LSUDad Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 NCAA approves college athletes being paid for endorsements Ron Higgins • TigerDetails @RonHigg The big one has struck college athletics. The NCAA’s Board of Governors voted unanimously Tuesday to allow college athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness “in a manner consistent with the collegiate model.” The board directed the three separate divisions of college sports to immediately devising how to update rules in a way that maintains a distinction between college and professional sports. The board wants the divisions to implement new rules by January 2021. Board members said in a release that all changes should make sure student-athletes have the same opportunities to make money as all other students, maintain a priority of the education and the collegiate experience, and that rules are “transparent, focused and enforceable” and do not create a competitive imbalance. “We must embrace change to provide the best possible experience for college athletes," board chair Michel Drake said. "Additional flexibility in this area can and must continue to support college sports as a part of higher education. This modernization for the future is a natural extension of the numerous steps NCAA members have taken in recent years to improve support for student-athletes, including full cost of attendance and guaranteed scholarships.” Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith and Big East commissioner Val Ackerman led an NCAA working group formed in May to study the brewing issue. It came after politicians began proposing bills to make the NCAA's rules about endorsement deals illegal. California state senator Nancy Skinner authored a bill that was signed into law in late September. That law will prohibit California schools from punishing their athletes for accepting endorsement money starting in January 2023. On Tuesday before the NCAA’s Board of Governors final regularly scheduled meeting of 2019, Smith and Ackerman presented recommendations to the board members on how to modify the NCAA's rules on students profiting from name, image and likeness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchertiger Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 So will HC's now be able to tell recruits come to our school we have boosters who will buy unlimited numbers of your jerseys and make you a millionaire before you leave college? Can the athletes who get paid give money to the players who don't? Do you make players who make enough from sales pay their own way instead of being on scholarship? Will the "income" be taxable? Will this issue create problems in the locker room between those who get paid and those who don't? Lots of questions and issues that are going to have to be addressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houtiger Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 3 hours ago, LSUDad said: Board members said in a release that all changes should make sure student-athletes have the same opportunities to make money as all other students, maintain a priority of the education and the collegiate experience, and that rules are “transparent, focused and enforceable” and do not create a competitive imbalance. It's the American way. But, it will probably end up being bad for the game. The objectives stated above pull in such opposite directions that I doubt they are achievable, although I hope they are. It seems this will give a boost to USCw, UCLA, Stanford recruiting, probably Miami. Boston College? Notre Dame, Ohio State and Michigan can all advertise in Chicago. Texas A&M in Houston, 4 million people in Houston. LSU can hit New Orleans, but that's about 1 million, or less since Katrina. Lincoln Nebraska, not so much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchertiger Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Maybe it can be finessed to work but I doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houtiger Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, Hatchertiger said: Maybe it can be finessed to work but I doubt it. The word "finesse" should not be used in relation to college football recruiting. Words like dirty and war come to mind... Edited October 30, 2019 by houtiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutriaitch Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 this will probably end up as a disaster. i listen to a lot of sports radio, and the callers that already see a potential hole in this idea by FAR outnumber the ones that think this will work. like this will be abused to no end and will be close to impossible to actually police and enforce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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