money. Not "paying" them per se....but instead increasing the amount and things the scholarship can cover. This won't be a problem at Texas, Fla, Ohio State, Mich, Notre Dame, etc. But many ath depts are strapped to the max and I could see this being a problem for them to increase the money spent on scholarships. What would be worse if the extra money isn't manditory as it would lead to some not funding the scholarship fully and some fully funding it...further seperating the haves from the havenots. NCAA Scholarship changes
From the same article... I would agree with Roy that they could and should cover more for the kids, laptops and school supplies would be a good start and I guess laundry service, which at ND if you live in a dorm I believe it's already covered. But one thing Roy is way out of touch with reality on is just doing this for revenue sports. I can't imagine how fast UNC would be sued by parents of kids in non-revenue sports that they are not getting equal and fair treatment.
They aren't getting equal and fair treatment now TOK.....no way the UNC rowing team travels in the same manner as the basketball team. Different transportation, different hotels, different meals, different everything.....different budgets. That's what budgets do......even now, better players in larger sports get a bigger slice of the pie. In many non-revenue sports, kids only get a partial schollie....e.g., 5 kids share 3 schollies. I do see an issue if they don't provide equal cash stipends for all scholarship athletes tho if they decide to go in that direction....the partials just have to split the additional cash I guess just as they do at present....
Good points...I still think that if football players get laptops and laundry money and womens soccer players don't that somebody somewhere will sue.
1. They will sue. 2. Watching the schools talk about giving away extra money is like watching a pimp talk about taking their whores out for a steak dinner to treat them for their hard work.
I am categorically against it. A free college education should be enough. If a kid won't take advantage of that opportunity he can't be trusted with money. And what will they spend the extra $$ on? More tats? An Escalade? Enough already?
I agree. These guys are being compensated already. How many kids in college have much spending money? :?:
I see some merit in the proposal....especially for D1 football players, tho I understand and appreciate the difficulties in distinguishing between sports. However, I think we can all agree that D1 football probably has much more time demands on a kid than other sports and for certain, academic scholarship students. The point being, other kids can find the time available to take a part-time job and earn some pocket money.....the demands on a D1 football player time in terms of practice, film study, meetings and individual workouts in addition to school work are such that a part-time job is out of the question......
To me the D1 football player has it the easiest. He only has to leave campus at most 4 or 5 times a year and in most instances that is on a Friday afternoon. Basketball players seem to have it the worst. IMHO.
PERHAPS relative to basketball players, but I never saw any of the other guys spending anywhere NEAR the same amount of time at the facility than the football players....wasn't even close. Hoops players do have an extra game but they don't get beat up quite so bad either.....in both cases, they wouldn't have anywhere close to the same opportunities as others for part-time employment to earn a little spending money......those sports are full-time jobs unto themselves.
I can tell you that my nephew who played golf at A&M had no time for a part time job between golf and school....unless he could do without sleep.
They don't have much spare time either.....I spend alot of afternoons with the UNCW kids at our club - which is their home facility - and have gotten to know several of them fairly well. Tough to take your girl out for a movie and a pizza without a little spare change in your pocket.....
The moment you start giving money to these kids the sports agents will que up. Mark my words. The schools will not settle for less so ticket prices will go up ... and steeply . Before long you will have another professional football league. Pandora's box.
Krebsie, they will be way late to the party and have to get in line behind the guys that are already there......
for the record.. I am against this, I always have been and always will be. I would bet you that my thoughts absolutely echo George's on the matter. That being said, there's no good guys here. The school's (especially the larger ones) exploit the sh*t out of these kids. The President gets a new Benz, so does the AD.... When you make it a business, you start sliding the slippery slope.
I'm sure that I've posted this before but once players are "paid" for their services, many things change. 1. Title IX means that female athletes also get paid and by extension athletes in non revenue sports will undoubtedly receive the same benefits. 2. Since they are now "employees" the state Workman's Compensation Laws would then apply. 3. As employees they would have the right to collectively bargain. The first time the college football season is interrupted by a work stoppage those favoring paying the players will finally realize the genie that they let out of the bottle. 4. Oversigning? Now when you dump a paid employee you get hit with a wrongful discharge suit. And the beat goes on.....