPN radio today and heard something I didn't know about college athletes. They are not able to be employed, not even part time, by anyone while school is in session including during spring break. How are these kids supposed to make any money to support themselves? Think if a poor kid with a single mother who is barely paying the electric bill sends her son off to school. The kid gets room, food, and an education. And that's it. No entertainment, nothing. Also, college athletes cannot make any money off of their likeness, autographs, etc. So, should college athletes be paid a salary, be able to work, be able to make money off of their likeness/autographs, or a combo of some of those?
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Yes they should be paid,especially considering all the money they make for colleges.

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Jack Hays said:
Good evening, Polgara.:2wave:

Being from Indiana, I tend to favor the Big Ten but my alma mater plays in Division 3 so I'm not a hard line fan. I also have a soft spot for Boise State because their success drives the "big boys" crazy.:mrgreen:
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Americans like competitors with grit...I think it's been in our national DNA since the first settlers arrived! :thumbs:
 
Gipper said:
Ohio State didn't make the top 100 in the NCAA's strength of schedule for all teams in Division 1 (this includes 1-AA). They had a cream puff schedule. Michigan was down (and nearly beat them), Michigan State was down, Nebraska was down. Miami was waaaaaaaay down.

By the way, reciting the conference schedule doesn't exactly help your case.
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I just never thought of the tough competitors they played as being "creampuffs." :?:
 
MarineTpartier said:
I was listening to ESPN radio today and heard something I didn't know about college athletes. They are not able to be employed, not even part time, by anyone while school is in session including during spring break. How are these kids supposed to make any money to support themselves? Think if a poor kid with a single mother who is barely paying the electric bill sends her son off to school. The kid gets room, food, and an education. And that's it. No entertainment, nothing. Also, college athletes cannot make any money off of their likeness, autographs, etc. So, should college athletes be paid a salary, be able to work, be able to make money off of their likeness/autographs, or a combo of some of those?
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I wouldn't pay them a salary for playing, but if they get a little something from the boosters or make some money on their own name and likeness, then that should be OK. I don't have a problem with them working, but that would be very hard for them to do.
 
paddymcdougall said:
I agree with those who say we should decouple education from sports (or something like that).

College sports has become big business. That shouldn't have happened. Intramural sports between dorms or frats/sororities? fine. This big money thing that college football and basketball has become? Gross.

I sympathize with those who can only go to college because of sports scholarships. But if we're going to have those, then education should be the number one priority. Too many athletes leave - and even graduate - without getting the education.

Redo it all. Get the money out of it.

Unfortunately, given human nature, I doubt that will happen.
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I don't know about that.

NCAA academic standards are very strict and the end result has been higher GPAs on average than non-student athletes. Schools just can't admit anyone and allow them to play. There are high school GPA, SAT, college GPA, course hours in a specified major, etc. requirements they need to meet or maintain and none of them are particularly low. Star athletes are suspended, kicked out of the program, and kicked out of school all the time for failing to maintain these standards. Just look at Everett Golson, the QB who just lead Notre Dame to the National Championship Game. There are also rigorous standards of conduct athletes must adhere to. There is a fair likelihood that Johnny Football, Heisman winner Johnny Manziel, won't be playing football this year because he allegedly signed his name for money.

I personally think the NCAA goes way overboard but there is no real incentive for schools to turn a blind eye to any of this because the NCAA's penalties are so severe. Just look at Penn State's penalty from Sandusky's action.

Of cours all of this ignores that the average NCAA athlete is a nobody. Sure, Johnny Football is the biggest name is Texas sports but how many women's poll vaulters does anyone know?
 
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Dapper Andy said:
I don't know about that.

NCAA academic standards are very strict and the end result has been higher GPAs on average than non-student athletes. Schools just can't admit anyone and allow them to play. There are high school GPA, SAT, college GPA, course hours in a specified major, etc. requirements they need to meet or maintain and none of them are particularly low. Star athletes are suspended, kicked out of the program, and kicked out of school all the time for failing to maintain these standards. Just look at Everett Golson, the QB who just lead Notre Dame to the National Championship Game. There are also rigorous standards of conduct athletes must adhere to. There is a fair likelihood that Johnny Football, Heisman winner Johnny Manziel, won't be playing football this year because he allegedly signed his name for money.

I personally think the NCAA goes way overboard but there is no real incentive for schools to turn a blind eye to any of this because the NCAA's penalties are so severe. Just look at Penn State's penalty from Sandusky's action.
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Many people were wanting something akin to SMU's "death penalty" for the Sandusky thing. I think Penn State's punishment was appropriate, by and large.
 
Gipper said:
Many people were wanting something akin to SMU's "death penalty" for the Sandusky thing. I think Penn State's punishment was appropriate, by and large.
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That's because people make emotional decisions.

Sandusky's actions had nothing to do with Penn State football.
 
Dapper Andy said:
That's because people make emotional decisions.

Sandusky's actions had nothing to do with Penn State football.
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Where do you think he molested them, at a Burger King in State College, PA?

Sandusky, a looooooooooong-time defensive coordinator that still held office on campus, lured kids to Penn State through a football-based camp that put them directly onto the field.

It had to do with Penn State football.
 
Gipper said:
Where do you think he molested them, at a Burger King in State College, PA?

Sandusky, a looooooooooong-time defensive coordinator that still held office on campus, lured kids to Penn State through a football-based camp that put them directly onto the field.

It had to do with Penn State football.
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It depends on the kid.

Some were molested on campus. Others at his house. Still others in different locations.

If one of those other locations was a Burger King, would that make this a Burger King issue?
 
Dapper Andy said:
It depends on the kid.

Some were molested on campus. Others at his house. Still others in different locations.

If one of those other locations was a Burger King, would that make this a Burger King issue?
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If it was due to faulty security, hell yes it would.

This also had to do with the fact that everyone from Spanier on down - including JoePa - were implicit in this. It wasn't just molestation. It was a cover-up from the top to the bottom. If McQueary hadn't blown the whistle, Sandusky would still be knee-deep in bufu.

Any chance you live in Pennsylvania?
 
rocket88 said:
I wouldn't pay them a salary for playing, but if they get a little something from the boosters or make some money on their own name and likeness, then that should be OK. I don't have a problem with them working, but that would be very hard for them to do.
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I can't speak from experience because I haven't attended a traditional brick and mortar college, however, I have heard of many college students working during the school year. I understand athletes can't do that during the season, however, they could during the offseason I would think.
Booster money is a no go in my opinion. That just makes the sport dirty for some reason. Can't really put my finger on it, but it does.
Making money of their likeness should definitely be okay though.
 
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