EA/CLC Settlement With O'Bannon Team Is $40 Million

[BizDevConglomerate]

If these companies are inclined to give it a shot, let them. Cool background and it helps you have a clear understanding of sports. This is my opinion but I just can't see it. You know we're the "lazy" generation that cares less about being creative and wants it done for us. This may be accomplished in individual sports like a "barebones" wrestling, boxing or MMA. Team sports? Totally different. I'm thinking about all of the things I want out of my league in a team sports league like Baseball, Hoops, Football and Hockey. I want my league to have parity. But in order to achieve that, I have to go to each team create star and superstar players to balance it out. That's a lot of work for the gamer. But like you say, if folks choose to make time for it, then it's no issue to them. History shows that trying this method isn't so successful. Brand recognition sells.

I feel you, I think it'll work. But maybe it's the last hoorah in me for gaming. Lol.

[cgalligan]

"It's Pandora's Box, and would effectively kill amateur sports. There is no other answer - it's common sense. You don't need "statistical" data on the matter.

They are not professional athletes. What you fail to realize with your simple "get mine" scope on the subject is that once you remove the rules you're gonna need to add even more"

The players need to be paid... Point blank... You're dead wrong with your Amateur Sports view... The idea of Amateur sports is dead in this country... To tell someone they aren't allowed to maximize their earning potential is downright criminal... We're not talking about the Schools paying these players, with state money, we're talking about the players HAVING THE RIGHT to earn money on their own, signing autographs and whatnot... What is so wrong with that??? Do you think Johnny Football is the only player signing autographs? Do you think Pryor was the only guy to get some free tats?

gimmie a break man... you're living in a different world if you can't see that what the NCAA is doing is pimping out these players for BILLIONS OF DOLLARS all while telling them they can't sign autographs...

Oh, but don't forget, when the "star" player gets in trouble, you can bet your *** they will be their on Gameday when Johnny Football has to play #1 Alabama, why you ask? Because if he didn't play NOBODY WOULD WATCH!!!... Same thing for those Buckeyes... The NCAA Allowed them to play in the Sugar Bowl, then came back and made another ruling at a later time just to cash in...

[da ThRONe]

Re: EA/CLC Settlement With O'Bannon Team Is $40 Million

I think the easy answer here is to create a minor league system of some kind in the NFL where players can go pro straight out of college. I agree that I don't want amateur sports killed off (I do think all NCAA athletes deserve a small stipend), but why are we trying so hard to keep them from making money?

This is the question that I just don't understand. As the amount of money generated with major college athletics constantly increase why wouldn't these Student Athletes look to capitalize on the contributions they make? But more importantly like you questioned why are so many against it?

[da ThRONe]

Re: EA/CLC Settlement With O'Bannon Team Is $40 Million

Except that violates federal law.

In my eyes the best way to see what would be best for athletes (not just football and basketball, but all athletes) would be to ask them, "What would you rather have, an athletic scholarship or the ability to market yourselves?" Because if the students could make money off of their likeness, why would they need scholarships in the first place? This is the only way it could work with Title IX, to keep it how it is or completely erase athletic scholarships, which would hinder probably 99% of athletes.

To my understanding this isn't true. Title IX is about fair play between gender and sports. Everything that applies to one SA has to applies to all SA's. Everything that I've heard or read doesn't say title IX makes paying scholarship athletes against the rules it makes paying only certain scholarship athletes against the rules. Since there's no way the school could afford to pay them all anything significant enough to matter they pay none.

Again if the NCAA removes all rules barring athletes from receiving outside benefits from 3rd parties it would be unilateral. Most importantly it wouldn't cost each individual schools a dime. When you break it down the argument that SA's then should have to choose between a scholarship or the ability to accept gift/money from a 3rd party is just way off base.

[da ThRONe]

Re: EA/CLC Settlement With O'Bannon Team Is $40 Million

Thanks for the laughs.

Your welcome.

Again I have yet to have anyone make a logical case why this is bad for the scholarship athletes or the schools themselves.

[Kaiser Wilhelm]

Re: EA/CLC Settlement With O'Bannon Team Is $40 Million

Well, I have issues with the integrity of the sport at that point. Part of the appeal of college football for me is that it is amateur. This is probably why I firmly believe the best game and rivalry in college football every single year is Army vs Navy.

Allowing third parties to pay, i.e. bribe, the student athletes would be devastating to the integrity of the sport, though the NCAA and institutions have done a good job of that at themselves.

Like I have said in previous posts, I'd rather the whole of college football and basketball be scaled back. College football should look more like Army vs Navy and less like Alabama vs LSU.